Royal Society Open Science

Royal Society Open Scienceis apeer-reviewed,open accessscientific journal published by theRoyal Societysince September 2014.[1]Its launch was announced in February 2014.[2] It covers all scientific fields and publishes all articles which are scientifically sound, leaving any judgement of impact to the reader.[citation needed]As of 2022, theeditor-in-chief,Wendy Hall, is supported by a team of subject editors and associate editors.[3]Commissioning and peer review for the chemistry section of the journal is managed by theRoyal Society of Chemistry.[4]The journal offers Registered Reports[5]across all subject disciplines, and Replications[6]as a formal article type in the Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience Section (as of 2019), though the journal welcomes replications in other disciplines, too. In 2021, the journal launched a new 'Science, Society and Policy' section of the journal.[7]

Royal Society Open Science
DisciplineNatural sciences
LanguageEnglish
EditedbyWendy Hall
Publication details
History2014–present
Publisher
FrequencyUpon acceptance
Yes
2.9 (2023)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4R. Soc. Open Sci.
Indexing
ISSN2054-5703
Links

Articles published inRoyal Society Open Scienceare regularly covered in themainstream media,such asBBC News[8]andThe Independent.[9]

The journal is indexed by a number of services, includingPubMed,PubMed Central,Scopus,theDirectory of Open Access Journals(DOAJ) and theAstrophysics Data System.[10]The journal has been awarded a DOAJ Seal,[11]demonstrating its commitment to best practice in open access publishing.

After an article is accepted, authors must pay an article processing charge to see the article published. The fee, as of January 2024, is GBP 1400, or USD 1960, or EUR 1680.[12]The journal offers a number of article processing charge waivers.[13]

References

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  1. ^Royal Society Open Science launches on HighWire,STM Publishing News Group, 13 October 2014,retrieved2014-10-28
  2. ^grrlscientist (2014)."The Royal Society will launch new open access science journal".The Guardian.London.Retrieved2014-10-28.
  3. ^Editorial Board,retrieved9 March2017
  4. ^"Royal Society of Chemistry and Royal Society launch journal collaboration".Royal Society of Chemistry.Retrieved9 March2017.
  5. ^"Registered Reports | Royal Society Open Science".royalsocietypublishing.org.Retrieved2019-07-18.
  6. ^"Replication studies | Royal Society Open Science".royalsocietypublishing.org.Retrieved2019-07-18.
  7. ^"Science, Society and Policy | Royal Society".royalsociety.org.Retrieved2022-07-25.
  8. ^Morelle, Rebecca(2015),"Pop music marked by three revolutions in 50 years",bbc.co.uk,BBC News,retrieved9 March2017
  9. ^Dearden, Lizzie (2015)."Singing is a 'bonding behaviour' letting adults make friends more easily, Oxford University research finds".independent.co.uk.London:The Independent.
  10. ^"NASA/ADS".ui.adsabs.harvard.edu.Retrieved2019-07-18.
  11. ^"Royal Society Open Science – DOAJ".doaj.org.Retrieved2023-05-05.
  12. ^Open access -- article processing charge,retrieved2018-03-10
  13. ^"APC waivers | Royal Society Open Science".royalsocietypublishing.org.Retrieved2019-07-18.