RSC Open Science - Licence to Publish for journals

Before we can publish a research paper or communication under the RSC Open Science option, we require the Author to complete an Open Science Licence to Publish.

The Author may have already completed a Licence to Publish during initial submission. However, completion of the RSC Open Science Licence to Publish will revoke the original licence.

Please do not submit an Open Science Licence to Publish until after your paper has been accepted for publication.

Please download the appropriate licence, below, and send it back to the journal editorial office by fax or mail.

There are two different Licences to Publish available. Please select a PDF entitled Funding Agency Open Science if your work is funded by an organization that requires the RSC to deposit the final published article in a certain repository, in a specific format. Otherwise, please use a standard Open Science PDF.

There are also special versions for a journal that is jointly owned. The principles are entirely the same, with minor variations in wording to take account of the circumstances of ownership. This applies, for example, to Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics  (PCCP), Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences (PPS) and New Journal of Chemistry (NJC).