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Journals: our growth and global impact

Like many publishers, here at the Royal Society of Chemistry we’re proud to publicise our journal impact factors when they’re released each June.

However, we know from your feedback that you need more than great impact factors to make us your publisher of choice. 

So we’ve collated some other facts to convince you.Journals: growth and global impact

Read this document to find out how:

  • Our market share has grown, as well as our content
  • Many more people are reading our journal articles
  • we’ve improved our international influence through our Editorial board membership and international offices

and more.

Plus, we’ve included a summary of how we’re working to shape the future of the chemical sciences – for the benefit of science and humanity.

Find out how we are advancing excellence in the chemical sciences – download the pdf today.

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Environmental Science: Nano now open for submissions!

Submit nowGreat 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 visiblefree 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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Open Access from the Royal Society of Chemistry

There’s a lot of talk amongst librarians about Open Access (OA) at the moment.

The Royal Society of Chemistry has been at the centre of this debate. Listen to Publishing Director Jim Milne talk about the importance of OA Publishing and the development of Gold for Gold to find out more about our involvement:

Gold for Gold: An Open Access overview

Institutional subscribers to the Royal Society of Chemistry’s complete online package, RSC Gold, are entitled to Open Access voucher codes free of charge. We also have a range of purchasing options available for publishing both new and retrospective research Gold OA. To find out more, visit our Gold for Gold webpage.

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2012 Impact Factors

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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You’ll need steady hands in San Diego

If you’re attending the SLA Annual Meeting next week, visit RSC Publishing at booth 630 and try your hand at our ‘Beat the RSC Buzzwire’ competition. The fastest time of the event wins an iPad mini, so why not drop by and test out those steady hands?

We are also hosting some great talks and events at booth 630, including:

Monday 10th June

Tuesday 11th June

Executive Director Stephen Hawthorne will also be presenting at the Science and Technology on the Go session on Sunday 9th June – come along to hear more about RSC mobile app innovations.

You can visit us at booth 630 anytime to demo The Merck Index Online, ask about key products and services such as RSC Gold, and find out more about our Open Access publishing scheme, and meet the team. Contact Regional Sales Manager Matt Straiges directly if you’d like to make an appointment. 

 

*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 launches Environmental Science: Nano journal

Environmental Science: Nano coverWe are delighted to announce Environmental Science: Nano, a new peer-reviewed journal for high quality research on the interactions of biological and environmental systems with natural and engineered nanomaterials. Vicki Grassian, F. Wendell Miller Professor at the University of Iowa, USA, has been appointed Editor-in-Chief.

Announcing the launch, James Milne, Executive Director of RSC Publishing, said: “The interactions and consequences of nanomaterials in the natural environment are of interest to a diverse range of scientists.  Environmental Science: Nano is the only journal dedicated to publishing the latest findings in this field and we are delighted to be able to support the community by giving them a dedicated platform for their research.

“RSC Publishing is renowned for its quality, service, speedy publication and ground-breaking technology. I am confident that authors and readers will embrace Environmental Science: Nano, helping the RSC to further advance excellence in the chemical sciences for the benefit of science and humanity.”

Research published in Environmental Science: Nano will examine how nanomaterials enter, migrate and undergo transformations as they move through various environmental and biological media or systems. More information about the journal’s scope can be found on the website.

Vicki Grassian“There is currently no journal that focuses solely on the interaction of nanomaterials with environmental and biological systems, which is an enormously important aspect of the development of sustainable nanotechnologies for improving human and environmental health. For this reason, I am very pleased to be associated with Environmental Science: Nano as it aims to ensure that this research has a high quality home in a society journal.”   
Vicki Grassian, Editor-in-Chief, Environmental Science: Nano

The journal will shortly open for submissions via the website. The first issue will be published in late 2013. 

Make sure you don’t miss out on the latest journal news by registering your details to receive the regular Environmental Science: Nano newsletter. And you can follow the journal on Twitter @ESNano_RSC.

Did you know…..? Environmental Science: Nano is part of the RSC Publishing Environmental Science portfolio. Discover more today >

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RSC and CCS announce new publishing partnership

A unique not-for-profit society partnership between the Chinese Chemical Society (CCS) and the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) will deliver a collection of journals that combine high quality content and fast publication with trusted values of society publishing.

The Frontiers journals aim to publish the very best research from China, Asia and the rest of the world to an international audience. This collaboration celebrates a new phase in scientific growth, and will provide researchers with unparalleled opportunities for global visibility and international collaboration.

An integral part of the development of each journal is collaboration with a top Chinese institute in the relevant field. These partner institutes will bring prestige and scientific knowledge to the enterprise. The first two journals and their partner institutes are: 

Each Frontiers journal will be jointly owned by CCS, RSC and the relevant partner institute, with each owner bringing their expertise to the project.

The two journals will publish their first issues in 2014. Other journals from core chemistry areas will follow in the coming months and years. Ultimately the aim is for the Frontiers portfolio to become a leading international journal series for the chemical sciences community.

You can find out more about this initiative, and the partner organisations, from our Press Release and via our website.

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Connecting the world with the chemical sciences

Here at the RSC, one of our most important objectives is to foster and encourage the growth and application of (chemical) science by the dissemination of chemical knowledge.

That’s why we’re delighted to be involved in Research4Life, which helps us disseminate our high quality journal articles to researchers in developing countries.

Research4Life is the collective name given to a series of public-private partnerships that offer health, agriculture and environmental research for free or at low cost to developing countries.

Around 6000 institutions are registered for access to publications through Research4Life. Partly thanks to this improved access, scientific research output from developing countries has increased dramatically in recent years.

That’s great news, not just for those developing countries but for the entire science community.

Chemistry – it makes a world of difference.

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Video: Tips for Publishing

Want to know how to write a good paper? Or how to improve your publication success rate?

Watch this video and learn top tips from world-leading scientists and RSC staff.

And don’t forget: our online guidelines contain a wealth of advice about article types, structure and submission.

Any questions?

Contact us – we’d be happy to help.

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Video: Why publish with the RSC?

We publish great journals and books. But we would say that, wouldn’t we? 

Watch this video and find out what a host of top scientists, including Ben Feringa, Sue Lunte and Seth Marder, really think of us.

Interested in finding out more? Visit the RSC Publishing platform to browse our journals, books and databases and submit your own high quality research.

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