Open access publishing: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

The agreement commenced in 2024. It is a four-year agreement (2024-2027)

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is a not-for-profit organisation for the advancement of the chemical sciences. They publish journals that cover the core chemical sciences and related fields such as biology, energy and the environment, engineering, materials, medicine, and physics. This agreement allows authors affiliated with participating institutions to publish open access in any of the RSC journals without paying article processing charges.

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Our Royal Charter was granted in 1980 and states that the object for which we are constituted is "the general advancement of chemical science and its application and for that purpose:

• to foster and encourage the growth and application of such science by the dissemination of chemical knowledge;
• to establish, uphold and advance the standards of qualification, competence and conduct of those who practise chemistry as a profession;
• to serve the public interest by acting in an advisory, consultative or representative capacity in matters relating to the science and practice of chemistry; and
• to advance the aims and objectives of members of the Society so far as they relate to the advancement of the science or practice of chemistry."