Dear Ms Peck,

it is very irritating that RSC recycles a journal name already in use. 
Chemical Science, http://www.rsc.org/chemicalscience, was operated as a 
news service and virtual journal since vol. 1.2004.

 From our present Electronic Journals Library entry:

"Chemical Science is a news service drawing together coverage from all 
RSC publications.
Published monthly, Chemical Science is freely available online and as a 
free supplement in the print issues of the following RSC journals: 
Chemical Communications, Dalton Transactions, Journal of Materials 
Chemistry, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, Physical Chemistry Chemical 
Physics, Chemical Society Reviews, New Journal of Chemistry and Journal 
of Environmental Monitoring.

Free online access is provided to any journal articles that have been 
highlighted in Chemical Science, for a limited time.

A separate print subscription is also available."

That publication's URL now gets redirected to
http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/SC/Index.asp

and apparently the former issues of Chemical Science (E-ISSN 1742-2183, 
P-ISSN 1478-6524) are now named Highlights in Chemical Science. Has RSC 
Never heard of stable URLs? Does it believe it is a good idea to change 
a title name retrospectively and to launch a new journal (p-ISSN 
2041-6520, e-ISSN 2041-6539) under the old name?

Very confusing and NOT a good idea. The same has apparently also 
occurred for Chemical Biology (now Highlights in Chemical Biology) and 
Chemical Technology (now Highlights in Chemical Technology).

Bernd-Christoph Kaemper, Stuttgart University Library


Louise Peck schrieb:
> Dear Colleagues
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> Issue 1 of Chemical Science, RSC Publishing's new journal, is now published online
> GO TO <http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/SC/Index.asp>
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> The journal is set to represent the best new thinking in the chemical sciences and we believe this is demonstrated by the quality of content in the first issue.
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> Among the contents: a three-step synthesis of a potential anti-cancer drug, extracting uranium from sea water, molecular probes, new hydrogenation catalysts and promiscuous 'blue box' receptors. There is sure to be something of interest for everyone in your community.
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