1. The Royal Society of Chemistry Publishing Resources
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2. Who are the Royal Society of Chemistry?

3. Who we are The world’s leading chemistry community
What we do Advancing excellence in the chemical sciences
Why we do it To shape the future of the chemical sciences for the benefit of science and humanity
What drives us Bringing chemical scientists together; promoting and sharing knowledge and ideas
We are a vibrant worldwide community of people who are passionate about chemistry. We promote the best knowledge and share the best ideas, advancing excellence in the chemical sciences.
We work to shape the future of the chemical sciences – for the benefit of science and humanity.

4. We are a not-for-profit organisation with over 49,000 members from across the globe and a heritage that spans 170 years. We have an ambitious international vision for the future. “The Royal Society of Chemistry has just the right combination – the people, the publications and the connections. The trajectory is good. The time has come!”
We are the oldest chemical society in the world

5. What do we publish? Books and eBooks Journals Databases
Literature alerting services
Magazines
Major Reference Works

6. What is our scope? Chemical Sciences Energy & Environmental Sciences
Food Science
Medicinal Chemistry & Biomolecular Sciences
Nano, Polymers & Materials Science

7. What is our scope?
1 million journal articles, database records and book chapters  
32 million chemical structures in ChemSpider from 470 data sources
39 international peer-reviewed journals
Over 1,200 books and eBooks
5 literature alerting services, 2 magazines, and 2 databases (The Merck Index* Online & MarinLit)
*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.
5 Literature Alerting Services:
Analytical Abstracts
Chemical Hazards in Industry
Laboratory Hazards Bulletin
Natural Product Updates
Synnthetic Reaction Updates
Magazines:
Chemistry World
Education in Chemistry (EIC)

8. Our growth
In 2013, we published 27,000 articles, an increase of 15% on 2012.
We published more than twice as many articles in 2013 than we did in 2010.
Our share of the market has trebled since Whist other major chemistry publishers have seen their share decrease during that time.

9. Our impact
You can trust Royal Society of Chemistry journals to deliver high quality content.
Our exceptional standards are reinforced by the recently published 2013 Journal Citation Reports ®:
6 of the top 20 journals in the multidisciplinary chemistry category are published by us
33% of our journals have an Impact Factor above 5 (and 83% above 3)
Three-quarters of our journals are in the top 25% of their ISI categories

10. Our international influence
In 2013, authors from more than 80 countries published articles in our journals, and our Editorial Board members are truly international.
Based in Cambridge (UK), our publishing operation also has offices in:
São Paolo (Brazil)
Beijing & Shanghai (China)
Berlin (Germany)
Bangalore (India)
Tokyo (Japan)
Philadelphia & Washington DC (USA)
keeping us in touch with the global community.

11. Our global visibility
Our readership is global: our content is downloaded by readers in virtually every country in the world.
Our sustained and impressive international growth has recently been recognised through the UK’s most prestigious business award, the Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2013

12. Our Publishing Collections

13. RSC Gold

14. RSC Gold includes:
All Royal Society of Chemistry journal, literature alerting services & magazine online content*
Our Journals Archive lease
A bonus e-Book series
Regular new material
Voucher codes to publish Gold Open Access free of charge
An automatic opportunity to become a Royal Society of Chemistry Corporate Partner
* Excludes Frontiers journals, The Merck Index* Online, MarinLit & any journals that are free to access.)

15. Other collections

16. Other collections

17. eBook Collection ( )
The Royal Society of Chemistry’s eBook Collection is a definitive point of reference for anyone working in the chemical sciences, with:
Over 1,300 eBooks spanning 46 years of research
MARC records and comprehensive usage stats free of charge
Unlimited access and unlimited usage
Powerful search functionality
Book chapters can be read and downloaded individually
All titles DOI indexed to chapter level
Guaranteed perpetual ownership

18. eBook Collection 2015
There will be over 70 cutting-edge titles added to the new 2015 collection over the course of the year, including…
A new Specialist Periodical Report in Synthetic Biology
The first titles in our New Developments in Mass Spectrometry series
An increase in titles in the New Developments on NMR and RSC Detection Science series

