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Material matters at 2013 MRS Spring Meeting

Liz Dunn at the RSC Publishing boothThanks to everyone that stopped by our booth last week at the 2013 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit in San Francisco.

Catching up on exciting research at the RSC Publishing blogEditors Liz Dunn and Sam Keltie were on hand to answer questions and tell people about our top journals and books, including Biomaterials Science, Energy & Environmental Science and Journals of Materials Chemistry A, B and C 

There was lots of excitement around the launch of new journal Materials Horizons. It’s now open for submissions, welcoming the very best research at the cutting-edge interface of materials science with chemistry, physics, biology and engineering.

But what will this journal bring to the materials community? Find out from Editorial Board Chair Seth Marder in this short video.

We’ll be in Boston for the 2013 MRS Fall Meeting and Exhibit in December. We hope to see you then!

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Materials Horizons now open for submissions!

Do you have an exceptional materials research discovery to report? One that deserves rapid publication in a high impact and internationally visible journal?

Look no further: Materials Horizons is now open for submissions!

Materials HorizonsMaterials Horizons will be:

  • High impact – publishing only the most novel and exciting advances
  • A leader – the Editorial Board, led by Seth Marder (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA), will drive scientific development, with Scientific Editors helping to maintain scientific standards
  • Interdisciplinary – showcasing the best research at the cutting-edge interface of materials science with chemistry, physics, biology and engineering
  • Internationally visible free access to all content published during 2014 and 2015, guaranteeing maximum exposure
  • Rapid – speedy reviewing and publication

And unlike some other journals, Materials Horizons won’t charge you for using colour to enhance the scientific understanding of your figures.

So don’t delay – submit your manuscripts via our website for the chance to be included in the high profile first issue.

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Pittcon 2013 – were you a winner?

Delegates met with staff, browsed our books and journals and enjoyed a free coffee

Scientists from around the globe descended on Philadelphia last week for Pittcon 2013 – and we were there too!

We had a range of top titles on display, including Analyst, Analytical Methods, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry (JAAS) and the flagship general chemistry journal, Chemical Science.

And, as always, our books generated lots of interest, including UHPLC in Life Sciences, Practical Statistics for the Analytical Scientist and our popular science title, Science of Chocolate.

Thank you to everyone that entered our competition to win a Kindle Fire. Congratulations to our lucky winner: Carina Berglund from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden!

Even if you didn’t make it to Philadelphia, don’t miss out on our special offers this Spring:

Chemistry WorldFREE e-membership and a subscription to Chemistry World

Join RSC e-membership FREE using promo code PITT13 before 31 May 2013 and receive a 12-month digital subscription to Chemistry World.

With news, features, opinion, podcasts and the latest job advertisements, Chemistry World is the best way to keep up to date with the global chemical science community. Additional benefits include professional networking opportunities in your field through one of over 70 RSC subject-based groups.

FREE RSC Publishing Personal Account

Register today and gain access to ALL free content from RSC Publishing, including the first 2 volumes of our new journals and a sample chapter from every book in the RSC eBook Collection.

Try ChemSpider today

ChemSpider is our free chemical structure database that provides text and structure search access to over 28 million records. Try it out and see what you can discover.

Gold for Gold

We’re rewarding RSC Gold customers with voucher codes to publish a select number of papers Open Access in RSC journals. Find out more

You can also discover more about our books and journals through our e-alerts and newsletters.

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Springing into action at MRS San Francisco!

Heading to San Francisco for the 2013 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit?

Drop by RSC Publishing booth #602 to find materials that matter. 

If you’ve seen us before at the Fall MRS meeting, you’ll know we publish a diverse range of books and journals covering the breadth of materials science – from the synthesis of materials through to an assortment of applications.

At this meeting, we’re celebrating the launch of our new title, Materials Horizons. The journal will publish first reports of exceptional significance at the cutting-edge interface of materials science with chemistry, physics, biology and engineering – and the great news is that all the content will be free to access until the end of 2015. It opens for submissions on 2 April 2013 – find out more at the booth.

