Abstract
>> See video of presentation (23 min.) The Royal Society of Chemistry is committed to supporting open science in the UK and at a global level. Our recently launched Chemical Sciences Article Repository provides a subject-specific repository for hosting research outputs, including ‘green’ open access articles from our own authors, and published ‘gold’ articles. We are working with institutional repositories and other publishers to include links to articles on their own sites, ensuring maximum visibility and usage of their own content. Our aim is to ensure compliance with open access mandates is as simple as possible for researchers in the chemical sciences and related disciplines. This complements our Gold for Gold initiative launched in 2012. We plan to expand the Chemical Sciences Repository to include other types of publications, research data and tools. Currently we are building a data repository for the UK academic community as part of our EPSRC funding for hosting the National Chemical Database Service (an EPSRC mid-range facility). This will allow researchers to deposit, access and share data, but allow the flexibility to only share data privately if preferred. Using our expertise from developing ChemSpider, our flagship free chemical database, search functionality and accessibility of the data within the repository will be optimised for the chemical scientist.
Highlights
OA is fast moving, we are in a transition period Individual funding agency mandates - varying policies which can be confusing Publisher experimentation continues Rapid growth of OA journals and institutional repositories Librarians as ‘Guardians’ of Open Access RSC wants to work with the community to support them, and be involved in the on-going discussions
“RSC supports Open Access models which seek to ensure that scholarly publishing activities operate in a long-term sustainable way”
Green OA is supported with our Chemical Sciences Article Repository: http://www.rsc.org/Chemical-SciencesRepository/articles/
Summary
Much data generated that could go public Maybe 5% of all data generated is published There is no “Journal of Failed Experiments” Funding agencies start to demand Open Data Scientists want funding and recognition. Let’s map together all historical chemistry data and build systems to integrate. Let’s model the data and see if we can extract new relationships – quantitative and qualitative
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callDisclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
