RSC welcomes Couperin agreement expanding support for French chemistry community
The 蹤獲扦 has agreed a new three-year Open Access publishing agreement with Couperin, a consortium of French Higher Education and Research establishments.
The agreement represents the expansion of a longstanding and successful partnership, building on the success of the previous agreement, from 2022-2024. The members of the agreement include the leading universities in France.
A record number of affiliated authors from these institutions will face no charge to publish Open Access in the majority of RSC journals.
Liam Etheridge from the RSC sales team created the agreement with Couperin. He said: “We are proud to continue our partnership with Couperin for another three years, enabling a record number of articles from French institutions to be published Open Access immediately, without charges to the author.
“Open access is shaping the future of scholarly publishing, and we are doing all we can to build an open future that works for everyone.”
Steps on the journey to Open Access
Open Access is at the core of the 蹤獲扦’s mission to help the chemical sciences make the world a better place. Free, unrestricted global access to all of the cutting-edge research published in 蹤獲扦 journals is a key component of this, aligning with the RSC’s organisational strategy, which highlights the crucial role of collaboration and the open sharing of scientific knowledge in addressing global challenges, from disease to climate change.
Open Access ensures that everyone, everywhere has the same potential to access and contribute to the latest discoveries, leading to a better future for all of us.
In 2025 the 蹤獲扦 will announce further new agreements and renewals, including in Ireland and the Netherlands.
Learn more about our OA community
To this point:
- We have set up 1,351 open access agreements in 41 countries
- We have published 5,897 open access articles from institutions with an agreement in place
- 92% of open access articles published in our hybrid journals are from open access agreements
About Couperin
The Couperin Consortium is an association of French higher education and research institutions that aims to develop access to scientific and technical information for the scientific community, by facilitating national negotiations on digital resources and supporting open science.