Of course, we’ll have our other top titles on display, including Biomaterials Science, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C and the flagship general chemistry journal, Chemical Science

You can enjoy a conference discount of 30% (or 35% if you’re an RSC member) on all RSC books on display at our booth, including Janus Particle Synthesis, Self-assembly and Applications from our Smart Materials book series and our popular science title, Science of Chocolate

So to find out more about cutting-edge research, top quality reference works or the best place to publish – make sure you visit booth #602. 

Meet the editors:

Liz Dunn  Sam Keltie
Liz Dunn
Editor, Soft Matter, Materials Horizons
Managing Editor, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C,
Polymer Chemistry and Biomaterials Science
Contact to arrange a meeting
Sam Keltie
Deputy Editor, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C
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High impact analytical science at Pittcon 2013

Chemical Science, Analytical Methods and AnalystWill you be at the Pittcon conference on 17-21 March? 

If so, we’d love to invite you to join us for coffee at RSC booth #3549!

Browse our books and journals and find out why RSC Publishing is the best home for your research. And enjoy a 30% conference discount on all books on display (or 35% if you are an RSC member).

You could also win a Kindle Fire – simply sign up for one of our email alerts at booth #3549 to be in with a chance of winning. 

The following Editorial staff will be attending Pittcon and would be pleased to meet you and answer your questions: 

Rebecca Brodie Rebecca Brodie
Deputy Editor, Analyst, Analytical Methods, JAAS and Metallomics
May Copsey May Copsey
Editor, Analyst, Analytical Methods, JAAS and Metallomics
Janet Freshwater Janet Freshwater
Senior Commissioning Editor, Books
Jennifer Griffiths Jennifer Griffiths
Editorial Development Manager, North America
Andrew Turley Andrew Turley
Deputy Editor, Chemistry World 

Please feel free to get in touch with any of the staff before the conference to arrange a meeting. 

We look forward to meeting you in Philadelphia!

Joanne ThomsonJoanne Thomson
Stand Manager

PS We’re delighted to be presenting the Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Science to Professor Norman Dovichi at Pittcon. Join us for his award symposium on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, 2:00 PM, Room 126B.

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RSC launches Materials Horizons journal

Materials HorizonsRoyal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Publishing is delighted to announce Materials Horizons, a new peer-reviewed journal for first reports of exceptional significance across the breadth of materials research.

Announcing the launch, James Milne, Executive Director of RSC Publishing, said: “Materials science is an expansive and rapidly evolving field of real relevance to the chemical sciences. Only last week, the UK Science Minister, David Willetts, announced £73 million of investment for new facilities and equipment to support research in advanced materials in the UK.

“We are delighted to support the breadth of the global materials research community with this new journal. Materials Horizons will be a world class journal characterised by the quality, ease and speed of publication, and innovative technology for which RSC Publishing is renowned. As a not-for-profit publisher, this new addition to our portfolio will also go towards facilitating the RSC’s aim to advance the chemical sciences for the benefit of society.”

The journal will open for submissions in April 2013 and the first issue will be published in late 2013.

Materials Horizons will be:

  • High impact – only publishing the most novel and exciting advances
  • A leader – the Editorial Board, led by Seth Marder (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA), will drive scientific development, with Scientific Editors helping to maintain scientific standards
  • Interdisciplinary – showcasing the best research at the cutting-edge interface of materials science with chemistry, physics, biology and engineering
  • Internationally visible free access to all content published during 2014 and 2015, guaranteeing maximum exposure
  • Rapid – speedy reviewing and publication in as little as a day after acceptance with our Accepted Manuscript option 

Seth Marder, Professor of Chemistry and Materials Science and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, has been appointed Editorial Board Chair of the new journal. “It is a very exciting opportunity for me to work with the team at the RSC to help launch Materials Horizons, a new kind of society journal geared to rapid publication of truly top calibre, first reports of materials research broadly defined,” he says. “Importantly, while published by a chemical society, the journal will seek to serve the broader materials community, by welcoming papers that cover the gamut of materials research, providing a forum for editorials on the status and future of materials research, and content geared specifically to educating and engaging younger researchers in the field.  With this, we hope to make Materials Horizons an indispensable resource for all researchers in the materials community.”

