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Springing into action at MRS San Francisco!

25 Mar 2013

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 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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5 Great reasons to visit the RSC Stand at the UKSG Conference

08 Mar 2013

There’s a lot to get round, but here’s why you need to be at stand #55/56 from Monday 8th to Wednesday 10th April.

View a copy of The Merck Index* and see a demo of The Merck Index* Online – Bubbly and nibbles will accompany our official launch on Tuesday at 14.00
Find out more about how we support OA, including our innovative initiative, Gold for Gold – Drinks and nibbles will accompany our presentation on Monday at 13.00
Win a kindle fire – you’ll need steady hands to tackle our Buzzwire game – fastest time gets the prize
See what else is new for 2013 including our new journals Biomaterials Science and Toxicology Research
Above all have any of your questions answered by one of our team – if you would like to arrange a sales meeting contact Dan Dyer, Head of Sales

We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at the 2013 UKSG Conference in Bournemouth.

*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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Anyone for Open Access?

30 Nov 2012

We have a great initiative, and we want to extend it to the rest of the world.

Launched in the Summer, our Gold for Gold pilot, enabling RSC Gold subscribers in the UK to publish RSC papers free-of-charge via Gold Open Access (OA), was a direct reaction to researchers being asked to publish OA, but without necessarily having the funding to do so.

Following the pilot’s popularity (at least 5 high-profile institutions have already taken advantage of Gold for Gold) we don’t want others to miss out. So, from now on, all RSC Gold subscribing institutions will be rewarded with voucher codes to publish OA articles at no cost.

This is an excellent opportunity for authors to increase the visibility of your quality research.

For more information, go to our Gold for Gold website. And, to find out exactly how the process will work, take a look at our FAQs.

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RSC Endorses KBART

12 Oct 2012

Improving metadata assists discoverability.

As part of our commitment to support librarians, the Royal Society of Chemistry is delighted to endorse Phase I recommendations of the KBART (Knowledge Bases And Related Tools) Working Group, a joint NISO/UKSG initiative that is exploring data problems within the OpenURL supply chain.

KBART’s Phase I Recommended Practice, published in January 2010, contains practical recommendations for the timely exchange of accurate metadata between content providers and knowledge base developers.

More information is available via the NISO and UKSG Press Release. Our endorsement is thanks to the hard work of Juliet Palmer, Customer Service Executive – Technical Support, in producing and updating the KBART file which is available on the RSC’s Librarians’ Portal.

For more information contact technicalsupport@rsc.org.

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RSC Publishing Catalogue 2013

28 Sep 2012

There’s a lot of information about a lot of products out there, but not always enough time to view it all.

We feel that the 2013 RSC Publishing Catalogue is a vital document as it shows the depth and detail of what we do for the chemical sciences.

You can view the catalogue online, but, you may just want the highlights for 2013, so here they are:

Two NEW journals – Biomaterials Science (P.5) and Toxicology Research (P.21) – both available for free to all existing subscribers or registered users
More journal content – CrystEngComm (48 issues, previously 24), Faraday Discussions (8 issues, previously 6), Polymer Chemistry (24 issues, previously 12), RSC Advances (48 issues, previously 24), Analytical Methods (24 issues, previously 12)
Great savings on collections – RSC Gold (P.18) now includes Catalysis Science & Technology (p.5) and RSC Advances (P.20).
More flexibility on eBooks – annual collections now available for all years from 2008-2013 (P.19)
Plus various options for our archive – whether an outright purchase or an annual lease for 1841-2007, or just a top-up for 2005-2007 (P.18)

If you would like a hard copy of the catalogue, please contact marketing@rsc.org.

If you have a sales enquiry, please contact your RSC Account Manager or your local Subscription Agent. Alternatively you can e-mail sales@rsc.org.

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Gold for Gold – First Open Access credit used by University of Hull

11 Sep 2012

It’s nice to be first. Gold Image

Recently we announced Gold for Gold, an innovative initiative rewarding UK RSC Gold customers with credits to publish a select number of papers in RSC journals via Open Science, the RSC’s Gold Open Access option. This ensures academics at RSC Gold subscribing institutions can further increase the visibility of their quality research.

We are now delighted to announce another first. This time for the University of Hull, who will be the opening beneficiary from this project.

CXCR4 chemokine receptor antagonists: nickel(II) complexes of configurationally restricted macrocycles (Steve Archibald et al, Dalton Transactions 2012 Vol:41, Issue 31) is the first article to be published as part of Gold for Gold and is available to all online.

More information on Gold for Gold is available on our website. If you have any further questions on the procedure, or are an interested customer from outside the UK , please contact goldforgold@rsc.org.

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RSC Publishing Price List 2013

17 Aug 2012

The Royal Society of Chemistry would like to announce its 2013 Price List for journals, databases, magazines, eBooks and various collections.

Growth in content, higher impact factors, increased international influence and global visibility are at the cornerstone of everything we do.

And here’s just some of the proof.In the past year the number of articles in RSC journals has risen by 53% to more than 20,000, whilst 41% of our journals have achieved an Impact Factor of *5 and above (that’s more than Elsevier, Wiley and the ACS). We can boast authors from more than 90 countries worldwide, and our content has been downloaded by virtually every country on the planet.

Please see below for a summary of all the key changes for 2013, reflected in the new Price List.