19. Journals Archive (1841 – 2007)
Allow your users to draw on 166 years of ground-breaking research, inspiring future achievements at your institution
Access all 260,000 original articles – all reference linked post-1990
Purchase or lease available for flexibility
An ideal way to complete your sets of RSC Journals and free up valuable shelf space
Top titles include:
Chemical Communications
Dalton Transactions
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

20. The RSC Historic Collection: a NEW digital archive
Discover thousands of scientific and society publications, dating back to 1505.
An online archive designed to make these significant scientific records widely
available. Including some of the oldest chemistry publications in existence.
Society Publications (1949 – 2006). Browse copies of Chemistry in Britain from the ‘60s, Monographs for Teachers and Royal Institute of Chemistry lecture notes.
Society Minutes ( ). Explore the history of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Historical Papers ( ). Fill your digital shelves with items from the Roscoe and Nathan Collections (some of the oldest chemistry texts in existence).
Featuring over 380,000 pages of scientific history.

21. The name THE MERCK INDEX is owned by Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp
*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.

22. What is The Merck Index Online?
The Merck Index has long been regarded as the most authoritative and reliable source of information on chemicals, drugs & biologicals. The Royal Society of Chemistry are proud to be the exclusive providers of the 15th edition.
The Merck Index Online has been developed from this new content to offer a powerful search functionality and a user-friendly interface, making it ideal for institution-wide access.

23. Why choose The Merck Index Online?
Unlimited user concurrency**
Perpetual access and subscription models available
Over 550 new monographs and 1,350 new structures – 11,500 monographs now available online
Regular content updates – over 35% of entries already updated from 14th edition
Continued development providing COUNTER compliance, Shibboleth access and saved searches
** For academic institutions, hospitals & pharmacies

24. Who needs The Merck Index Online?
Subject coverage
Audience
Human and veterinary drugs
The Merck Index Online has a wider scope than many of its competitors, serving the needs of:
Biotech drugs and monoclonal antibodies
Substances used for medical imaging
Chemists, biochemists, pharmacists, pharmacologists, toxicologists, medical researchers, students, teachers, academic libraries, academic researchers, information professionals, solicitors, journalists and government agencies.
Biologicals and natural products
Plant and herbal medicines
Nutraceuticals and cosmeceuticals
Laboratory reagents and catalysts
Dyes, colour and indicators
Environmentally significant substances
Food additives and nutritional supplements
Flavours and fragrances
Agricultural chemicals, pesticides and herbicides
Industrial and specialty chemicals

25. MarinLit The only natural product database dedicated
to the complete literature on marine natural products (MNP)
New online version providing easy access
Site-wide access on any number of work stations simultaneously
24,000 compounds and 26,000 articles
Search structure and substructure, by molecular formulae or by exact mass
Continuous automatic updates

26. FREE ACCESS journals for 2015
Materials Horizons
Environmental Science: Nano
Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
Organic Chemistry Frontiers

27. FREE ACCESS journals for 2015
All Publishing customers and those on free trials with registered IP addresses receive free access journals automatically
New journals are available with two years’ free access. Register at

28. Additional free content
Our flagship journal Chemical Science, launched in 2010, is Gold open Access from issue 1, 2015.
Any articles that are part of a special free access promotion
and
Chapter 1 of every eBook
Chemistry World news highlights
Chemistry Education Research and Practice, an Open Access journal

29. Understanding

30. What is ChemSpider? + +
ChemSpider brings together many different types of data, from a variety of sources

31. ChemSpider Web Services - New
High Frequency users – thousands/month
Web services via API
Linked to user software (Integration timescale?)
Simple set – fixed fee (Basic structure/naming)
Advanced Set - Annual tiers of usage model (molecular mass)
Distribution model – Security token
Trial period

32. ChemSpider Datasets

33. Additional Services
Chemspider Sponsorship – Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum
Adopt a Molecule
Advertising – online, e-newsletter

34. Our Publishing Platform

35. What is the Publishing Platform?
Our integrated content delivery platform
User driven so we will continually develop to provide what you and your users need
Allows searching across all our journals, eBooks and database products from one simple interface
Also offers a dedicated Librarians’ Portal where you can manage your subscriptions

36. Why use the Publishing Platform?
Feedback developments or issues
Searches
Navigate by tabs
Most read journals and books
Find a compound linking to ChemSpider
Publishing news
Submit articles and papers
Register or login to the Librarians’ Portal account

37. Thank you Any questions?