Journal platform migration

The Royal Society journals, including the extensive archive dating back to 1665, are moving to the hosting platform Silverchair. This move will enable us to improve user experience and to maximise the discoverability of our content for the scientific community. The new site will deliver a modern user interface and analytics tools, future-proofing the platform for the ever-changing landscape of open access, new business models, data requirements, evolving technology and AI. We are excited about the benefits it will bring to our librarian customers, readers and authors.

Please find below further information that you might find useful regarding the journal platform move. Help can be found in our FAQs and queries can be directed to publishing@royalsociety.org.

Information for librarians

The new platform will provide a more centralised administrator functionality for our institutional customers. If you have any questions that are specifically related to your institutional account, please visit our library hub, where you will find more information.

FAQs

Will the journal URLs change?

Yes, journal URLs will change when we migrate to our new platform, redirects will be in place to direct users from the old URLs to the new URLs.

Will there been any changes to DOIs? Will the DOI registry be updated to reflect new URLs?  

No changes have been made to article DOIs, The DOI registry will be updated to reflect the new URLs.

Will the RSS feeds I was using previously continue to feed to my RSS reader?  

As our URLs have changed, the original RSS feeds will no longer feed to your RSS reader. You can set up new RSS feeds after our new platform launches.

Will my personal subscriptions and/or articles I have purchased still be accessible?  

Yes, you will still be able to access your personal subscription, or any articles purchased pre-migration.

If I have published a paper with one of your journals, will the article usage data and metrics be retained?

Wherever possible we will try to transfer article usage and metrics across to our new platform.

Will there be downtime or service interruptions?

We aim for our platform migration to occur as seamlessly as possible, with minimal downtime or disruption for our users.    

Who do I contact if I have any further questions?

If you have any migration-related questions that are not covered above, please email publishing@royalsociety.org and we will get back to you as soon as possible.