Read RSC content for free

With journals, books, magazines and databases, RSC Publishing offers a broad spectrum of chemical sciences research and information. Whatever your specialism or level of expertise, we have something for you . 

Take a look for yourself with some of our specially selected free content. 

RSC Publishing platform 

The RSC Publishing Platform allows you to search across all our journal, book and database products from one simple interface. There is a wealth of free content on the platform - to access it, all you need to do is register for an RSC Publishing personal account. 

Setting up your account is simple - all we ask is that you provide some very basic information, including a valid email address for authentication. Then, when you are logged in, you will be able to access all our free content. This includes: 

• All content of our newest journals, including Chemical Science, for the first 2 volumes 
• Any articles that are part of a special free access promotion (eg 'hot' papers, web theme issues, etc) 
• 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. 

Chemistry World 

A succinct summary of the very best research published in RSC Journals is selected and written by scientists. Any RSC journal articles covered have free online access for a limited number of weeks (so you can link directly from the news article to read and download the source research paper). 

Selected content from the rest of the magazine is also freely available. 

RSS feeds and e-alerts 

To keep up-to-date with the latest news and research as it happens, you can also sign up to free e-alerts and RSS feeds from RSC Publishing. 

RSC educational resources

Teachers, researchers and other practitioners in chemistry education can read Chemistry Education Research and Practice, a free quarterly journal. In addition, selected content from the magazine Education in Chemistry is also freely available.