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The Royal Society of Chemistry: Advancing Excellence in the Chemical Sciences
Dan DyerHead of Sales
Royal Society of Chemistry
• Founded in1841• One of the largest organisations for
advancing the chemical sciences• Professional body with a worldwide
network of 49,000 members • Internationally acclaimed publishing
business• Non-for-profit organization
Thomas Graham House
• Our publishing activities span books, e-books, journals, databases and magazines
Leading international publisher
*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.
What is RSC Publishing?
•Analytical Abstracts•Catalysts & Catalysed Reactions•Laboratory Hazards Bulletin•Natural Product Updates•NEW 2015: Synthetic Reaction Updates (Former Methods of Organic Synthesis and Catalysts and Catalysed Reactions in one product now)
Journal Launches
Initial
New
Very new
2009 launches 2010 launches
2011 launches 2012 launches
Databases
Recently acquired
The EPSRC funded National Chemical Database Service, hosted by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Coming Soon
For the UK
Chemistry WorldFlagship magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Podcasts
Webinars
Social Media:
Facebook 341,00
Twitter 269,000
LinkedIn 9,500
Blogs
Readers
46,030 in print
221,000 online (Q1 2014)
+ + = Free to use
31 million structures Over 400 different data sources, including:
PubChem, ChEBI GSK Malarial compounds Chemical Suppliers Catalogues Patents RSC journals
Physical properties, spectra, safety information and much more Access it anywhere there’s internet
www.chemspider.com/
Growth in Content
• Published articles: 5,754 to 27,237 (373% growth)
• 22% growth in Impact Factor to average 5.772
• 126% growth in article downloads to 26M
Why?
Sustainability
We want to continue and expand what we have been doing since 1841 in supporting the chemical sciences…
Maintain and improve the quality whilst expanding into new areas of chemistry and related disciplines
Open Access – threat to Society Publishers?
What if the world went OA tomorrow?
OA is fast moving, we are in a transition period
Individual funding agency mandates - varying policies which can be confusing
Publisher experimentation continues
Rapid growth of OA journals and institutional repositories
RSC wants to work with the community to support them, and be involved in the on-going discussions
RSC policy:
“RSC supports Open Access models which seek to ensure that scholarly publishing activities operate in a long-term sustainable
way”
• Maximise availability and accessibility of research• Maintain standards and ethics of publishing• Provide a quality service
Gold OA is the best option – sustainable and provides immediate access
Green OA is also supported with our Chemical Sciences
Article Repository: http://www.rsc.org/Chemical-Sciences-Repository/articles/
• Number of voucher codes received is what the institution pays for RSC Gold divided by £1,600
• We recognise researchers are being asked to publish OA, but may not have the funding
• A reward for all RSC Gold subscribing institutions• Institutions get voucher codes to publish Gold OA free of
charge• > £9Million invested in free Gold OA voucher codes for RSC Gold
members
"The more that this type of thinking can be seen to permeate throughout the publishing industry, the better."Ron Egginton, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Thank you!
Come visit us at our stand to find out more
More information:http://rsc.li/open-access
http://rsc.li/goldforgold
E-mail: [email protected]
