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Here we explain the what and why of open access payments and funding. We offer a range of options to make sure that everyone can publish open access, including institutional-level agreements, ...

The Royal Society of Chemistry has signed the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), continuing our drive to modernise how we measure excellence in the chemical sciences. We are the ...

Countries agree a new intergovernmental science-policy panel to support the sound management of chemicals and waste and to ...

Data availability statements To maintain high standards of transparency, research reproducibility, and to promote the reuse of new findings, a data availability statement (DAS) is required to be ...

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Inclusion and Diversity Committee The primary function of the Committee, operating under delegated authority from the Board of Trustees, is to ensure the RSC realises its full potential to advance ...

This section provides general guidance to authors on their responsibilities and the code of conduct they should follow when submitting to a Royal Society of Chemistry journal. It also describes what ...

Super cool Thomas Whale, from the University of Leeds, explains how freezing water works. First, it usually requires small particles of another solid to be present. “Contrary to popular perception, ...

Our collaborations WISE We are involved in several ongoing collaborations with WISE, the campaign for gender balance in STEM. Last year we ran a joint event called ‘Advancing the gender pay gap’. In ...

Chemistry should be for everyoneWe recognise the importance of valuing all members of our community; we believe that for the chemical sciences to prosper, they must attract, develop and retain a ...