Author Deposition

The following apply only to authors signing one of the non-Open Science Licence to Publish.  For authors who have signed one of the Open Science Licence to Publish, or are thinking of signing one of the Open Science Licence to Publish, please click on the relevant link below.

Deposition of any form of the article is allowed in non-commercial repositories only. 

Deposition by the RSC 

The RSC shall: 

• Deposit the accepted version of the submitted article in non-commercial repository(ies) as deemed appropriate, including but not limited to the author(s)' funding agency repository(ies). There shall be an embargo of making the above deposited material available to the public of 12 months from the date of acceptance.    

Allowed Deposition by the author(s) 

When the author accepts the exclusive Licence to Publish for a journal article, he/she retains certain rights concerning the deposition of the whole article. He/she may: 

• Deposit the accepted version of the submitted article in their institutional repository(ies). There shall be an embargo of making the above deposited material available to the public of 12 months from the date of acceptance. There shall be a link from this article to the PDF of the final published article on the RSC's website once this final version is available. 
• Make available the accepted version of the submitted article via the personal website(s) of the author(s) or via the Intranet(s) of the organisation(s) where the author(s) work(s). No embargo period applies. 
• Make available the PDF of the final published article via the personal website(s) of the author(s) or via the Intranet(s) of the organisation(s) where the author(s) work(s). No embargo period applies. 
• Republish the PDF of the final published article in theses of the author(s) in printed form and may make available this PDF in this theses of author(s) via any website(s) that the university(ies) of the author(s) may have for the deposition of theses. No embargo period applies.    

Excluded deposition of any version of the article by any person or organisation 

• No deposited article, whether in an Institutional Repository, Funding Body Repository or personal website, may be forwarded to any website collection of research articles without prior agreement from the RSC. 
• Deposition of the article on any website acting as a collection of personal articles from multiple scientists is explicitly prohibited. This does not apply to Institutional and Funding Body Repositories.