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Can annotated articles help you?

19 Sep 2014

As a new student, encountering the world of academic journals for the first time can be a little daunting. But help is at hand.

The Royal Society of Chemistry has introduced free annotated articles: a student-friendly way of reading our journals, designed to teach you how to understand, interpret and extract the most from an article.

Clearly defined, bite-sized chunks – rewritten by the authors – allow you to quickly grasp the key concepts of an article:

•   Why is this study important?
•   What is the objective?
•   What was their overall plan?
•   What was their procedure?
•   What are the conclusions?
•   What are the next steps?

With links to the associated Chemistry World article, ChemSpider entries, related journal articles, books and relevant Learn Chemistry resources, annotated articles are also a great practical tool for those teaching students how to read and understand journal articles.

Read the first two examples: Detecting iron the smart way, originally published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A, and Photocatalytic water oxidation at soft interfaces from Chemical Science.

Annotated articles are just one of the many free resources for students and educators on the Learn Chemistry Higher Education website. Check out further practical tools such as:

•   case studies to help with independent study;
•   problem-based laboratory projects which develop teamwork and investigation skills; and
•   How to… guides explaining vital skills such as referencing and citation.

So, whether you are a student yourself, or someone teaching new students how to use resources independently, bookmark Learn Chemistry today.

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Were you a winner at the SOT meeting?

02 Apr 2014

booth Thanks to everyone who visited our booth last week at the Society of Toxicology Meeting in Phoenix – it was great to meet you!

We had a range of toxicology resources on display, including Toxicology Research and our Issues in Toxicology book series.

Congratulations to Lawrence Kennedy (United States Naval Academy), the lucky winner of our prize draw.

Please stay in touch

All competition entrants are now signed up to the Toxicology Research table of contents e-alert.

Also of interest

Subscribe to Toxicology Research for just £50

£50* – that’s all it costs Royal Society of Chemistry members to subscribe to Toxicology Research online in 2014.

If you want to stay up-to-date with all the latest research in the toxicology field, don’t miss out on what Toxicology Research has to offer – join the world’s leading chemical science community and make the most of this special members’ rate.

* VAT at 20% will be added to subscriptions from EU members, making the total price £60.

Forthcoming new books in the Issues in Toxicology series


Heavy Metals In Water: Presence, Removal and Safety Edited by Sanjay Sharma	Histological Techniques: An Introduction for Beginners in Toxicology Robert Maynard, Noel Downes and Brenda Finney

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Environmental Science: Nano: issue 1 now online!

22 Jan 2014

The very first issue of Environmental Science: Nano has just been published online.

The issue features cutting-edge reports on nanomaterial interactions with biological and environmental systems as well as the sustainable design and use of engineered nanomaterials. And the great news is that all the articles are FREE to access.

Read the issue now and sign up for the e-alert to get details of subsequent issues delivered to your inbox.

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Environmental Science: Nano: Advance articles now online

28 Nov 2013

The first articles for new journal Environmental Science: Nano are now available online.

Cutting-edge research on the effects of nanotechnologies on environmental and human health

Environmental Science: Nano publishes the latest work on nanomaterial interactions with biological and environmental systems, and the design and use of engineered nanomaterials for sustainability. It’s the only high impact journal dedicated to publishing environmental nanoscience papers and, as these first articles show, it is already attracting strong support and attention from the community.

A chemical free, nanotechnology-based method for airborne bacterial inactivation using engineered water nanostructures
Georgios Pyrgiotakis, James McDevitt, Andre Bordini, Edgar Diaz, Ramon Molina, Christa Watson, Glen Deloid, Steve Lenard, Natalie Fix, Yosuke Mizuyama, Yamauchi Toshiyuki, Joseph Brain and Philip Demokritou

Alterations of intestinal serotonin following nanoparticle exposure in embryonic zebrafish
Rıfat Emrah Özel, Kenneth N. Wallace and Silvana Andreescu

A minor lipid component of soy lecithin causes growth of triangular prismatic gold nanoparticles
Benjamin R. Ayres and Scott M. Reed

Natural water chemistry (dissolved organic carbon, pH, and hardness) modulates colloidal stability, dissolution, and antimicrobial activity of citrate functionalized silver nanoparticles
Lok R. Pokhrel, Brajesh Dubey and Phillip R. Scheuerman

Discover, read, share

All Environmental Science: Nano articles will be free to access online until the end of 2015*, so researchers worldwide can benefit from the latest research.

Join these leading authors: submit your work to Environmental Science: Nano.

And ensure you don’t miss an article: sign up for the Environmental Science: Nano e-alert.

*All articles published in 2014 and 2015 issues are free to access online to all individuals who have signed up for an RSC Publishing Personal Account, and to all existing Royal Society of Chemistry customers with an IP address registered.

