Royal Society of Chemistry’s flagship journal goes Gold open access

PUBLIC RELEASE DATE:

15-Jul-2014

Contact: Victoria Steven stevenv@rsc.org 0044-020-744-03322 Royal Society of Chemistry

The Royal Society of Chemistry's flagship journal, Chemical Science, is going Gold open access from 2015 making it the world's first high-quality open access chemistry journal.

With an Impact Factor of 8.3, Chemical Science attracts the best chemistry research from around the world.

From January 2015 onwards, all new content in Chemical Science will be free for anyone to access.

To ease the transition to open access, the Royal Society of Chemistry is waiving all Article Processing Charges (APCs) for two years.

Outgoing UK Science Minister, David Willetts, applauds move as bold step.

Speaking at a central London event attended by Royal Society of Chemistry members, UK government and parliamentary representatives and members of the wider scientific community, the Royal Society of Chemistry's President, Professor Dominic Tildesley, said:

"I am delighted that my first public announcement since assuming the Presidency of The Royal Society of Chemistry just last week is a momentous step forward in sharing chemical science knowledge world-wide. The Royal Society of Chemistry fully supports sustainable open access publishing as indeed do I. As the world's leading chemistry community and a not-for-profit organisation, our mission is to serve the best interests of chemistry and society, as we have done for over 170 years. There can be no better way to fulfil that mission than by taking our leading journal to Gold open access bringing more world leading research to a wider audience than ever before."

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