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Pittcon 2013 – were you a winner?

26 Mar 2013

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:

FREE 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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High impact analytical science at Pittcon 2013

08 Mar 2013

Will 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 Deputy Editor, Analyst, Analytical Methods, JAAS and Metallomics
	May Copsey Editor, Analyst, Analytical Methods, JAAS and Metallomics
	Janet Freshwater Senior Commissioning Editor, Books
	Jennifer Griffiths Editorial Development Manager, North America
	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 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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Apps with real impact

27 Feb 2013

Some apps have real impact, we’ve just sponsored two such apps.

Green Solvents and Lab Solvents are innovative apps for the iOS and Android platforms that list solvents and their scores versus various environmentally relevant properties. They are based on published data that had not been widely disseminated in conveniently available media. The apps are freely available and were developed by Dr. Alex M. Clark at Molecular Materials Informatics (MMI, Montreal, Canada) after an initial idea from Dr. Sean Ekins at Collaborations in Chemistry (CIC, Fuquay Varina, USA).

“These apps are first class examples of how green chemistry data can be delivered to a mobile device and complement other apps such as ChemSpider Mobile, which we have developed with Alex.” said Antony J. Williams, VP Strategic Development for the RSC. “We are honoured to support such efforts that raise awareness of green chemistry and educate the public and serve a need for scientists in the lab”.

“It is really wonderful validation of these apps that an organisation such as the RSC would sponsor Green Solvents and Lab Solvents and this will help to further raise their visibility to scientists globally” said Alex Clark, owner of Molecular Materials Informatics.

Find out more and download the apps today: Green Solvents and Lab Solvents

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Royal Society of Chemistry to publish The Merck Index

13 Dec 2012

The famous “bible” of chemistry, The Merck Index, is to join the highly acclaimed publishing portfolio of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

The Merck Index has been considered the standard chemistry reference work for generations of professionals and has sold over one million copies worldwide. From April 2013, the Royal Society of Chemistry will take over its publication and launch the 15^th edition.

Dr James Milne, RSC Executive Director, publishing, said: “The Merck Index is a quality product with a peerless pedigree but, being familiar to the scientific community worldwide, it is also emblematic of our organisation’s rapidly-expanding international presence and influence. We know The Merck Index will be a valuable addition to the products and services the RSC offers its customers. Now we are looking forward eagerly to developing The Merck Index for the digital future.”

The RSC already plans significant development of The Merck Index online – beginning with offering all buyers of the 15^th edition one year’s free access to a newly-developed online version. The RSC will continue to develop The Merck Index to provide a valuable, trusted and relevant resource for scientists and researchers.

To find out more about the 15^th edition of The Merck Index visit the website and register your interest to receive further updates.

*The name THE MERCK INDEX is owned by Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, N.J., U.S.A., and is licensed to The Royal Society of Chemistry for use in the U.S.A. and Canada.

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RSC Prizes & Awards – Nominate before 15th January

21 Nov 2012

You still have time to make your nomination for an RSC Prize or Award…

With over 80 to choose from covering all areas of the chemical sciences – industry, research, business or education – recognition is open to everyone. As well as this professional recognition, winners could receive up to £5,000 prize money.

You can reward scientific excellence in any of the following nomination categories:

• Analytical Chemistry
Do you know someone who has made an outstanding and innovative contribution in the field
of analytical science, or used analytical science to make a significant contribution in a related area?

• Chemists working in the Biosciences
Do you know someone who has made an exceptional contribution to research at the
chemistry/biology interface? The RSC rewards excellence in both industry and academia, for
research spanning all aspects of the interaction between chemistry and the life sciences.

• Chemists working in Industry and Technology
Rewards both individual and team contributions to the chemical sciences industry, specifically
recognising those playing a key role in enhancing and advancing industrial technologies.

• Chemistry in Education
    Do you know someone who has made a significant contribution to teaching the chemical sciences,
    developed innovative materials for students or is based in industry and has played a key role in
    promoting the chemical sciences in education?

• Chemists working in Environment, Sustainability, and Energy
Do you know someone who has made an outstanding contribution to the chemical sciences in the
areas of environment, sustainability, energy or toxicology?

• Inorganic Chemistry
Do you know someone who has advanced research in inorganic chemistry by developing new
organometallic compounds, or by providing vital insight into catalytic processes?

