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Open Access Publishing in Taylor & Francis Journals

OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING FOR 2023 IS TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED

OA publishing in Taylor & Francis journals as a part of FinELib agreement will continue once the negotiations for the new agreement 2023-2024 are finished.

Am I entitled to publish my article Open Access free of charge?

You are entitled to publish your article Open Access free of charge if

  • You are the corresponding author of your article.
  • You are a researcher, a student or a staff member (at the time when your article is accepted) in one of the organisations subscibing to T&F Libraries
  • Your article is accepted for publishing after Jan 1st 2023 in one of the qualifying journals. Title list will be added once OA publishing is in progress. (Includes T&F Open Select journals in both Social Sciences & Humanities and Science & Technology fields. Excludes T&F journals in Medical fields, as well as most of T&F full open access journals.)

Eligible articles are core, peer reviewed research articles, defined below but not necessarily limited to the below list.

Article
Review
Research Article
Review Article
Report
Short Communication
Case Report
Note
Original Article
Guest Editorial

Is my journal compliant with Plan S?

Use the Journal Checker Tool to see if your preferred journal is compliant with Plan S and with the Academy of Finland's OA policy.

Journal Checker Tool

Instructions for the corresponding authors

What do I need to do to get the benefit?

Once your article is accepted, you are identified belonging to a certain organisation on the basis of the name of the organisation you have provided. When submitting your article, select carefully your main organisation from the drop down menu (picture below), neither faculty nor department, and use your organisational e-mail address to make your organisation known to T&F. In case your affiliation changes after leaving your manuscript don’t forget to tell your production editor about your new affiliation.

 

Selecting affiliation.

Once your article is accepted, T&F sends you an email about your organisation’s Open Access agreement with T&F (see picture below). Please note that you will get this email even if the journal where you publish is not part of the agreement.

Email from Taylor & Francis telling you about the option to publish Open Access.

If your article is eligible for the free OA publishing, your organisation approves your affiliation, provided that thereare Open Access articles left. You can contact the library of your organisation for more detailed information. If your organisation approves your affiliation, T&F will send you an e-mail (see picture below) and inform you that you can publish your article Open Access free of charge.

Email from Taylor & Francis telling that you are entitled to publish Open Access.

Option 1. Your organisation approves Open Access publishing of your article free of charge in the T&F system before you have signed the publishing agreement.

Usually after 24-48 hours from the approval email T&F will send you e-mail which contains a link to the publishing agreement (see picture below). At the same time you will be able to select the Creative Commons licence for your article. If you are funded by Academy of Finland your licence is automatically CC BY. This is the recommended licence regardless of the funder.

Email containing a link to publishing agreement.
Selecting license in Taylor & Francis system.

Sign the agreement below either electronically or print the agreement, and sign and upload it into the system.

Signing the publishing agreement.

Your article is published Open Access by using the CC-licence of your selection.

 

Option 2. You sign the publishing agreement and choose to publish Open Access before your organisation has approved your affiliation.

T&F sends you e-mail containing a link to the Open Access publishing agreement (see e-mail below).

Email containing a link to publishing agreement.

Select the Open Access publishing option in the T&F system.

Selecting open access publishing.

The system will recognize that the institution is part of the agreement and will direct you to the page in the picture below, informing that you may be eligible for APC funding.

System informs you that you may be entitled to publish Open Access free of charge.

You need to accept the "APC quote". If approved for funding, the cost to you will be 0 €. Select the Creative Commons licence. If you are funded by Academy of Finland your licence is automatically CC BY, which is the recommended licence regardless of the funder.

Selecting license in Taylor & Francis system.

Sign the agreement below either electronically or print the agreement, and sign and upload it into the system.

Signing the publishing agreement.

T&F sends you e-mail (see picture below) to let you know that your request to publish Open Access has been sent to your organisation. Your organisation confirms in the T&F system that you are entitled to publish Open Access free of charge. Your article is published Open Access with the CC licence of your selection.

Email from Taylor & Francis telling you that your request to publish Open Access has been sent to your organization.

NB! If your organisation rejects your request for Open Access publishing free of charge, T&F sends you new e-mail and you can select whether you want to publish your article behind paywall, whether you still want to ask financing from your organisation or whether you want to finance Open Access publication yourself.

If you need help or further information, contact your library/information service.

Author Services on Taylor & Francis web pages: Open Access publishing for Researchers in Finland