What is the Royal Society of Chemistry? The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is an Association for professionals in the chemical sciences.

What journals does the RSC publish? The RSC publishes journals in the chemical sciences.

How does the UA-RSC agreement benefit authors? The article processing charge (APC) for journals is covered 100%.

Which journals are covered by the agreement? All journals published by the RSC are eligible.

Who is eligible? The primary corresponding author for the article must be affiliated with the University of Arkansas Fayetteville; they may be a faculty member, staff member, student, or postdoc. They should use their uark.edu email address.

Are there any requirements or restrictions? The authors must assign the article a Creative Commons license. The acceptable licenses are CC-BY and CC-BY-NC. For more information about Creative Commons licenses, visit the Creative Commons Licenses Library Guide.

How can an author apply? The author should submit the article for peer review through the RSC submission system as they usually would and follow the instructions provided RSC author guide. They should use their uark.edu email address.

Additional tips: The primary corresponding author should be the person who submits the article through the RSC system; they should use their uark.edu email address.

For additional information, please visit the RSC author guide.