Abbreviated title (ISO 4) R. Soc. Open Sci. Language English Publication history 2014–present | Discipline Natural sciences Edited by Jeremy Sanders | |
Publisher Royal Society (United Kingdom) | ||
Royal Society Open Science is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal published by the Royal Society since September 2014. Its launch was announced in February 2014. It covers all scientific fields and publishes all articles which are scientifically sound, leaving any judgement of impact to the reader. As of 2017 the editor-in-chief, Jeremy Sanders, is supported by a team of Subject Editors and Associate Editors. As of 9 March 2017, the journal is still offering an introductory waiver on all article processing charges. Commissioning and peer review for the chemistry section of the journal is managed by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
The journal recently published a special collection covering the emerging topic of city analytics. Articles published in Royal Society Open Science (e.g. on singing and popular music) are regularly covered in the mainstream media, such as BBC News and The Independent newspaper.
The journal is indexed by a number of services, including PubMed, PubMed Central, Scopus and the Directory of Open Access Journals.