RSC Mechanochemistry

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The first journal dedicated to the study of mechanochemistry

RSC Mechanochemistry offers you an inclusive and dedicated home for the ideas, scientific language and approaches that cut across the many disciplines mechanochemistry touches. Here we are seeking to build knowledge, as well as foster innovation and discovery at this forefront of chemistry. Whether you are seeking to understand the fundamentals of mechanochemistry, or you are excited by its applications and potential, this journal is for you.

We welcome contributions from a broad and diverse community – capturing research across all areas of theoretical and experimental chemistry (organic, inorganic, polymer, supramolecular and biological) as well as related fields where mechanochemical processes are at work. We also seek to highlight mechanochemistry as an enabling technology for sustainability.    

What makes this journal unique? It is the first to focus entirely on the study of mechanical forces in chemistry and the central role of mechanochemistry in many other disciplines. As part of the Royal Society of Chemistry portfolio, RSC Mechanochemistry provides a focused and rigorous assessment process by peer reviewers who are experts in this field. This is your opportunity to crush the boundaries and advance thinking in mechanochemistry.

All of the content in this journal is gold open access, which means that you can read every article for free, and we are covering all publication costs until mid-2026.

Announcing our Editors-in-Chief

The journal publishes original and significant cutting-edge research that is likely to be of wide general appeal. To be published, work must present a significant advance in mechanochemistry, and/or its applications. Particularly desirable are papers that contain a comparison with existing methods/approaches and demonstrate advantages/extensions over those methods.

Coverage includes, but is not limited to, the following:

• Methodologies (e.g. milling, extrusion, mechanical activation, high-pressure synthesis, force microscopy, sonication, reagents, new strategies, organic, supramolecular, polymer, coordination, inorganic, materials, catalysis)
• Synthetic Approaches (e.g. solvent-free, liquid-assisted grinding, vapor-assisted reactions (and general effects of atmosphere/environment on transformations), mechanical alloying, efficiency, catalysis, reaction control)
• Process and Scale-up (e.g. process design, reactor design, intensification, efficiency, safety)
• Cutting edge (e.g. innovations in synthetic scope, hybrid methods, i.e. mechanical force conjunction with light, heat, electrical charge, novel methods for synthesis, and fundamental understanding)
• Applications (e.g. electronics, dyes, consumer products, coatings, pharmaceuticals, preservatives, building materials, chemicals for industry/agriculture/mining, and processes of relevance in geology and planter sciences)
• Impact (e.g. reaction discovery, accessing new materials, economic metrics, sustainability, democratization of synthesis)
• Theory and Modeling (e.g. atomistic/molecular-level, molecular dynamics, DFT, machine learning, AI, discrete element modeling, process modeling)
• Mechanisms (e.g. reaction kinetics, thermodynamics, intermediates, interfacial reactions)
• Education and training in mechanochemistry (e.g. tutorials, curriculum development, lab demos, or lab course modules and simulations)

See who's on the team

Meet RSC Mechanochemistry's Editors-in-Chief and board members.

Author guidelines

Submissions to RSC Mechanochemistry should be accompanied by a cover letter to the editor, outlining the importance and significance of the manuscript to the readership. Authors are also encouraged to recommend three peer reviewers within the submission system.

For general Royal Society of Chemistry guidance on preparing an article please visit our Prepare your article page, the content of which is relevant to all our journals. Please note that RSC Mechanochemistry does not require authors to submit using a specific template, but there are templates available if you wish to use them.

To learn more about the Royal Society of Chemistry's policies and processes, including licensing, peer review and formatting, please refer to our Resources for authors page.

Peer review and editorial process

All articles published in RSC Mechanochemistry are subject to external peer review by experts in the field and all manuscripts submitted are handled by a team of internationally recognised Associate Editors, who are all practicing scientists in the field.

The peer review for all articles submitted to the journal consists of the following stages:

Phase 1: Your manuscript is initially assessed by an associate editor to determine its suitability for peer review.

Phase 2: If the manuscript passes the initial assessment process, the associate editor solicits recommendations from at least two reviewers who are experts in the field. They will provide a report along with their recommendation.

Phase 3: The associate editor handling your manuscript makes a decision based on the reviewer reports received. In the event that no clear decision can be made, another reviewer will be consulted.

RSC Mechanochemistry is committed to a rigorous peer review process and expert editorial oversight for all published content. Please refer to our processes and policies for full details including our appeals procedure.

Transparent peer review

To support increased transparency, we offer 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). Reviewers are anonymous unless they choose to sign their report.

Find out more about our transparent peer review policy.

Ethical requirements

RSC Mechanochemistry authors, editors, reviewers and published works are required to uphold the Royal Society of Chemistry’s ethical standards. The Royal Society of Chemistry is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and our ethical standards follow COPE’s core practices and best practice guidelines. In cases where these guidelines are breached or appear to be so, the Royal Society of Chemistry will consult with COPE guidelines and act accordingly.

When a study involves the use of live animals or human subjects, authors must include in the 'methods/experimental' section of the manuscript a statement that all experiments were performed in compliance with the author’s institute’s policy on animal use and ethics; where possible, details of compliance with national or international laws or guidelines should be included. The statement must name the institutional/local ethics committee which has approved the study; where possible, the approval or case number should be provided. A statement that informed consent was obtained for any experimentation with human subjects is required. Reviewers may be asked to comment specifically on any cases in which concerns arise.

For further guidance on author responsibilities and code of conduct, which apply to RSC Mechanochemistry and to all manuscripts submitted to Royal Society of Chemistry journals, please visit our author hub.

Open Access

As a gold open access journal, RSC Mechanochemistry can maximise the potential and visibility of your publications. Our articles are free to read, access and cite by anyone around the world. We are also covering all article processing charges until mid-2026, so you can publish with us for free.

We offer RSC Mechanochemistry authors a choice of two Creative Commons licences: CC BY or CC BY NC. Publication under these licences means that authors retain the copyright of their article, but users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. Read our open access statement for further information.

All published articles are deposited with LOCKSS, CLOCKSS, Portico and the British Library for archiving.

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Subscription information

RSC Mechanochemistry is fully gold open access – articles can be downloaded free from the website with no barriers to access.

Copyright

Copyright is retained by authors when an open access licence is accepted, as with our standard licence to publish agreement. Full and accurate attribution to the original author is required for any re-use of the work. Find out more about copyright, licences and re-use permission.

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