--- title: 67 Bricks help the Royal Society of Chemistry streamline its Open Access system description: “It used to take authors three weeks to select, sign and return their license.  It now takes three minutes…” The open access (OA) landscape is changing rapidly and 67 Bricks’ client the Royal Society of Chemistry wanted to improve and speed up the way it managed its OA processes and customer experience.  The Royal Society... image: https://67bricks.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/67-bricks-help-the-royal-society-of-chemistry-streamline-its-open-access-system-featured.jpg --- [Skip to content](https://67bricks.com/blog/67-bricks-help-the-royal-society-of-chemistry-streamline-its-open-access-system#main-content) [![67bricks-logo-white](https://67bricks.com/hubfs/67bricks-logo-white.svg "67bricks-logo-white")](https://67bricks.com/) - Who we are Show submenu for Who we are - [Meet the team](https://67bricks.com/meet-the-team) - [News & Insights](https://67bricks.com/news-insights) - How we help Show submenu for How we help - 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