Open Access Publishing Options at KAUST: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

During 2025–2027, research and review articles accepted by below listed RSC journals where a KAUST-affiliated author is the corresponding author, the article can be published in Open Access. Please follow these steps.

• While submitting articles, corresponding authors must use the KAUST work email (domain kaust.edu.sa) to be identified by RSC.
• After the article's acceptance, authors will get a notification about the OA option. If they choose the OA option, their article will be published OA in RSC journals.
• Authors can opt-out and decide not to provide Open Access to their article if they wish to do so.
• In both cases, KAUST authors will not be subject to additional costs like Article Processing Charges (APC).

Important:

This agreement will only support KAUST authors in making their published article open access without any extra payment or administrative process. As usual, the author (s) are still responsible for all publishing-related activities, including preparing the manuscript and correspondence during the publication process with the publisher, reviewers, or co-authors.

If you need further details, or a meeting, or presentation to your team - please email us at library@kaust.edu.sa

You can also read RSC  Press Release