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Join us at the 2013 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston

11 Nov 2013

We’ll be attending the 2013 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit in Boston at the start of next month. If you’ll be there too, please drop by our booth (#1300) and discover more about the Royal Society of Chemistry.

More about….

…our high impact publications

We’ll have our high quality journals on show, including the very first issue of our new journal Materials Horizons. Sign up for the Materials Horizons e-alert at the booth to enter our prize draw to win a Kindle Fire.

Plus, you can browse our books and enjoy a 30% conference discount (or 35% if you are a Royal Society of Chemistry member) on all titles on display.

…becoming a Royal Society of Chemistry member

Connect with our vibrant worldwide network to develop and share new ideas and advance your career.

Ask us about our special 20% discount for MRS delegates and find out why we are the world’s leading chemistry community.

…the people that work for us – and the work that they do

Liz Dunn, Philip Earis, Leanne Marle and Joanne Thomson will all be in Boston and would be delighted to tell you more about how the Royal Society of Chemistry is advancing excellence in the chemical sciences.


Liz Dunn Editor, Soft Matter and Materials Horizons Managing Editor, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B & C, Polymer Chemistry and Biomaterials Science	Philip Earis Managing Editor, Energy & Environmental Science, Nanoscale, Faraday Discussions and PCCP	Leanne Marle Commissioning Editor, Books	Joanne Thomson Campaigns Manager

We look forward to meeting you!

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Publishing Catalogue 2014

01 Oct 2013

Take a look at the wide range of internationally renowned products that we offer in the new 2014 Publishing Catalogue – now available online.

The Royal Society of Chemistry is committed to advancing the chemical sciences, and our Publishing Catalogue shows the depth and detail of what we do, including our new and exciting products.

Highlights include:

Our new partnership with the Chinese Chemical Society (CCS), delivering the first two titles in the new Frontiers journals series: Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers and Organic Chemistry Frontiers – both available for free to all existing subscribers or registered users until the end of 2015.
Two further new journals: Materials Horizons and Environmental Science: Nano – both available for free to all existing subscribers or registered users until the end of 2015.
Our acquisition and development of The Merck Index* Online (15^th edition) – the “bible” of chemistry, with both perpetual and subscription models available for multiple-users.
Continued great savings on collections – RSC Gold equates to a 50% discount on the prices of its individual products, and now includes Toxicology Research.
Our annual eBook collections, now available for all years from 2008-2014.
And look out for the new Materials Science Collection – comprising content from eight journals.

If you would like a hard copy of the catalogue, please email Marketing.

If you have a sales enquiry, please contact your Account Manager or your local Subscription Agent. Alternatively you can email Sales.

*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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Free access to Chemical Science

12 Aug 2013

Here’s your chance to get free online access to Chemical Science until the end of 2014.

Join the Royal Society of Chemistry today and you’ll receive a complimentary subscription to the very best research articles from across the chemical sciences.

From therapeutic nanoworms to synergistic catalysis, and molecular walkers to light harvesting, you’ll be kept up-to-date with the latest exceptional science from across the globe.

But that’s not all: Royal Society of Chemistry membership comes with a host of other exciting benefits. And you’ll be part of our international network of 48,000 who support and guide our efforts to shape the future of the chemical sciences for the benefit of science and humanity.

Join today from just £71 (or £18 if you’re a student).

Connect with the world’s leading chemistry community.

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Publishing Price List 2014

09 Aug 2013

We all want great content, and we all want value for money.

At the Royal Society of Chemistry we are proud to be a not-for-profit organisation, dedicated to advancing excellence in the chemical sciences. Any surplus is reinvested back into this community, including sustaining and developing our publishing programme. Our Publishing Price List 2014 reflects this commitment.

Key highlights and changes for 2014:

Our new partnership with the Chinese Chemical Society (CCS), delivering the first two titles in the new Frontiers journals series: Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers (with the College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University – PKU), and Organic Chemistry Frontiers (with the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry – SIOC)
Two further new journals: Materials Horizons and Environmental Science: Nano – both available for free to all existing subscribers or registered users until the end of 2015
Our acquisition and development of The Merck Index* Online (15^th edition), with both perpetual and subscription models available for multiple-users – we are the exclusive provider of what is considered the “bible” of chemistry
An increase in content for Faraday Discussions (9 issues for 2014, previously 8 issues)
Continued great savings on collections. RSC Gold equates to a 50% discount on the individual prices of products, and now includes Toxicology Research. Whilst our Core Chemistry and General Chemistry packages now include RSC Advances. We are discontinuing Package A and Package A+
The new Materials Science Collection. This will include: Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C, Energy and Environmental Sciences, Nanoscale, Soft Matter, Polymer Chemistry, Cryst Eng Comm, Biomaterials Science (free in 2014) and Materials Horizons (free in 2014)
Our annual eBook collections, now available for all years from 2008-2014
And, in response to customer needs, we are discontinuing Annual Reports on the Progress of Chemistry to reflect a change in the needs of the chemical sciences community. Existing subscribers will not lose access to previous years’ reports

If you would like to discuss your own subscription, creating a bespoke package or upgrading to RSC Gold, please contact us.

