Taylor & Francis has announced a range of new Open Access journals covering science, social and behavioral sciences and humanities subjects.

In 2012, Taylor & Francis’ current iOpenAccess option will be renamed Taylor & Francis Open Select, and will continue to give authors and their sponsors the option of making their articles available on Open Acess to all for a publication fee. This initiative has been running since 2006 and currently encompasses 500 titles.

Three titles currently available on a subscription basis will be converted to full Open Access for 2012 and their digital archives will also be made Open Access: Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews; Journal of Biological Dynamics; Smart and Nano Materials. These will be part of Taylor & Francis Open, which will cover all fully Open Access titles. The journals will have affordable article publication fees, with discounts or fee waivers for emergent countries. Details of all new fully OA titles, their supporting journals and their editors will be released in the coming weeks.

“Taylor & Francis is committed to producing high-calibre journals that showcase quality global research. We believe that this content should be widely disseminated and are now exploring various Open Access business models to enable universal access in ways that are sustainable and meet the needs of the research communities we serve. We feel the time is right to increase the scope of our Open Access offerings to sit alongside the cost-effective subscription and licensing options we offer to libraries. Over the past three years society journals have been partnering with Taylor & Francis Group at the rate of more than one per week, and, if required, we are now able to offer a potential partner a range of Open Access business models where there is real author demand and we can ensure viability and sustainability”. Dr David Green, Global Journals Publishing Director.

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