Aims and scope
Royal Society Open Science is an open journal publishing high-quality original research across the entire range of science on the basis of objective peer-review.
The journal covers the entire range of science and mathematics and allows the Society to publish all the high-quality work it receives without the usual restrictions on scope, length or impact.
The journal has a number of distinguishing features:
objective peer-review (publishing all articles which are scientifically sound and useful to the community)
makes the reviewer reports, decision letter and associated author responses accessible alongside published articles, with referees having the option to sign their reports
articles embody open data principles
each article has a suite of article level metric's we encourage post-publication comments
the Editorial team consists entirely of practicing scientists and draws upon the expertise of the Royal Society’s Fellowship
In addition to direct submissions, it accepts for consideration articles referred from other Royal Society journals, as well as via a collaboration with the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Royal Society Open Science welcomes the submission of all high-quality science including articles which may usually be difficult to publish elsewhere, for example, replications or those that include negative findings. The journal covers life sciences, physical sciences, mathematics, engineering and computer science. Unfortunately, work that has a strong clinical focus, including but not limited to clinical psychology, will not be considered for publication, and any exceptions will be at the sole discretion of the Editor.
Conditions of publication
Articles must not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere. The main findings of the article should not have been reported in the mass media. Like many journal's Royal Society's Open Science employs a strict embargo policy where the reporting of a scientific article by the media is embargoed until a specific time. The Editor has final authority in all matters relating to publication.
Collaboration with the Royal Society of Chemistry
Royal Society Open Science is published in collaboration with the Royal Society of Chemistry.
As part of the Royal Society of Chemistry manages the editorial aspects up to acceptance, including editorial content development and peer-review, for articles published in the chemistry section of Royal Society Open Science.
Journals
The Royal Society has published ground-breaking research for more than 350 years, including pioneering papers by Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Rosalind Franklin. Our international, peer reviewed journals continue to publish high quality research across the full range of science and provide an excellent author service.
The Royal Society publishes high quality, peer-reviewed journals covering all scientific disciplines. This is part of our mission in relation to the dissemination, discovery and preservation of scientific findings and ideas. We offer you a range of services including rapid publication, rigorous peer review, international recognition and the option of open access publication. All our journals are compliant with funder mandates (such as Plan S). We welcome submissions of high-quality science from anywhere in the world. Whichever journal's we aim to make it as rewarding and as easy as possible for you.
Which journal?
Our journal portfolio covers and the history of science.
Please review details about each journal and its aims and scope to verify that your article is a good match. Submissions require a good standard of English and need to meet ethical requirements.
Most Royal Society journals are normally peer reviewed in a single-blind fashion (author names are not concealed, but referee names are), while Notes and Records is double-blind. Proceedings A and B and our open access journals publish peer review information (anonymous by default unless the reviewer signs their report).
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