Investors in the research community
Progress through collaboration - Taylor & Francis has long understood one of the basic principles of scholarly communication - that we prosper when we provide publishing services that advance and improve the research process.
Advancing research development - We believe in launching new journals which help nascent research groups mature into established communities. Our lineage begins with Philosophical Magazine in 1798 and runs through Journal of Natural History in 1841 and International Journal of Remote Sensing in 1980, to the award-winning Jazz Perspectives in 2007. Where possible, our launches are in partnership with learned societies, to maximise engagement with the community. Success has enabled us to make a significant financial contribution to researchers. Between 2004 and 2007, Taylor & Francis, Routledge and Psychology Press passed on nearly $100 million to the community - providing greater resource to invest in quality research.
World class author services - Authors gain many benefits from publishing with Taylor & Francis, Routledge and Psychology Press. Our journals have genuinely global circulation, disseminate research rapidly to all corners of the world and build links which may create new collaborations in future. We are happy for authors to promote articles within their immediate community and at scholarly meetings. Our copyright policies are scholarship-friendly, allowing authors to use articles for teaching purposes, and to post pre-prints in institutional repositories and on departmental websites. In 2008, we rolled out time-limited free access to our journals for African researchers to ensure that they have access to key current literature. We actively encourage ethical publishing practices with our authors. We have invested in Manuscript Central and CATS to reduce refereeing and publication times, and continue to innovate with accelerated Production workflows. Many of our Science and Engineering journals now publish copy-edited, typeset articles within six weeks of receipt, and we developed a three week workflow.
Trust in peer review - Despite heated debate over many long years, peer review is still the Gold Standard of quality research. We have introduced Peer Review declarations for our journals to show authors our commitment to robust refereeing.
What should I do next?
We are always happy to discuss new publishing partnerships. To learn more about transforming your journal with Taylor & Francis, contact:
David Green, Global Journals Publishing Director
'A history of Taylor & Francis is a history in microcosm of a very important aspect of science - how scientists make known to each other and to the wider public what they are doing and the results they achieve.'
Sir Nevill Mott
Nobel Laureate in Physics 1977,
Chairman of Taylor & Francis (1970-1975)
and President of Taylor & Francis (1975-1997)
'Routledge are of course a business, concerned with profit from their journals, but they have an intimate understanding of the functions and values of the academic community, and demonstrate a sound understanding that they need to foster these values.'
Professor Becky Francis
Publications Officer, British Educational Research Association
