RSC (Royal Chemical Society)

01.01.2024 - 31.12.2027

The contract with RSC entitles authors (corresponding authors) of the UDE to publish free of charge in RSC journals under an Open Access licence
The contract covers both hybrid journals and genuine Open Access journals
The author fees (APCs) of submitting corresponding authors of the UDE are paid and financed centrally by the UDE. Invoices are processed by the University Library

You are a member of the UDE and responsible for submitting the article as corresponding author
UDE students can apply for article funding if a member of the supervising faculty supports or approves the publication of the paper. In these cases, funding is only granted upon application and is decided on a case-by-case basis
The University of Duisburg-Essen or the University Hospital must be specified as the first affiliation
Eligible article types:
- All article types, except Comments, Editorials, Corrections and Retractions
Date of acceptance must be within the licence period

37 hybrid and 17 Gold Open Access journals in the field of chemistry and related disciplines
List of journals
Exception: the journals "Chemistry World" and "Education in Chemistry" are excluded from free hybrid publishing

Make sure you use your UDE e-mail address during the submission process
- Subsequent assignment and/or modification of the licence is possible using this form
Author workflow
Contract information

We recommend the use of the Creative Commons licence CC BY, which provides the greatest possibility of reuse for your work. The less restrictive Creative Commons licences CC BY or CC BY-SA are also recommended in the UDE Open Access Policy
Further information on the CC licenses can be found here

The Open Access team will be pleased to advise you on all aspects of Open Access:
openaccess.ub@uni-due.de