31 New Journals added to T&F's iOpenAccess Option

["Bell, Ashleigh" <Ashleigh.Bell@tandf.co.uk>]

Apologies for cross posting.

October 2007

Taylor & Francis is delighted to announce that its "iOpenAccess" 
option has been extended to cover 31 journals in environmental 
and agricultural sciences, behavioural sciences and development 
studies. This is in addition to the 175 journals from T&F's 
Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics portfolios, 7 behavioural 
science journals from Psychology Press, and medical and 
bioscience journals from Informa Healthcare.

>From today, all authors whose manuscripts are accepted for 
publication in one of these iOpenAccess journals will have the 
option to make their articles available to all via the Journal's 
website, and to post to repositories, for a one-off fee.

Commenting on the expansion of the initiative, Journals 
Publishing Director Dr. David Green, stated: "Taylor & Francis 
continues to have a strong tradition of meeting the needs of the 
academic and scientific research communities. Due to demand 
within certain author communities we are extending iOpen Access 
availability. Author take-up thus far has been mainly in the 
biomedical and psychology fields, but authors whose research is 
supported by certain funders do require this option to be 
available."

We undertake to review the subscription prices of each journal 
with respect to the uptake of the iOpenAccess initiative, and the 
relevant information will be published at www.informaworld.com. 
The assessment of the first group of iOpenAccces titles will take 
place in early 2008.

Our continuing commitment to stringent, independent, expert peer 
review remains: only accepted articles are eligible for the 
scheme, and authors will only be offered the open access option 
when they are sent their proofs for review. This complete 
separation of payment from the peer review and acceptance process 
will ensure that editorial independence and quality are not 
compromised.

Taylor & Francis has a justified reputation as a leading 
publisher and trusted partner of learned societies for over 200 
years. Through a combination of organic growth and acquisitions 
it has become one of the world's leading imprints for academic 
books and journals. The name Taylor & Francis has long been 
associated with a pre-eminent tradition of scholarly science 
publishing.

For more information and a list of participating journals please 
see: www.informaworld.com/iopenaccess.

Contact: Ashleigh Bell
Journals Sales Director
ashleigh.bell@tandf.co.uk