New for 2013

All 2013 subscription renewals will be managed in-house by the RSC (this was previously managed by PCS)
There will be two new journals for 2013, Biomaterials Science and Toxicology Research – both available for free to all existing subscribers or registered users
There will be a significant increase in content for the following journals: CrystEngComm (48 issues for 2013, previously 24); Faraday Discussions (8 issues for 2013, previously 6); Polymer Chemistry (24 issues for 2013, previously 12); RSC Advances (48 issues for 2013, previously 24)
Our collections continue to represent great savings, and RSC Gold now includes Catalysis Science & Technology and RSC Advances. We are discontinuing the Package K Collection
We are offering more flexibility on our eBooks, with annual collections now available for all years from 2008-2013. We are discontinuing the Tutorial Chemistry Texts and Paperback Subject Collection
The Journal of Materials Chemistry brand will continue in the form of three journals, but will still be available as a full collection. Each journal will focus on an area of materials chemistry, divided by the nature of the intended applications of the materials studied: energy and sustainability; biology and medicine; and optical and electronic devices.
In response to feedback from the journal’s community, the Journal of Environmental Monitoring is changing its name to Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts (ESPI) to better reflect the content and the interests of the journal’s readers
All databases from 2013 will be online only (this applies to individual subscriptions and collections) and we are discontinuing the Chromatography Abstracts database

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

*Impact Factor data based on 2011 Journal Citation Reports (Thomson Reuters, June 2012)

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RSC to in-source journal subscription management for 2013

27 Jul 2012

The Royal Society of Chemistry will in-source its journal subscription management and fulfilment from 2013 volumes, with renewal notices being sent direct from the RSC in August 2012. In addition, all orders for e-books and archive products in 2013 will also be processed directly from the RSC’s Cambridge offices from January 1^st 2013.

Any subscription, e-book or archive product purchaser will still experience the same quality of engagement with the new THINK system. This move brings the RSC even closer to its customers with all service functions now in one place. The RSC would like to take this opportunity to thank PCS for their high level of service and support over the last seven years, in what has proved a very effective relationship.

Until 31st December 2012, pre-2013 orders should continue to be sent to:

RSC Distribution Services
c/o Portland Customer Services
Commerce Way
Colchester
Essex
CO2 8HP
United Kingdom
Email sales@rscdistribution.org
Tel + 44 (0)1206 226050
Fax + 44 (0)1206 226055

Orders for 2013 journal renewals, from now on, should go to:

Orders Department
Royal Society of Chemistry
Thomas Graham House
Science Park
Milton Road
Cambridge, CB4 0WF
UK
E-mail: orders@rsc.org
Tel: +44 (0)1223 432398
Fax: +44 (0)1223 426017

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Are you going to Experimental Biology? See you there!

16 Apr 2012

If you’re in San Diego for the 2012 Experimental Biology conference, make sure you drop by Booth #416.

We will be showcasing our journals and books and we will be giving away FREE copies of our ‘hot off the press’ new booklet containing a collection of our best biological chemistry articles!

But why is the 2012 Experimental Biology conference important to a publisher historically renowned for high quality chemistry research?

In response to the needs of the increasingly interdisciplinary community our activities have evolved over recent years. Our new and more established journals and books cover many of the most important areas of biological chemistry research.

RSC Biological Chemistry titles are creating a new paradigm in biology by addressing real problems and real scientific issues of concern in todays world. The journals we will be highlighting are…

Lab on a Chip, Integrative Biology, Metallomics, Molecular BioSystems, Food & Function and Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences.

Book series include the RSC Drug Discovery Series, RSC Biomolecular Sciences Series and the RSC Issues in Toxicology Series.

So whether you’re looking for the latest cutting-edge research, needing to access top quality reference works, or finding the best place to publish your biological chemistry research, choose RSC Publishing.

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Toxicology Research announced

16 Nov 2011

The following news item about new journal Toxicology Research has just been released: Tox Res cover

Academic and industrial researchers in the field of toxicology will have a new option for the publication of their research in 2012, with the launch of Toxicology Research. The journal will be published in partnership with the British Toxicology Society and the Chinese Society of Toxicology.

Announcing the launch, James Milne, acting Managing Director of Publishing at the RSC, said: “We are delighted to support the toxicology research community with this new journal, published in partnership with both the BTS and CST. By providing authors with exceptional service through the submission and publication process, and providing free access to readers for the first two volumes, we anticipate Toxicology Research will quickly become preeminent in the field.

“The RSC prides itself in publishing journals of exceptional quality, relevance and timeliness, and Toxicology Research, with the editorial team involved, will certainly be in a good position to achieve this for the toxicology community”.

Toxicology Research will be a multidisciplinary journal covering both the fundamental and applied aspects of toxicology, including drug toxicity, food toxicity and their mechanisms, responses and risk/safety evaluation. The journal opens for submissions on 1st December, and the first issue will be published at the end of May 2012.

Professor Nigel J Gooderham, Editor-in-Chief, comments “It is a privilege and honour to be invited to work with the Royal Society of Chemistry on the launch of this new publishing venture. Current research in toxicology attempts to understand and explain biological response to noxious agents and draws upon the physical, biological and medical sciences. Therefore the scope of Toxicology Research will be inclusive rather than specialist with the emphasis on publishing the highest quality toxicological science, irrespective of discipline.”

Authors submitting to Toxicology Research will benefit from rapid peer review and publication, with no page charges. Authors have the option of publishing their research as an Accepted Manuscript*, and Open Access publication is also available as an option through RSC Open Science. Published research will have very high visibility: from launch until December 2013, all content will be freely available online for all readers via the website. Additionally, chemical structures and data contained in the journal will be integrated with ChemSpider, the RSC’s free chemical structure database. Authors with research that they would like to be considered for the first issues of Toxicology Research can submit online at www.rsc.org/toxicology.

For further details contact:

Richard Kelly, Managing Editor, email: toxres-rsc@rsc.org

*An Accepted Manuscript is an unedited and unformatted version of an article that is published shortly after acceptance. It is available as a downloadable pdf file. It is then replaced by the fully edited and formatted Advance Article.

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