The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has announced that from January 2017 its journal RSC Advances will convert to gold open access. The announcement was made at the Chinese Chemical Society 30th Annual Meeting in Dalian on July 1, 2016.
By changing one of the largest chemical sciences journals in the world to an open access model, the Society seeks to shape the future of open access publishing, maximise the visibility of research in the chemical sciences and related areas, and help authors meet their funder and institutional requirements. RSC supports authors' ability to choose where to publish their work, and believes that open access publishing should be an option available to all, regardless of economic background.
The article processing charge (APC) has been at a competitive level of £750 to ensure it is affordable to all authors. Additionally, RSC is offering all authors a discounted APC of £500 for the first two years. Furthermore, the more than 40 countries that fall under Research4Life groups A and B will receive a full waiver to the APC, with a partial discount to £250 being made available to seven further countries including India, Egypt and Pakistan.
RSC Advances publishes high-quality scientific research on 133 subjects covering the entirety of the chemical sciences, including multidisciplinary and emerging areas. Since launch, the journal has published over 26,000 articles. The journal has a rejection rate of over 60% and a 5 year impact factor of 3.5.
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