More than 1,000 institutions now covered by RSC Read & Publish agreements
The Royal Society of Chemistry has signed a Read & Publish agreement with CRUE (Conferencia de Rectores de las Universidades Españolas, the national consortium of Spanish Universities), taking the number of institutions in the RSC’s R&P community to more than one thousand covering 32 countries.
Paul Lewis, Royal Society of Chemistry Chief Operating Offer said: “Reaching this milestone is a proud moment to reflect on the reach and impact of our publishing activities. Our authors come from all over the world and our Read & Publish agreements are an important enabler in the international scientific community’s transition to Open Access. We remain committed to providing equality of access to the cutting-edge research published in RSC journals, while continuing to maintain the high-quality standards and reputation our community relies upon.
“I’m particularly pleased to see the CRUE agreement concluded, as our links to the Spanish chemistry community continue to go from strength to strength, from recipients of Royal Society of Chemistry prizes to our members and leading researchers who play important roles on our journals editorial boards.”
Supporting the Spanish chemistry community
This is the first nationwide license signed between CRUE and RSC, including 37 institutions which have not previously had an Open Access agreement with the RSC. The agreement, covering 2023 to 2025 inclusive, will provide CRUE member institutions access to view and publish in the complete portfolio of Royal Society of Chemistry journals, both hybrid and gold open access journals.
As with all new transformative agreements of this type, it represents a move away from traditional subscription models, combining reading and open access publishing. Researchers at participating institutions can also benefit from fast publication times, a reduced financial and administrative burden when publishing, and a substantial boost to their own profiles as scientists.
CRUE President, Eva Alcón, explains that this agreement is an important step in the association's plans to increase the share of Open Access publications from across Spain. She said: “Researchers at Spanish universities will be able to read and download scientific articles and publish open access at no additional costs. Furthermore, the agreement will allow more research carried out in Spanish universities to be read, cited, and published.”
Claudia Heidrich, Royal Society of Chemistry Sales Manager, EMEAI, said: “The agreement reached with CRUE forms a crucial part of our commitment to an Open Access future. Authors from participating institutions in Spain join many others from across the world who can publish Open Access without a fee in RSC journals thanks to institutional agreements. We are delighted to play our role in removing barriers to reading and publishing great chemical science research.”
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About CRUE
CRUE Universidades Españolas, established in 1994, is a non-profit association that groups a total of 76 Spanish universities: 50 public and 26 private.
CRUE Universidades Españolas is the main interlocutor of Spanish universities with the central Government in all normative developments affecting higher education in Spain and promotes a variety of initiatives to foster relations with other institutions and agents, both national and international, working to place value on Spanish universities.