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The thermoelectric power (TEP), electrical resistivity and X-ray photoemission spectrum (XPS) of the W-doped rubidium blue bronzes Rb(0.3)Mo(1-x)W(x)O(3) (x=0, 0.001, 0.003, 0.005) were investigated. It is shown that the Peierls transition is suppressed with the increase in the concentrations of the doped W ions. The sign change of the TEP was observed for all the samples. At low temperature below the Peierls transition, the W-doping makes the obvious decrease in the absolute values of TEP, especially for Rb(0.3)Mo(1-x)W(x)O(3) (x=0.003, 0.005). Furthermore, as compared with the pure blue bronzes, the enlarged difference between Peierls transition temperature (T(p)) and the sign changed temperature (T(s)) in Rb(0.3)Mo(0.999)W(0.001)O(3) bronzes was observed and discussed in detail. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.