Royal Society Open Science is a peer-reviewed, open access scientific journal published by the Royal Society since 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, the editor-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 the Royal 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]
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| Discipline | Natural sciences |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Wendy Hall |
| Publication details | |
| History | 2014–present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Upon acceptance |
| Yes | |
| 2.9 (2023) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | R. Soc. Open Sci. |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 2054-5703 |
| Links | |
Articles published in Royal Society Open Science are regularly covered in the mainstream media, such as BBC News[8] and The Independent.[9]
The journal is indexed by a number of services, including PubMed, PubMed Central, Scopus, the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and the Astrophysics 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
edit- ^ Royal Society Open Science launches on HighWire, STM Publishing News Group, 13 October 2014, retrieved 2014-10-28
- ^ grrlscientist (2014). "The Royal Society will launch new open access science journal". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2014-10-28.
- ^ Editorial Board, retrieved 9 March 2017
- ^ "Royal Society of Chemistry and Royal Society launch journal collaboration". Royal Society of Chemistry. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- ^ "Registered Reports | Royal Society Open Science". royalsocietypublishing.org. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
- ^ "Replication studies | Royal Society Open Science". royalsocietypublishing.org. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
- ^ "Science, Society and Policy | Royal Society". royalsociety.org. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
- ^ Morelle, Rebecca (2015), "Pop music marked by three revolutions in 50 years", bbc.co.uk, BBC News, retrieved 9 March 2017
- ^ Dearden, Lizzie (2015). "Singing is a 'bonding behaviour' letting adults make friends more easily, Oxford University research finds". independent.co.uk. London: The Independent.
- ^ "NASA/ADS". ui.adsabs.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
- ^ "Royal Society Open Science – DOAJ". doaj.org. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
- ^ Open access -- article processing charge, retrieved 2018-03-10
- ^ "APC waivers | Royal Society Open Science". royalsocietypublishing.org. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
