RSC Advances
At the heart of open access for the global chemistry community.
Editors-in-Chief: Russell Cox and Professor Karen Faulds
Publishing model: Gold open access
As one of the largest gold open access journals dedicated to the chemical sciences, RSC Advances helps you to publish quality chemistry research and share it with the world. As part of the Royal Society of Chemistry, we are at the heart of open, international research dissemination for the chemistry community. Great science matters. We make sure the world knows it.
Scope
RSC Advances papers should provide an insight that advances the chemistry field. Papers that contain little or no chemistry and are not considered to be of interest or relevance to the chemistry community are not within the scope of the journal.
The criteria for publication are that the work must be high quality, well conducted and advance the development of the field. Articles submitted to the journal are evaluated by our international team of associate editors and reviewers for the overall quality and accuracy of the science presented.
Please ensure you have considered the following points before submitting your manuscript.
- Does the work present an advance over the existing literature?
- Have you provided sufficient evidence/data to support your conclusions?
- Have you provided adequate characterisation data for your materials/compounds? (Please check the supporting information section to ensure that the necessary requirements have been met and copies of relevant spectra have been provided where necessary)
- Are the results discussed in the context of the literature?
- Are the references relevant and do they appropriately reflect the existing literature?
A small number of topic areas have their own additional requirements:
Molecular docking studies should include some physical or experimental validation. Studies that screen a molecule against a set of receptors with no link to physical or experimental data are not suitable for publication.
Purely computational studies on the properties of materials not yet experimentally characterized should include a discussion of the reasons why these materials are potentially interesting for the chemistry community, as well as commenting on their synthetic feasibility. Calculations demonstrating synthetic feasibility should be performed where possible.
Journal Impact Factor
6.1 (2025)
First decision time (all)
17 days
First decision time (peer reviewed)
27 days
Indexing
eISSN: 2046-2069
Indexed in: Scopus, Web of Science, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), PubMed Central
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RSC Advances publishes:
- Full papers
- Reviews
- Comments
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Our author guidelines explain how to prepare and submit your article and provide useful information on the review and publication process including transfers, revisions and any article processing charges (APCs) that may apply.
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Prizes and recognition
RSC Advances Outstanding Student Paper Award
Recognising outstanding work published in the journal, for which a substantial component of the research was conducted by a student.
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RSC Advances outstanding reviewers
Recognising outstanding peer reviewers.
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