A new forum for agenda-setting research with global visibility
Led by Hiroaki Suga (University of Tokyo), RSC Chemical Biology is a gold open access journal, dedicated to publishing exceptionally significant and breakthrough findings of interest to the chemical biology community.
As a gold open access journal, there are no barriers to accessing content. Your research reaches an international audience, and with article processing charges waived until mid-2022, it’s completely free to publish.
“I’m very excited to take on the role of Chair of the Editorial Board of RSC Chemical Biology which will be launched in 2020. This new journal will publish important research sparked at the interface of chemistry and biology. I’d encourage colleagues to submit their high quality work from basic to translational research to RSC Chemical Biology.”
Hiroaki Suga, Editorial Board Chair, RSC Chemical Biology.

Cutting-edge
At the forefront of agenda-setting research in chemical biology, with an innovative, transparent peer review process
Visible
A gold open access journal, giving your work maximum visibility and reaching a global readership. APCs are waived until mid-2022
Trusted
Led by an editorial board of leading scientists, and published by a society committed to the wide dissemination of quality knowledge
Scope
RSC Chemical Biology is a gold open access journal dedicated to publishing and disseminating the most exceptionally significant, breakthrough research and high quality Reviews at the interface of chemistry and biology. All published articles must be of significant general interest to the broad chemical biology community.
We welcome contributions from across the breadth of chemical biology, from the development of new chemical and biological techniques and tools, to studies furthering the understanding and/or manipulation of biological processes at the molecular level. We also encourage translational research that bridges chemistry and chemical biology to medicine.
Editorial process
RSC Chemical Biology strives for a rigorous, fair and rapid peer review procedure. Peer review is handled by a team of internationally recognised associate editors, all practising scientists in the field. On submission to the journal, manuscripts undergo an initial assessment by a team of professional editors to ensure they meet essential criteria for publication in the journal; those manuscripts which are successful in this review are passed to an associate editor for further consideration. Full details of the initial assessment procedure can be found with our processes and policies.
In the interest of transparency and open science, RSC Chemical Biology is the first Royal Society of Chemistry journal to offer our authors the option of transparent peer review, where the editor’s decision letter, reviewers’ comments and authors’ response for all versions of the manuscript will be published alongside the article under an Open Access Creative Commons licence (CC-BY). Authors will be asked if they would like to take up this option at the revision stages. Reviewer comments will remain anonymous unless the individual chooses to sign their report.
For more information, please contact us.
Editorial Board Chair The University of Tokyo, Japan
Associate Editor Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, China
Katie Lim, Executive Editor, ORCID 0000-0001-9052-1317
James Anson, Deputy Editor, ORCID 0000-0002-7164-5696
Garima Sharma, Development Editor
Catherine Hodges, Development Editor
Helen Saxton, Editorial Production Manager, ORCID 0000-0002-1560-7396
Nicola Burton, Publishing Editor
Roxane Owen, Publishing Editor, ORCID 0000-0002-4553-233X
Alex Rowles, Publishing Editor
Donna Smith, Publishing Editor
Amy Cook, Editorial Assistant
Andrea Whiteside, Publishing Assistant
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