News from the Green Chemistry Editors

Leading journal in the field

With the 2009 Journal Citation Reports® released in June last year it was great to see that Green Chemistry retained it's position as leading Journal in the field with an impact factor of 5.8. We would like to thank all of our authors, referees and readers for this 28% increase in impact factor as it is through your support of the journal that it was possible to achieve this.

Editorial Board changes

At the end of 2010 three of our long-standing Editorial Board members retired from the Editorial Board. We would like to thank Joan Brennecke, Tom Welton and Paul Anastas for their enthusiasm and support of Green Chemistry over the last 6 years and for their input into developing the journal. We are pleased that they have agreed to join the Advisory Board to continue their input into the journal.

We are very pleased to announce that from this year C.-J. Li has agreed to take on the role of Green Chemistry Associate Editor for the Americas and will be handling manuscripts from the beginning of January 2011. Professor Li has been involved in the journal for the past few years and we are pleased that he has now agreed to manage the peer-review process for Green Chemistry papers.

Editorial policy on ionic liquids

Over the past year we have received an increasing number of questions regarding the Green Chemistry Editorial policy on ionic liquid papers, i.e. which papers are considered within the scope of the journal. Whilst this is a difficult question to answer as each paper is considered on its own merits we thought it was important to offer our authors more guidance, and who better to address these questions than Tom Welton. Therefore, before leaving the Editorial Board we asked Tom Welton to write an editorial on this subject and this will be published in the next issue.

1st PACN Green Chemistry Congress

From the 15th–17th November last year the 1st PACN Green Chemistry Congress was held in Addis Ababa, organised by the Pan Africa Chemistry Network (www.rsc.org/pacn).

Green Chemistry supported this International Congress and Green Chemistry Advisory Board member, Yonas Chebude, chaired the local organizing committee. In addition to a number of distinguished scientists from all around the world, both the Chair of the Editorial Board and the Scientific Editor spoke at the Congress, as well as Editorial Board members Buxing Han, Paul Anastas and Tom Welton. The Congress was very well attended with delegates from 22 countries. One of the main outcomes of the Congress is the writing of a report which will include recommendations. Once the report is finalised we will announce it on the Green Chemistry website.

Online developments

2010 saw a number of online developments for Green Chemistry, introduced to improve the customer service that the journal offers its authors and readers. Early in 2010, the journal moved to the RSC's new online manuscript submission system. This online system is more user friendly, and helps to streamline the submission process, making it even easier and straightforward to submit your research to Green Chemistry. During the last quarter of 2010 we introduced PDF versions of advance articles, presenting the first online version of an article in a convenient, printable format. We have also introduced a Green Chemistry blog, which is where you can read about the latest hot articles published in the journal, the most accessed articles and other journal news. To keep up to date, check the blog regularly, or sign up for the blog's RSS feeds (http://blogs.rsc.org/gc/).

 

All of us wish you a successful and chemically green 2011.

 

Sarah Ruthven

Editor

 

Martyn Poliakoff

Chair of the Editorial Board

 

Walter Leitner

Scientific Editor

News from RSC Publishing

Quality and growth continues

It's quality that really matters at RSC Publishing, and the 2009 Journal Citation Reports® proved that our quality is better than ever as our average impact factor (IF) rose from 4.9 to 5.4. It's an impressive figure, especially when compared with the average for a chemistry journal of 2.4. But we don't rely on just one or two titles to boost our average. It's our entire collection that counts: of the top 20 journals in the multidisciplinary chemistry category, 25% are from RSC Publishing, and 90% of our titles have an IF over 3.

Our list of titles continues to grow: Food & Function and Catalysis Science & Technology are the latest titles to join our expanding portfolio. Plus, the number of articles we've published has increased by 74% in the last 2 years alone. We remain committed to providing a world-class publishing service to our authors, and delivering cutting-edge chemical science to readers throughout the world.

The IF and article growth figures provide a clear indication that more researchers than ever before are recognising journals from the RSC as a key resource to access the very best research.

2011 Books

With steady front-list growth and cutting-edge content, delivering excellence and authority, the RSC is one of the world's leading chemical science print and online book publishers. Nearly 1000 eBooks equating to one third of a million pages, the RSC eBook Collection delivers outstanding online research and opinion in a multitude of areas of the chemical sciences. Nine new RSC eBook Subject Collections offer additional flexibility. With over 90 new print titles planned for 2011, including second editions of seminal texts, and a new RSC Polymer Chemistry and RSC Metallobiology series launching, our contribution to chemistry collections worldwide is diverse, topical and high impact. Expect another first class collection of best selling chemical science titles in 2011 (www.rsc.org/books).

New RSC Publishing platform

Access one million journal articles and book chapters in one simple integrated search. The new RSC Publishing platform has been developed in consultation with the international scientific and librarian community. Together we have identified the best and most valued interface and features that connects you with the highest quality scientific research. With one single search box, we provide easy access to our books, journals and databases for students, academics, researchers, scientists and professionals (www.rsc.org/platform).

Free online access

Free online access is available to all our newest journals, and more - all you need to do is register for an RSC Publishing personal account. Then, when you are logged in, you will be able to access all our free content. Currently this includes:

• All content of our newest journals for the first 2 volumes

• Any articles that are part of a special free access promotion (e.g. ‘hot’ papers, web theme issues, etc)

• All journal content published more than two years ago (dating back to 1997)

• A sample chapter from each book in the RSC eBook Collection

With your username and password you can access the free content any time, any place – all you need is internet access. Register at www.rsc.org/personalregistration. If your institution is a current customer with IP registration, you will be able to access all free content. Other institutions can apply for free online access to our newest journals using our online form: www.rsc.org/freeaccess.

ChemSpider

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ChemSpider provides access to:

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• a multitude of other online services like the RSC Publishing platform.

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RSC 2011 conferences and events

As a learned society host of more than 300 international conferences and events, the following have been outlined as areas you may find of interest. Visit www.rsc.org/ConferencesAndEvents to view the complete schedule of events for 2011.

1st International Conference on Clean Energy, Dalian, China, 10–13 April

Challenges in Renewable Energy (ISACS4), Boston, USA, 5–8 July

Faraday Discussion 154: Ionic Liquids, Belfast, UK, 22–24 August

International Year of Chemistry 2011

IUPAC (in conjunction with the UN and UNESCO) have proclaimed 2011 as the International Year of Chemistry (IYC), the goals of which are: to increase the public appreciation of chemistry in meeting world needs; to encourage interest in chemistry among young people; and to generate enthusiasm for the creative future of chemistry. The RSC will be leading the way in IYC 2011, supporting this important initiative through a series of events and activities.

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