RSC Publishing Blog

ACS in Anaheim – see you there

01 Mar 2011

We’ll be in Anaheim this month for the ACS Spring 2011 National Meeting and Exposition – and we’d love to meet you. Visit Booth 903 to find out how we are working with you and your communities to enhance the chemical sciences worldwide. And there are lots of prizes to be won each day, including T-shirts, baseball caps and games.

At our booth you can:

Hear the very latest journal news and search the RSC Publishing platform
Pick up a copy of the first issue of Catalysis Science & Technology, our new journal focusing on all fundamental science and technological aspects of catalysis
See the faces behind Chemical Science – and read a sample of the first 100 articles printed in our special conference collection
Try ChemSpider, the multiple award-winning, chemical structure-based search engine providing free access to more than 25 million chemical structures.
Browse our books, all with a show discount of 20%
Investigate our new Water Specialists’ Package of nine books – you can save 35% on the individual purchase price of these best-selling books

While at the booth, you can also: discover International Year of Chemistry 2011 activities; connect with MyRSC, the professional network for the chemical sciences; find details of our extensive conference programme, including Challenges in Renewable Energy, the fourth International Symposium on Advancing the Chemical Sciences (ISACS4), coming to Boston in July; and subscribe to Chemistry World at a specially reduced rate.

Plus, here are some events for your diary:

Monday 28th March
RSC ChemSpider as an environment for teaching and sharing chemistry (Antony Williams, ChemSpider, RSC)	09.45	Room Trillium B, Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel
Wiki resources for chemical education (Prof Martin A Walker, SUNY Potsdam and RSC Teacher Fellow)	10.25	Room Trillium B, Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel
Hosting a compound centric community resource for chemistry data (Antony Williams, ChemSpider, RSC)	15.05	Room 204A
Tuesday 29th March
How the web has weaved a web of interlinked chemistry data (Antony Williams, ChemSpider, RSC)	15.00	Room 204A
RSC Publishing journal reception (invited guests only)	18.00-20.00	Anaheim Marriott
Wednesday 30th March
ChemSpider training	08.30-11.00	Room 211A

(All events take place in the Anaheim Convention Center, unless otherwise stated.)

See you in Anaheim!

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RSC presents: High Impact Analytical Science at Pittcon

09 Feb 2011

By Kathrin Leonard.

Are you planning to attend this year’s Pittcon Conference in Atlanta from 13th -17th March?

Why not start the conference with a visit at the RSC booth 1147 and a cup of freshly brewed Starbucks coffee?
We’d love to talk to you about our latest books and journals in a relaxed atmosphere and you can discover all the advantages of publishing your research with us.
If you decide to join the RSC at the conference, we’ll offer a discounted membership package as well.
The following RSC staff will be attending Pittcon:

May Copsey
Editor Analyst, Analytical Methods, JAAS and Metallomics

Niamh O’Connor
Publisher

Joanne Thomson
Deputy Editor Chemical Science, Chemical Communications, Chemical Society Reviews

Merlin Fox
Commissioning Editor, Books

Please feel free to get in touch with any of the staff before the conference and arrange a meeting at publishing@rsc.org

And if you’re up for a bit of fun, we’re running a mini quiz where you could win an RSC hamper filled with lots of great prizes.

We look forward to meeting you in Atlanta!
Best wishes,

Louise Peck, Stand Manager

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Find Out How ChemSpider Connects Chemistry & Mass Spectrometry Online – Register Today…

20 Jan 2011

By Jennifer Green.

Connecting chemistry and mass spectrometry on the internet in the very first Chemistry World live webinar on 31 January, discover the powerful combination of the modern mass spectrometry and the ChemSpider database of chemical structures in metabolomics research.

Dr Antony Williams of the RSC and Dr John Shockcor from Waters will be speaking on:

Connecting Chemistry and Mass Spectrometry on the Internet – ChemSpider
Monday 31 January 2011

Join the live webinar – Register Here

Be part of the active audience at The Royal Society of Chemistry, London, UK – Register Here

This Chemistry World webinar is brought to you in partnership with ChemSpider and Waters.

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RSC Publishing Platform reaches the one million milestone

14 Jan 2011

By Jennifer Green.

The one millionth paper Controlled assembly of plasmonic colloidal nanoparticle clusters by José M. Romo-Herrera, Ramón A. Alvarez-Puebla and Luis M. Liz-Marzán.

This seven figure milestone was reached as the RSC’s exceptional range of peer-reviewed journals, magazines, books, databases and publishing services to the chemical science community more than doubled in output in the last three years.

Royal Society of Chemistry editorial director James Milne said: “Today marks a significant landmark for the RSC Publishing Platform. Delivering the millionth record, a paper published in the RSC journal Nanoscale, demonstrates not only the significance of the RSC in terms of disseminating high-quality research content worldwide but also with many millions of article downloads each year, the value researchers place on being able to access this content through our new publishing platform.” In the last four years RSC Publishing has gone from being the fifth largest publisher in chemistry to challenging Wiley in third place.

