RSC Advances
| Discipline | Chemistry |
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| Language | English |
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| Publication details | |
| History | 2011–present |
| Publisher | Royal Society of Chemistry (United Kingdom) |
| Frequency | Irregular (70+/year) |
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| 3.9 (2023) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | RSC Adv. |
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| CODEN | RSCACL |
| ISSN | 2046-2069 |
| OCLC no. | 778745168 |
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RSC Advances is an online-only peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research on all aspects of the chemical sciences. It was established in 2011 and is published by the Royal Society of Chemistry. The current editors-in-chief are Russell Cox (Leibniz Universität Hannover) and Karen Faulds (University of Strathclyde).
In 2014, the journal moved to a very high publication frequency, initially about 100/year (similar to that of ChemComm), but later in the year (and in 2015) turned to even higher frequency—however it did not become a continuous journal. The number of pages published annually had increased dramatically from about 26,500 in 2013 to over 65,000 in 2014, culminating at 116 issues and 115,000+ pages (~1000 pages per issue) in 2016.
In late 2016, it was announced that with effect from January 2017, the journal would convert from a subscription based journal to an open access journal. Meanwhile, the journal experienced a cool-down in publication volume, with each issue having only ~500 pages. There were 89 issues in 2017 and 74 issues in 2018.