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Scope
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Submissions
Submissions are initially assessed and taken through peer-review by our high-profile, internationally-recognised Associate Editors. RSC Sustainability offers single-anonymised peer review, and a minimum of two reviewer reports are required.
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Meet RSC Sustainability's Editor-in-Chief and board members.
Editor-in-chief
Imperial College London, UK
Associate Editor
Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Associate Editor
Peking University, China
Associate Editor
Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Associate Editor
University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Associate Editor
Institute of Carboquimica (ICB-CSIC), Spain
Associate Editor
University of Lisbon, Portugal
Associate Editor
Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China
Editorial Board Member
University of St Andrews
Editorial Board Member
Lubrizol, UK
, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
, University of Bath, UK
, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA
, Griffith University, Australia
, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, China
, University of Zurich, Switzerland
, 乐天堂app下载 University of Sheffield, UK
, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
, University of Perugia, Italy
, University of Aveiro, Portugal
, Westlake University, China
, University of Oxford, UK
, Northumbria University, UK
, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Jon Ferrier, Executive Editor
Laura Ghandi, Deputy Editor
Lucy Argyle, Editorial Production Manager
Alex Holiday, Editorial Assistant
Jamie Purcell, Assistant Editor ORCID:
Alexander John, Assistant Editor ORCID:
Emily Ellison, Assistant Editor
Clare Fitzgerald, Assistant Editor
Lauren Yarrow-Wright, Assistant Editor
Kevin Vincent, Assistant Editor ORCID:
Andryj Borys, Assistant Editor ORCID:
Lee Colwill, Publishing Assistant
Neil Hammond, Publisher ORCID:
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Peer review and editorial process
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Transparent peer review policy
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Ethical Requirements
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Article processing charges
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Use our to check if your APC is covered by an institutional agreement with us. Note, that if your institution has an agreement with us that covers APCs, you will be notified of this at article acceptance.
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Author guidelines
General author guidelines
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Sustainability Spotlight Statement
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Online only: ISSN 2753-8125
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