Royal Society of Chemistry – Gold for Gold
Date:
December, 2012
Introduction to the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Gold for Gold Initiative:
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) recognises that researchers are often being asked to publish
Open Access (OA), but do not have the funding to pay for it directly.
The Royal Society of Chemistry’s Gold for Gold pilot, enabling RSC Gold subscribers in the UK to
publish RSC papers free-of-charge via Gold Open Access (OA), was a direct reaction to researchers
being asked to publish OA, but without necessarily having the funding to do so
To support the funder-led evolution to Gold OA, and following a successful pilot scheme in the UK,
our Gold for Gold initiative rewards all institutions that subscribe to RSC Gold with voucher codes
to make papers available via OA, free of charge.
Gold for Gold ensures academics can further increase the visibility of their quality research, whilst
raising their institution's reputation. Early beneficiaries from the UK pilot include: the University of
Hull, Queen's University Belfast, Birmingham University, Aston University and University of
Southampton.
Eligibility for Gold for Gold:
Libraries that take a subscription to RSC Gold, or are a part of the RSC CAUL three-year offer for RSC
Gold may apply for Gold for Gold.
Please note this initiative is only available to RSC Gold customers. Authors at non-RSC Gold
subscribing institutions can still publish an article via the normal channels, but this is subject to the
normal APC fees. Alternatively they can buy voucher codes in bulk at a discount. These are valid until
the end of 2014.
How does Gold for Gold work:
Participating institutions need to nominate a representative to oversee the distribution of Gold for
Gold voucher codes. This may be a librarian or someone within the chemistry/research department.
Once decided, the RSC needs to be informed who the representative is by e-mail. We will then let
the representative know how many voucher codes are available for their institution, as well as
providing the voucher codes themselves.
The elected representative is therefore responsible for managing and distributing voucher codes
within their institution.
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Number of tokens per RSC CAUL Tier with Gold for Gold:
The following table outlines the RSC CAUL Tiers and how many tokens are granted per Tier. One
token equals £1,600.
Tier
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
CAUL Tier pricing
Number of tokens
£32,175
£29,729
£27,283
£24,837
£22,391
£19,945
£17,500
20
18
17
15
14
12
10
More information about Gold for Gold:
For more information on how the RSC Gold for Gold works for your institution, please go to the Gold
for Gold website:
http://www.rsc.org/publishing/librarians/goldforgold.asp
About the Royal Society of Chemistry:
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is a not-for-profit publisher of a wide range of books, journals
and databases. The RSC publishes a series of high impact E-journals that are dedicated to the rapid
publishing of innovative chemistry. The RSC employs over 375 people globally with offices in
Cambridge & London (UK), Philadelphia (USA), Tokyo (Japan), Beijing and Shanghai (China). The RSC
has recently employed local representation based in Melbourne (Australia).
With a publishing history that dates from 1841, today RSC Publishing produces over forty journals
and databases, over one thousand eBooks, over ninety print books, six specialist databases, two
magazines and ChemSpider per year. All are dedicated to the rapid publishing of innovative
chemistry. RSC Publishing's titles make up 30% of the top 20 journals in chemical science and 83% of
journals have an impact factor greater than 3.
The Royal Charter Objective of the RSC is:
“To foster the chemical sciences by the dissemination of chemical knowledge …”
In doing this, the RSC invests all surplus back into RSC activities. In addition to this, the strategy of
the RSC is to grow and develop the publishing portfolio, continue building on the reputation of trust
and quality, be innovative with products and services, and increase usage and discoverability of its
content.
The growth achievements have started with 7,000 articles in 2008 to over 25,000 articles in 2012.
The RSC Journals can be accessed through discoverability services from Serials Solutions’ Summon,
OCLC WorldCat, ExLibris Primo and Ebsco’s Discovery Service.
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Contact information for the RSC:
Natalie Blanchard, RSC Representative ANZ
Royal Society of Chemistry
Email: blanchardn@rsc.org
Telephone: +61 422 44 34 11
Henry Liu, Regional Sales Manager, Asia Pacific
Royal Society of Chemistry
Email: liuh@rsc.org
Telephone: +86 1391 849 7722
Stephen Hawthorne, Executive Director, Sales, Marketing and Strategic Partnerships
Royal Society of Chemistry
Email: hawthornes@rsc.org
Telephone: +44 1223 432301
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