The Royal Society of Chemistry recently celebrated 170 years of publishing with the awarding of a Chemical Landmark plaque at the learned society's office in Cambridge. The blue plaque will be placed outside the main entrance of Thomas Graham House at the Cambridge science park.
According to RSC Chief Executive Dr. Robert Parker, this landmark acknowledges the huge and growing contribution of the RSC to the development of the scientific record for the chemical sciences. In 1841, the Society had published its first 42 articles in the Memoirs of the Chemical Society of London. This year, the International Year of Chemistry, RSC journals will publish 20,419 articles. This is seen to mark the growth in output of chemistry scholarship and the importance of the RSC in disseminating it to advance the chemical sciences.
RSC journals' average impact factor (IF) is 5.4 - over twice that of the average chemistry journal (2.54). Eighty-three percent of RSC journals listed in the 2011 impact factors report have an IF above 3. Of the top 20 journals in the multidisciplinary chemistry category, 25 percent are from RSC Publishing.
Chemical Landmarks are the Royal Society of Chemistry's official recognition of historical sites around the UK where important chemical breakthroughs have been made. They are an RSC initiative to commemorate, emphasise and awaken public interest in historic developments in the chemical sciences.
Sites that are awarded Chemical Landmark status have either played a major part in the development of chemical science or have seen a development of chemical science that has made a significant contribution to the health, wealth or quality of life of the nation.
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