“This incredible growth, including launching 10 new journals and more than doubling the number of high impact papers published, seems set to continue into 2011,” added James. “In addition to growing in scale, the quality of the RSC Portfolio remains at the top of the field. More than 90% of the RSC’s 30 journals have an impact factor over 3.0 – a feat no other publisher can match. This high quality portfolio is attracting more and more submissions from a truly international research community, all supported by a highly qualified editorial team providing exceptional customer service to the journal authors. Similar developments are taking place with the book’s portfolio with a record 85 books published last year alone, most also available as ebooks.”

The new platform, providing powerful, fast access to journals, books and databases from RSC Publishing, provides access to more than one million articles, papers and database records using one simple interface where results are refined through intuitive filters.

Professor Luis M. Liz-Marzan, from the University of Vigo in Spain and lead author of the one millionth paper, said he was delighted with the achievement and explained why he chooses RSC publishing to promote his work: “I publish in RSC journals because they guarantee high quality standards and widespread readership. I am delighted that one of my papers has become RSC’s millionth paper.”

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Free access to new RSC Publishing journals runs out at the end of this year

02 Dec 2010

By Kathrin Leonard.

Recommend Analytical Methods, Integrative Biology, Metallomics, Nanoscale or Energy & Envrionmental Science to your librarian to retain access

You and your colleagues might have been enjoying free access to the first two volumes of the following RSC Publishing journals, launched in 2009:

• Analytical Methods – Linking industry and academia by focusing on the practical value of analytical science for real world applications

• Integrative Biology – Publishing novel biological research, based on innovative experimental and theoretical methodologies

• Metallomics – Interdisciplinary science which provides insight into the role of metals in biological, environmental and clinical systems

• Nanoscale – Experimental and theoretical work across the breadth of nanoscience and nanotechnology

High Quality Content

In 2011 these journals will be available by subscription only. And the best advocate to prove to you that RSC journals provide essential research for scientists is Energy & Environmental Science. Launched in 2008, it’s received its first Impact Factor: an impressive 8.5!

Also guaranteed is the high quality content that RSC Publishing journals are renowned for. With a publishing history that dates back to 1841, we are a not-for-profit publisher with a track record of a market leading journal portfolio:

• The average impact factor (IF) across our portfolio is 5.4**
• 90% of our titles have an IF over 3

Want to Retain Access?

Single subscriptions to the above publications***are available from £940/$1,701 and there’s a 35% discount for package subscriptions. So if you’d like to talk to us about your subscription options, simply click here and we’ll contact you.

If you are a scientist and would like to retain access to the above publications, recommend them to your information specialist today!

* Please note that Energy & Environmental Science is included in Package A/A+.
** Data based on 2009 Journal Citation Reports ® (Thomson Reuters, 2010)
*** If you subscribe to Package Gold, you automatically receive access to these journals.

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Moving Highlights

23 Nov 2010

By Valerie Simpson.

The free RSC Publishing supplements Highlights in Chemical Science, Highlights in Chemical Biology and Highlights in Chemical Technology are moving.

From January 2011, all online news articles will be published on the Chemistry World news page. They will still be free for everyone to access. Plus, a selection of the content will be published in print as part of the Research section of Chemistry World. The original RSC Publishing research, on which the articles are based, will be free for a limited time.

Issue 12, 2010, will be the final issue of each of the three supplements. All published issues will be freely accessible from the RSC website.

Originally launched back in 2004 to provide a news service drawing together coverage from all RSC publications, the supplements have provided a vehicle for wider promotion of the most cutting-edge science published in RSC journals.

By moving to Chemistry World, articles will have the opportunity to reach even wider audiences.

Make sure you keep in touch with the latest RSC Publishing research news by following us on Twitter (ChemWorldSci, ChemWorldBio or ChemWorldTech) or by signing up for the Chemistry World daily, weekly or monthly alert.

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International Symposia on Advancing the Chemical Sciences (ISACS) 2011

23 Nov 2010

By Daniel Bradnam.

After a successful introduction in 2010, the International Symposia on Advancing the Chemical Sciences (ISACS) is set to return in 2011. Continuing its support of the RSC flagship journal Chemical Science, this significant new global symposia series is ambitious in its scale and coverage.

The second three symposia, like ISACS 1-3, will be held on three continents, over three separate weeks and have already attracted support from some of the leading names in the chemical sciences.

– ISACS4: Challenges in Renewable Energy
– ISACS5: Challenges in Chemical Biology
– ISACS6: Challenges in Organic Materials & Supramolecular Chemistry

Professor Tianquan Lian, from Emory University, Atlanta, said about the ISACS2 meeting: “The scientific content of the conference was of the highest quality and the hospitality was just superb. I have already told my colleagues about this wonderful conference and the new journal”.

