RSC Open Science

RSC Publishing is pleased to offer increased choice to its journal authors. From 1st October 2006, authors will be offered the option of paying a fee in exchange for making their accepted communication, research paper or review article openly available to all via the web.

RSC Open Science will only be available to authors once their papers have been accepted for publication, following the normal rigorous peer-review procedures. This will ensure that the processes remain entirely separate and that the RSC's scientific and editorial standards are upheld. Authors who have published their work in RSC journals will also be able to retrospectively apply for their work to be included in the scheme.

RSC Open Science will operate in parallel with the normal publication route, which remains free to authors.