RSC OA Publishing Support & Discount
RSC OA Submission Platform
- Chemical Science is an RSC Diamond Open Access journal; therefore, no APCs are charged for authors (waived since 2015).
- As a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) e-journal consortium, our university is entitled to APC discounts for the following Gold Open Access.
| Item |
Journal Title |
APC Free of charge |
| 1 |
EES Batteries |
APC waived until mid-2027 |
| 2 |
EES Solar |
APC waived until mid-2027 |
| 3 |
Industrial Chemistry and Materials |
APC waived until 2028 |
| 4 |
Chemical Science |
£2,850 |
| 5 |
Chemistry Education Research and Practice (CERP) |
£0 |
| 6 |
Digital Discovery |
£2,200 |
| 7 |
EES Catalysis |
£2,200 |
| 8 |
Energy Advances |
£2,200 |
| 9 |
Environmental Science: Advances |
£2,200 |
| 10 |
Environmental Science: Atmospheres |
£2,200 |
| 11 |
Materials Advances |
£2,200 |
| 12 |
Nanoscale Advances |
£2,200 |
| 13 |
RSC Advances |
£2,200 |
| 14 |
RSC Applied Interfaces |
£2,200 |
| 15 |
RSC Applied Polymers |
£2,200 |
| 16 |
RSC Chemical Biology |
£2,200 |
| 17 |
RSC Mechanochemistry |
£2,200 |
| 18 |
RSC Pharmaceutics |
£2,200 |
| 19 |
RSC Sustainability |
£2,200 |
| 20 |
Sensors and Diagnostics |
£2,200 |
| 21 |
Sustainable Food Technology |
£2,200 |
- For Hybird Open Access, an APC of £3,100 per article will apply to manuscripts submitted from 1 January 2026 onwards.
Please carefully evaluate the quality of the journal before submitting your manuscript. If you have any inquiries, please contact:
Digital Resources Division|04-22840291#218 📧
szhua@dragon.nchu.edu.tw