GREAT THINGS
HAPPEN WHEN
YOU’RE OPEN.

WHAT IS OPEN
ACCESS (OA)?

Open Access is the process of making published academic articles freely and permanently available online. Anyone, anywhere, at any time can read and build upon this research.

Accelerate the reach of your most crucial research findings. Making them rapidly accessible means you can have a direct impact on policy, practice, and industry quicker than traditional publishing methods with no sacrifices in integrity, quality and peer-review.

WHY CHOOSE OPEN?

5X

OA articles published with Taylor & Francis typically receive 5 TIMES MORE DOWNLOADS than non-OA articles.

OA articles published with Taylor & Francis typically receive 43% MORE CITATIONS than non-OA articles.

OA articles published with Taylor & Francis typically receive 2 TIMES GREATER ALTMETRIC attention scores than non-OA articles.

BENEFITS FOR RESEARCHERS

VISIBILITY

When your OA research is available worldwide, anyone, anywhere can see it.

IMPACT

Your research can have greater
impact if others are able to draw on it.

ENGAGEMENT

Increased visibility and readership
can lead to more citations.

RESEARCH INSIGHTS

Authors publishing open access in Taylor & Francis journals discuss the impact of their research, in their own words.

“You want your paper to be read by as many as possible. I still choose exactly which journal suits my work. Basically, it’s the same thing as publishing behind a paywall but you get more readers.”

Johnny Långstedt, Taylor & Francis Author
AI and the future of employment

MORE TAYLOR & FRANCIS OPEN ACCESS OPTIONS

Taylor & Francis is one of the world’s largest publishers of open access research. We publish over 180 high-quality full open access journals, ranging across disciplines and subject areas.

Dove Press specializes in the publication of open access, peer-reviewed journals across the spectrum of science, technology and medicine. Our journals are indexed online via PubMed and PubMed Central, as well as in other notable indexing services.

F1000Research is an open research publishing platform for scientists, scholars and clinicians offering rapid publication of articles and other research outputs. All articles benefit from transparent post-publication peer-review and the inclusion of all source data.

Routledge Open Research

Routledge Open Research is an Open Research publishing platform for scholars working in the fields of the arts, humanities, behavioral and social sciences, offering rapid publication without editorial bias.

12 Must Read OA Books

This year we are celebrating the 10th anniversary of our open access books program. From fighting disinformation to tackling climate change and identifying new diseases, open access books give researchers a greater platform to help solve urgent global issues.