Further details will be released over the coming weeks – make sure you don’t miss out by registering your details to receive the regular Materials Horizons newsletter.

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Fall MRS Boston: were you a winner?

It was great to meet old friends and new at the RSC Publishing booth at the 2012 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston last week. 

RSC Publishing boothAfter the positive feedback we received last year, we opted for another environmentally friendly cardboard booth. We had a range of top titles on display, including Energy & Environmental Science, Nanoscale and our new journal Biomaterials Science.

Lots of visitors were keen to learn more about Journal of Materials Chemistry, which, in 2013, continues as three journals: Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C

And, as always, our books proved popular, in particular our new Smart Materials book series and Chocolate as Medicine.

Visual Elements Periodic Table jigsaw

Delegates enjoy the Visual Elements periodic table jigsaw

Thank you to everyone that entered our competition to win an e-reader. Congratulations to our lucky winner: Naoki Fukata from National Institute of Materials Science in Japan! 

We’ve posted some photos from the meeting on the RSC Facebook page. Share your MRS photos with us on the same page.

Even if you didn’t make it to Boston, don’t miss out on our special offers this winter:

Chemistry WorldFREE e-membership and a subscription to Chemistry World

Join RSC e-membership FREE using promo code MRS12 before 31 December 2012 and receive a 12-month digital subscription to Chemistry World.

With news, features, opinion, podcasts and the latest job advertisements, Chemistry World is the best way to keep up to date with the global chemical science community.

Additional benefits include professional networking opportunities in your field through one of over 70 RSC subject-based groups.

FREE RSC Publishing Personal Account

Register today and gain access to ALL free content from RSC Publishing, including the first 2 volumes of our new journals and a sample chapter from every book in the RSC eBook Collection.

Try ChemSpider today

ChemSpider is our free chemical structure database that provides text and structure search access to over 28 million records. Try it out and see what you can discover.

Gold for Gold

We’re rewarding RSC Gold customers with voucher codes to publish a select number of papers Open Access in RSC journals. Find out more

You can also discover more about our books and journals through our e-alerts and newsletters.

Any questions or comments? Contact us >

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Materials that matter at the Fall MRS

What are you doing on 25–30 November? If the answer is attending the Fall MRS meeting in Boston, then make sure you come and see us at booth #120.

RSC Publishing activities have evolved over recent years in response to the needs of the increasingly interdisciplinary community of materials scientists. This year is particularly significant as we have some brand new publications to showcase will be of real interest to you.

Our new journal, Biomaterials Science launches in January and will have free access for the first two years. The highly regarded Journal of Materials Chemistry is expanding and becoming three separate journals. And we launch the new RSC Smart Materials book series with the publication of the first book in the series – Janus Particle Synthesis, Self-Assembly and Applications. 

Staff on the stand will include our editors who will be delighted to meet you, and explain why RSC Publishing makes a good home for your materials science research. In attendance will be Liz Dunn, Managing Editor of Journal of Materials Chemistry, Soft Matter, Biomaterials Science and Polymer Chemistry; Philip Earis, Managing Editor of Energy & Environmental Science, Nanoscale and PCCP; and Merlin Fox and Leanne Marle, both Commissioning Editors, Books.

You can find out about Gold for Gold, our innovative initiative that rewards researchers at all institutions that subscribe to RSC Gold with credits to publish RSC journal papers free-of-charge, via Gold Open Access.

Liz Dunn Philip Earis Merlin Fox Leanne Marle
Liz Dunn Philip Earis Merlin Fox Leanne Marle

We are also offering you the chance to win a Kindle Fire – simply sign up for one of our email alerts at booth #120 to be in with a chance of winning.

So to find out more about cutting-edge research, top quality reference works or the best place to publish – make sure you visit booth #120.

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