Each ISACS event will feature a single stream of plenary lectures complemented by oral presentations and extensive poster sessions with plenty of time dedicated to networking. The chance for young researchers to present their work alongside some of the leading and emerging names in the field is an opportunity not to be missed.

Sign up for news updates and find out more at www.rsc.org/isacs.

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RSC Publishing winners at Pharma-Bio-Med 2010

19 Nov 2010

By Louise Peck, Library Marketing Specialist.

Richard Savory and myself, from RSC Publishing attended the recent Pharma-Bio-Med conference in Seville, with approximately 120 delegates from leading pharmaceutical organisations.

During the conference, we highlighted key RSC Publishing resources including:

the new RSC Drug Discovery Series – a suite of professionally, edited reference books that will encourage learning in a range of different topics and provide understanding to scientists working outside their own area of expertise

RSC journals of interest to the pharmaceutical market – MedChemComm, Integrative Biology, Lab on a Chip, Molecular BioSystems, Nanoscale, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry and Polymer Chemistry

our FREE chemical structure and text-based search engine – ChemSpider

RSC Publishing stand at Pharma-Bio-Med 2010, Seville, Spain

We also held a popular daily on stand competition to win an iPod shuffle and one of our most popular general science books – Turn On Tune In by John Mann

RSC Publishing would like to congratulate our daily prize draw winners


Sandrine Louis	Cecile Ouicher	Shaida Dorabjee (right)
Genzyme	Galderma R&D	SD Information Services

We hope you enjoyed your time at the conference and found the presentations interesting.

For more information on RSC Publishing and the resources we offer, please contact us quoting marketing reference code 10147e and we will happily help.

EMAIL rscpublishing@rsc.org

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RSC at Online Information 2010

17 Nov 2010

By Louise Peck, Library Marketing Specialist.

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) will be on stand 316 at Online Information 2010, London, UK

Come and join the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) on stand 316 to:

discuss your chemical resource needs including Books/eBooks, Databases, Journals and Magazines
enter our daily competition
browse the NEW RSC Publishing Platform and ChemSpider, our FREE chemical structure and text-based search engine
find out what RSC activities can help your researchers, students, academics, scientists and professionals in their research

RSC Presentation

Gemma Wood, Member Services Manager, RSC will be presenting:

Frame The Dialogue: Supporting Physical Networks Through Science 2.0

DATE – Tuesday 30th November 2010

TIME – 14.00

LOCATION – Track Two: Harnessing Opportunity from the Social Web and ‘the Cloud’

TOPIC – Leading the Way: Techniques and Experiences for Social Media Success

N.B. Attendees to this presentation will receive a RSC memory stick – make sure your badge is scanned by an RSC member of staff when entering the presentation to reserve yours.

Stand highlights to look out for:

RSC

RSC Roadmap for chemical sciences listing the various challenges that chemical scientists will need to overcome in order to bring about a more sustainable, prosperous and healthly society
RSC Prizes & Awards: a celebration of excellence in chemical sciences
ChemCareers: the RSC online careers event
Connect with MyRSC

RSC PUBLISHING
The latest news and announcements from our publishing division:

ChemSpider – FREE chemical structure and text-based search engine
Discover the new RSC Publishing Platform and the Librarians’ Portal
2009 Impact Factor success

MEMBERSHIP

Visit the stand to find out how you can become a member of the RSC
Networks & Interest Groups

Our vision is to be the foremost in the world in promoting and developing the chemical sciences for the benefit of society. As a not-for-profit organisation we are committed to investing in the advancement of science. Through our global membership, our journal and books publishing, and our events for chemical scientists, industrialists and policy makers, we are ensuring that an enthusiastic, innovative and thriving scientific community is in place to face the future.

We look forward to seeing you there.

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Access to free content

17 Sep 2010

By Valerie Simpson.

Do you want to access the wealth of free content on the RSC Publishing platform? Then register for a personal account today.

Setting up an account is simple – all we ask is that you provide some very basic information, including a valid email address for authentication.

Then, when you are logged in, you will be able to access all our free content. This includes:

All content of our newest journals, including Chemical Science, for the first 2 volumes
Any articles that are part of a special free access promotion (eg ‘hot’ papers, web theme issues, etc)
In 2010, all content of RSC journals published from 1997 to 2007
A sample chapter from each book in the RSC eBook Collection

With your username and password you can access the free content any time, any place – all you need is internet access.

The RSC Publishing Platform allows you to search across all RSC journal, book and database content from one simple interface. There’s also an advanced search feature, and you can filter your results.

And with an RSC Publishing personal account you can save your searches, and receive results of regular searches by email or RSS feeds.

So don’t delay – register today.

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