RSC Prizes & Awards – Nominate before 15th January

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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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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Collaborate, Innovate and Re-shape Science

marblar_logoThe RSC is collaborating with Marblar to help re-shape Science.

Marblar highlights overlooked technology, and encourages scientists to collaborate and create new possibilities for the technology.

In conjunction with Marblar, the RSC is sponsoring a set of competitions based around pieces of research published in our journals, which we believe have potential to attract new ideas and hopefully novel applications. This is an innovative opportunity to elevate your research by engaging with a global network of diverse minds to discuss ideas, problem-solve and get your research noticed. Get involved today.

Marblar seeks to encourage fun in science, where discoveries are posted as ‘’challenges’’ and problem solvers can earn points and cash prizes by contributing exciting ideas.

Collaborate, Innovate and Re-shape Science… Check out Marblar’s website and get involved.

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RSC Endorses KBART

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

2013 Catalogue

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 journalsBiomaterials Science (P.5) and Toxicology Research (P.21) – both available for free to all existing subscribers or registered users
  • More journal contentCrystEngComm (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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Did we meet you at the ACS in Philadelphia?

It was great to meet some of you at the RSC booth in Philadelphia during the ACS National Meeting and Exposition. Whether you attended the meeting or not, we’d like to make sure that you don’t miss out on our special offers this autumn:

Chemistry WorldFREE e-membership and a subscription to Chemistry World

Join RSC e-membership FREE using promo code ACSFALL and receive a 12-month digital subscription to Chemistry World. This truly international monthly magazine for chemical science, with a readership of over 49,000, allows you to:

  • discover the latest developments in research and science policy
  • explore business news analysis, features and opinion columns
  • browse the latest job advertisements and careers section

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

FREE RSC Publishing Personal Account

Visual Elements Puzzle

Delegates getting involved with our Visual Elements puzzle at the ACS

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 26 million records. Why not try it out and see what you can discover?

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You can also find out more about our books and journals through our eTOC alerts and newsletters. If you have any questions or comments, please contact us, we’d be happy to hear from you. We look forward to seeing you at the next meeting!

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

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

RSC Price List 2013The 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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Philadelphia free-dom

The Royal Society of Chemistry will be in Philadelphia for the ACS meeting this month – and we’d love to meet you. Visit us at Booth #701 and find out more about our free content  and how the RSC is going from strength to strength in its mission to advance the chemical sciences. Some key free events taking place at booth #701 include:

ChemSpider demo  – Monday 20th at 11 am

Discover how you can make the most of our free chemical structure database, providing fast search access to over 26 million structures.

Book signing:  The Case of the Poisonous Socks – Monday 20th at 2pm

Celebrated author William H Brock will be at the stand with copies of The Case of the Poisonous Socks, which offers 42 light-hearted tales of chemists and their discoveries. The book will be selling at just $15 (less than half its list price) so don’t miss out!

Join us for coffee – Monday 20th and Tuesday 21st from 11 am

Coffee and other drinks are free while stocks last     

There are many more RSC and ChemSpider events taking place around the venue, and a full list is included at the bottom of this blog post.

So come along to Booth #701 and:

  • Find out more about our new Impact Factors and rising stars within RSC journals
  • Hear the very latest journal news and search the RSC Publishing platform
  • Browse over 60 new RSC books and take advantage of a special 30% show discount
  • Try ChemSpider, the multiple award winning, chemical structure-based search engine providing free access to more than 25 million chemical structures
  • Meet RSC representatives and investigate how you can publish with one of the world’s leading chemical science publishers
  • Harriet Gould and Emma Favager from our Commercial Sales team will also be on site to speak to you about Chemistry World, webinars, recruitment, digital options, and more.

 We look forward to meeting you in Philadelphia!

Sunday 19th 10.50AM – 11.10AM Putting chemistry into the hands of students – chemistry made mobile using resources from the Royal Society of Chemistry Room 109B
  4.15PM – 4.40PM Mining public domain data as a basis for drug repurposing Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Room 302/303
Monday 20th 11.00AM – 12.00PM ChemSpider demo Booth #701
  11.00AM – 3.00PM* Join us for coffee Booth #701
  2.00PM – 3.00PM Book signing:  The Case of the Poisonous Socks  Booth #701
  2.05PM – 2.30PM Feeding and consuming data to support Open Notebook Science via the ChemSpider platform Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Conference Room 307
  2.30PM – 2.55PM Approaches for extraction and “digital chromatography” of chemical data – a perspective from the RSC Hilton Garden Inn Philadelphia, Salon D
    RSC Member Reception  (by invitation only)  
Tuesday 21st   Sponsorship of Bioconjugate Polymer session (Division of Polymer Chemistry) by RSC journals Chemical Science and ChemComm  
   10AM – 12PM ChemSpider and You: A workshop exploring how ChemSpider can help you find chemical information (Register via conference website) Workshop Room 2
  11.00AM – 3.00PM* Join us for coffee Booth #701
  4.55PM – 5.10PM ChemSpider compound database as one of the pillars of a semantic web for chemistry Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Grand Ballroom Salon H
    Young Investigators session dinner co-sponsored by RSC journals Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry and ChemSocRev  
Wednesday 22nd   Sponsorship of Bioconjugate Polymer session (Division of Polymer Chemistry) by RSC journals Chemical Science and ChemComm  
Thursday 23rd 9.15AM – 9.35AM Delivering an online service for validating and standardizing chemical structure files using the ChemSpider platform Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Franklin Hall 6
  9.35AM – 9.55AM How can the International Chemical Identifier (InChI) be extended to non-trivial chemicals? Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Franklin Hall 6
  9.55AM – 10.15AM Serving up and consuming community content for chemists using wikis Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Franklin Hall 6

 While stocks last*

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RSC to in-source journal subscription management for 2013

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 1st 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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