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Environmental Science: Nano now open for submissions!

09 Jul 2013

Great news: Environmental Science: Nano‘s Editorial Offices are now open!

Associate Editors James Hutchison (University of Oregon) and Gregory Lowry (Carnegie Mellon University) are welcoming submissions of high quality research on the interactions of nanomaterials with biological and environmental systems.

But what’s different about this journal?

Until now there has been no high impact society journal dedicated to publishing the latest findings on the interaction of nanomaterials with environmental and biological systems, which, as Editor-in-Chief Vicki Grassian puts it, ‘is an enormously important aspect of the development of sustainable nanotechnologies for improving human and environmental health’. Find out more about the scope

Why should you submit?

Environmental Science: Nano will be:

High impact – only publishing the most novel and exciting advances
A leader – the Editorial Board will drive scientific development, with the Associate Editors responsible for peer review and editorial decisions
Interdisciplinary – connecting scientists working in a range of areas, including chemistry, earth sciences, engineering, ecotoxicology and nanoscience
Internationally visible – free access to all content published during 2014 and 2015, guaranteeing maximum exposure
Rapid – offering the speedy publication and excellent service for which the Royal Society of Chemistry is renowned

And unlike some other journals, Environmental Science: Nano has no page charges or page limits and it won’t charge you for using colour to enhance scientific understanding of your figures.

When should you submit? And how?

As soon as possible! Submit your manuscript via the website for the chance to be included in the high profile first issue.

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2012 Impact Factors

21 Jun 2013

You can trust Royal Society of Chemistry journals to deliver high quality content.

Our exceptional standards are reinforced by the recently published 2012 Journal Citation Reports ® :

Individual journal Impact Factor highlights include: Energy & Environmental Science (11.653), Chemical Science (8.314), Green Chemistry (6.828) and Chemical Communications (6.378).

Natural Product Reports is #1 in both the Chemistry: Medicinal and Chemistry: Organic categories with a figure of 10.178

And as for the rest of our journals:

Of the top 20 journals in the multidisciplinary chemistry category, six are from RSC Publishing. This is more than any other publisher.
When you look at 5-year Impact Factors, we have more in the top 20 than any other publisher
34% of our journals have an IF above 5
9 of our 29 journals are in the top 10% of their ISI category, and 20 are in the top quartile

And we’ve achieved all this alongside a four-fold increase in the number of articles published since 2007.

So the figures speak for themselves: for guaranteed impact, choose RSC Publishing.

You could contribute to our next Impact Factor… Register to receive email updates about our journals including calls for papers, most accessed articles, themed issues and breaking news.

Full journal listing:

Journal	2012 Impact Factor	5-Year Impact Factor
Analyst	3.969	3.904
Analytical Methods	1.855	1.854
Catalysis Science & Technology ǂ	3.753	3.753
Chemical Communications (ChemComm)	6.378	6.226
Chemical Science	8.314	8.33
Chemical Society Reviews	24.892	30.181
Chemistry Education Research and Practice*	1.075	1.200
CrystEngComm	3.879	4.069
Dalton Transactions	3.806	3.889
Energy & Environmental Science	11.653	12.462
Faraday Discussions	3.821	4.148
Food & Function	2.694	2.704
Green Chemistry	6.828	6.992
Integrative Biology	4.321	4.446
JAAS (Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry)	3.155	2.953
Journal of Environmental Monitoring	2.085	2.137
Journal of Materials Chemistry	6.101	6.171
Lab on a Chip	5.697	6.136
MedChemComm	2.722	2.722
Metallomics	4.099	4.333
Molecular BioSystems	3.35	3.575
Nanoscale	6.233	6.262
Natural Product Reports (NPR)	10.178	10.072
New Journal of Chemistry (NJC)	2.966	2.92
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry (OBC)	3.568	3.49
Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences	2.923	2.81
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP)	3.829	3.976
Polymer Chemistry	5.231	5.231
RSC Advances ǂ	2.562	2.567
Soft Matter	3.909	4.35

ǂ Partial IF only

*Chemistry Education Research and Practice is listed in the Education, Scientific Disciplines category. It is the highest ranked journal devoted solely to chemistry education.

The Impact Factor provides an indication of the average number of citations per paper. Produced annually, Impact Factors are calculated by dividing the number of citations in a year, by the number of citeable articles published in the preceding two years.

The 5-Year Impact Factor is the average number of times articles from a journal published in the past five years have been cited in the Journal Citation Reports year. For journals in subjects where citation activity continues to rise through several years, this metric allows more of their total citation activity to be included in a critical performance metric.

Data based on 2012 Journal Citation Reports ®, (Thomson Reuters, 2013).

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