• Materials Chemistry
    Do you know someone who has made an exceptional contribution in the field of materials
    chemistry, helped to develop new materials with industry, or pioneered new techniques for the
    benefit of materials research.

• Organic Chemistry
Rewards excellence in both industry and academia, for original research in any aspect of organic
chemistry, as well as specific areas including organometallic and physical organic chemistry.

• Physical Chemistry
Do you know someone who has made an outstanding and innovative contribution to the fields of
physical or theoretical chemistry?

Nominate before 15 January to reward excellence in the chemical sciences

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Open Access update

27 Jul 2012

Open Access has been in the news a lot in recent weeks.

Previously, when visiting our website, you may have found it time-consuming to find everything relating to Open Access at the RSC.

But not any more – to make it easier for you, we now have everything in one place.

What can you expect to find?

the latest RSC Press Releases relating to Open Access
information on current RSC policy
descriptions of the different types of Open Access
details of RSC Open Science, our ‘author pays’ option

and more …

So make sure you have the latest information: visit the website today .

And if you have any questions, please email us.

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RSC launches £1 million Gold for Gold as Open Access transition begins

20 Jul 2012

The Royal Society of Chemistry has announced a groundbreaking £1 million initiative to support British researchers as they begin the transition to Gold Open Access (OA).

‘Gold for Gold’ is an innovative experiment to support the funder led evolution to Gold OA, by recognising institutes that subscribe to RSC Gold, a premium collection of 37 international journals, databases and magazines offering online access to all published material.

UK institutes who are RSC Gold customers will shortly receive credit equal to the subscription paid, enabling their researchers, who are being asked to publish Open Access but often do not yet have funding to pay for it directly, to make their paper available via Open Science, the RSC’s Gold OA option.

RSC Publishing and Open Access

15 Mar 2012

Open access, deposition of articles and copyright issues can be a confusing and emotive issue for authors, publishers and funding agencies alike.

This can be partially explained by the sheer complexity of the subject, the legal phrasing of the various licenses and supporting documents, and the fact that many publishers have slightly different policies.

At RSC Publishing, we like to make it easy for authors to find the information they need.

Firstly, we give journal authors the choice of making their article Open Access through RSC Open Science. If you choose this publication route, you will pay an ‘article processing fee’ after peer-review and acceptance. The final ‘article of record’ is made available to all, immediately, via our website without any barriers to access.

Secondly, when it comes to access and deposition, we comply with the requirements of most of the major funding agencies, such as NIH and EPSRC. If we have published your article, you can deposit the accepted author form of it in a non-commercial repository. This includes pre-submission (eg ArXiV) and post-acceptance repositories, such as that of your institution or your funding body, plus your organisation’s intranet. You can also use your article in your thesis, both in print and online.

An embargo period of 12 months from acceptance applies to the deposition of non-Open Access articles in repositories that are available to the public.

Full details on all options for deposition, with associated Licence to Publish forms, can be found on our website.

Thirdly, as a journal author with RSC Publishing, you retain the copyright on your published work. We do not ask you to transfer the copyright to us, the publisher. All we ask is that you sign an exclusive Licence to Publish. You can find out more here.

Finally, all these policies are occasionally subject to changes and amendments. If you need any clarification, or have any questions, please contact us – we’re always happy to help.

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2012 Prizes and Awards: deadline approaching!

12 Jan 2012

The deadline to nominate for this year’s RSC Prizes and Awards is just a few days away.

There are nine categories of awards including specific categories for Industry and Education so whether you work in business, industry, research or education recognition is open to everyone.

Make sure you get your nominations to us by 15 January 2012.

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RightsLink and permission requests

20 Dec 2011

Are you an author? Do you need permission to use material from an RSC journal article? If so, you’ll be delighted to hear that the permission request process is now much quicker and easier, and available 24/7.

That’s because we have just introduced the RightsLink system for processing requests to use material from RSC journals. Go to the Instructions for using RightsLink to find out what to do.

If you are an RSC author, and would like to reproduce your own figures, etc in another publication, you do not have to request permission.

Also, if you are submitting an article or chapter to an RSC publication and you wish to reproduce figures from another RSC publication, you do not have to request permission.

All details can be found on our Permission Request pages.

To reproduce material from other RSC publications, such as Chemistry World, Education in Chemistry or RSC books, you will still need to use the Permission Request Form.

If you have any questions, please contact the Contracts & Copyright department.

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