UM Open Access Publishing with Transformative Agreements

With RSC Read & Publish agreement, article processing charges (APCs) will be covered in all hybrid Royal Society of Chemistry journals so that authors can publish gold Open Access (OA). 

Read & Publish author guidelines

• The RSC agreement with UM includes the article processing charge for publishing gold OA as a corresponding author.
• You can choose to publish in any of the journals classed as hybrid (all RSC journals except gold open access journals and Chemistry Education Research and Practice (CERP), which are already free to access) and which have a Creative Commons Attribution licence.
• Fees for things like reprints or cover artwork count as extra charges, so make sure to factor this in.

OA Publishing Quota for 2024: 10 Articles    

##Note: Articles accepted by publishers will be approved on a first-come-first-served basis while quota lasts.

Step 1.

Double-check that you are listed as the corresponding author, both in RSC online submission system and in your manuscript.

Step 2.

Use your UM email address to submit your manuscript (this helps RSC to identify you). State your institute affiliation and email address as University of Macau in your manuscript and make sure this remains the same, even after submission.

Step 3.

Do not sign the standard licence to publish; upon acceptance of your manuscript, you will be able to choose and sign the Creative Commons license (CC BY or CC BY-NC open access licence).

The agreement between RSC and UM allows you to publish gold open access in any of RSC hybrid journals, you may find the journal list as follow:

• RSC Journals List