[4] The journal offers Registered Reports[5] across all subject disciplines, and Replications[6] as a formal article type in the Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience Section (as of 2019), though the journal welcomes replications in other disciplines, too.

[7] Articles published in Royal Society Open Science are regularly covered in the mainstream media, such as BBC News[8] and The Independent.

[9] The journal is indexed by a number of services, including PubMed, PubMed Central, Scopus, the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and the Astrophysics Data System.

[10] The journal has been awarded a DOAJ Seal,[11] demonstrating its commitment to best practice in open access publishing.

[12] The journal offers a number of article processing charge waivers.