RSC Publishing Blog

We’ll be in Anaheim this month for the ACS Spring 2011 National Meeting and Exposition – and we’d love to meet you. Visit Booth 903 to find out how we are working with you and your communities to enhance the chemical sciences worldwide. And there are lots of prizes to be won each day, including T-shirts, baseball caps and games.

At our booth you can:

• Hear the very latest journal news and search the RSC Publishing platform
• Pick up a copy of the first issue of Catalysis Science & Technology, our new journal focusing on all fundamental science and technological aspects of catalysis
• See the faces behind Chemical Science – and read a sample of the first 100 articles printed in our special conference collection
• Try ChemSpider, the multiple award-winning, chemical structure-based search engine providing free access to more than 25 million chemical structures.
• Browse our books, all with a show discount of 20%
• Investigate our new Water Specialists’ Package of nine books – you can save 35% on the individual purchase price of these best-selling books

While at the booth, you can also: discover International Year of Chemistry 2011 activities; connect with MyRSC, the professional network for the chemical sciences; find details of our extensive conference programme, including Challenges in Renewable Energy, the fourth International Symposium on Advancing the Chemical Sciences (ISACS4), coming to Boston in July; and subscribe to Chemistry World at a specially reduced rate.

Plus, here are some events for your diary:

(All events take place in the Anaheim Convention Center, unless otherwise stated.)

 See you in Anaheim!

It might have rained almost continuously during the ACS Fall 2010 National Meeting in Boston, but it didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the 14,000+ people there for the event. Of those who visited the Exhibition Hall, not many could have failed to notice the striking pink colour theme on the RSC booth.

Delegates browsed the books and journals on display, celebrated new journal Chemical Science and the other latest product launches, and learned how the RSC is committed to investing in the advancement of the chemical sciences. 30 journals, from across the chemical sciences, revealed opportunities for international scientists to read or publish the latest research. Visitors also learned about the benefits of registering for a personal account on the new e-platform, including: free access to new journals; the ability to save searches and create custom alerting; and much more. Don’t miss out – sign up for your personal account today!

The competition to win an Apple iPad proved very popular: the winner, selected at random from the correct entries, was Professor Ekkehard Sinn from Western Michigan University, USA.

The correct answers revealed that:

• In 2009, RSC donated more than 53 million dollars to charitable activities and programmes to advance the chemical sciences
• 90% of RSC journals have an Impact Factor greater than 3
• 65 scientists will receive RSC Prizes and Awards in 2010
• RSC members come from more than 70 countries

So, goodbye to Boston – and we look forward to meeting you in Anaheim for the ACS Spring 2011 National Meeting. Can we request some Californian sunshine?