Chemistry for tomorrow’s world Royal Society of Chemistry Stephen Hawthorne Sales Director Zhenqzhou, China

Agenda About the RSC The RSC in China New Journals ChemSpider

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Largest European organisation for advancing the chemical sciences Founded 1841 Professional body with a worldwide network of 48,500 members “ To foster the chemical sciences by the dissemination of chemical knowledge …”

RSC – as an organisation Over 370 staff Head Office – Cambridge UK Other Office Locations: –Burlington House, London –China –Philadelphia, United States RSC Publishing –Journals & Books publishing –Editorial, Marketing & Sales RSC SEI –Science, Education, Industry –Membership

The RSC - activities International not-for profit Publisher International not-for profit Publisher Conferences & Events Conferences & Events Professional Body Qualifications Professional Body Qualifications Library and Information Centre Library and Information Centre Global Membership Organisation Global Membership Organisation Science Policy - campaigning organisation Science Policy - campaigning organisation Education Facilitator Education Facilitator Learned Society Charity Learned Society Charity RSC Activities RSC Activities

RSC Publishing – Portfolio RSC publishing activity dates back to Journals –35,000 submissions (2010) –13,500 articles published (2010) –Online journal archive (220,000 articles from 1841) 90+ Books published per year 1,000 ebooks available Databases, including ChemSpider Magazines, including Chemistry World Plus: events, awards, publishing training, etc

High Impact Journals Source: Thomson ISI – 2009 data (released June 2010)

A roadmap for the chemical sciences

 Energy  Food  Future cities  Human health  Lifestyle & recreation  Raw materials & feedstocks  Water & air Priority areas

RSC Publishing – 2010 Articles % chemistry journals with Impact Factor >3.0 (Source: Thomson ISI)

RSC: High Impact Publishing RSC’s average impact factor is 5.46 –average in chemistry is just % of RSC journals have an impact factor over 3.0 % chemistry journals with Impact Factor >3.0 (Source: Thomson ISI)

International Reach Philadelphia & Raleigh Beijing & Shanghai Bangalore London & Cambridge Tokyo

Submissions – International trends Submissions – by country

Prominence of research from China Lead authors, RSC journal articles

RSC & ACS – Not for Profit Societies both publish highest quality journals Increase in quality and impact

RSC Strategy - China Continue with leading presence in China Expand local offices Expand editorial representation on journals (and books and magazines) Hold significant events (conferences) Recognise top researchers (RSC Awards) Accreditation of institutions Invite collaboration and partnerships at all levels –MedChemCom Symposia, in partnership with CPA –ISACS6, hosted by PKU and sponsored by CAS –Nanoscale

New journals in 2008 Energy & Environmental Science Free access in 2008 & 2009 First impact factor: –#1 in Environmental Sciences (of 181) –#2 in Energy & Fuels (of 71)

New journals in 2009 Analytical Methods Integrative Biology Metallomics Nanoscale Free access in 2009 & 2010

New journals in 2010 Chemical Science Food & Function MedChemComm Polymer Chemistry Free access in 2010 & 2011

Chemical Science New Flagship Journal Exceptional Editorial Board –David MacMillan, Editor in Chief Intended to rival JACS (ACS) and Angewandte (Wiley) Outstanding quality papers to date –many covered in news and media channels Free access to first two years content

New journals in 2011 Catalysis Science & Technology RSC Advances Free access in 2011 & 2012

ChemSpider: The free chemical structure search engine

ChemSpider is a free website for chemists: –Over 25 million chemical structures, properties and associated information from over 400 data sources –Integrates and links chemical structure data –Chemists can contribute their own data –The community can curate / correct data –Single Online Search –Multi Award winning –Fully supported and made available by RSC

ChemSpider – Award Winner ChemSpider 2010 Bio-IT World Best Practices Award for contributions to community chemistry ChemSpider Innovative Software Award at the iExpo/KM Forum 2010 ChemSpider named as winner of the 2010 ALPSP Award for Publishing Innovation

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