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01/07/2024

Each year in July, the United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) meets to follow up on and review the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

This year, we’ve compiled a list of some of our recent open access sustainability articles, to show instances of how research is helping achieve each one of the UN's SDGs. From “no poverty” and “zero hunger” to “life below water” and “life on land”, take a read to find research that highlights many of the problems facing society, and offers solutions with case studies and discussions of policy impact: https://tinyurl.com/OASDGs

Browse Sustainable Development Goals Online (SDGO), a carefully curated interdisciplinary collection of digital content mapped to the United Nations’ SDGs: https://tinyurl.com/OASASDGO

How research is helping achieve the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

18/06/2024

Congratulations to our Taylor & Francis shortlisted, winners, runners up, and highly commended for the 2023 Informa Awards!

Lisa Mahan, Kate Turney, Tim Britton, Benjamin Powell, and Rajni Dhingra are shown here having a wonderful time at the ceremony, held in London last month.

Well done to Sade East, Andrew Miller, Karen Wernick, Tania Dungca, Sophie Sarney, Elesha Stevenson, Tomoko Yamanojo, Preetish Nayak, Nikhil Kamani, Saykat Biswas, Anuradha KR, David Maycock, Mansoor Khan, Vinaya kumar HJ, Megan Hilands, Federica Fiore, Aniket Verma, Biswa Jena, Puneeth Nath, Raksh*th Nandakumar, Manish Kumar Jain, Catherine Bernard, Mellisa Glaysher, Nicola Parkin, Sarah Hudson, Christopher Hook, Elaine Lieu, Siobhan Tierney, Rajni Dhingra, Arijit Khasnobis, Anand Goyal, Sheetal Verma, Paolo Lombardi, Amanda Ward, Sarah Cochran, Laura Horton, Stewart Gardiner, Michaela Atherley, Linda Fraser, Jess Elfernink, Hazel Dickens, Ian Skeels, Emma Greenwood, Tracey Cleary, Suchismita Chaki, Priya Balakrishnan, Chelsey Horstmann Dennis, Ramya Gopalakrishnan, Nikki Selmes, Taranjot Singh, Madhuri Vyas, Athira T, Neeta Chavan, Monika J, Ritesh Thawkar, Devaraj Yellappa, Sathiawathi Malaichamy, Kiran K, and Cecilia Dang.

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06/06/2024

The Taylor & Francis Internal Communication Team made good use of their corporate volunteering days earlier this year and visited one of our charity partners, The ITSA Digital Trust (formerly IT Schools Africa), to deliver IT equipment and witness the next stage of its journey firsthand.

We actively encourage our staff to engage with a charity or local community of their choice through our volunteer programs, and offer four days’ paid leave per year for this.

Read more about our community involvement initiatives here: https://tinyurl.com/ITSAVolunteering

Learn more about ITSA: https://tinyurl.com/ITSADT24

Pictured: Georgina Normington, David Hewes, Steven Taylor, Michelle Peters, and Jamie Lycett

At Taylor & Francis we’re committed to community involvement through corporate fundraising, charity partnerships, equipment donations and volunteering.

05/06/2024

To commemorate World Environment Day, we’re taking a look at one of the biggest issues of our time, energy security.

The International Energy Agency defines energy security as the uninterrupted availability of energy sources at an affordable price.

In our new article, three leading experts discuss what makes an energy source secure, factors that threaten the security of our energy supplies, and the challenges of transitioning from fossil fuels to other energy sources.

https://tinyurl.com/ESIUT24

Ensuring the availability, affordability, and accessibility of energy

03/06/2024

Happy Pride Month!

To celebrate LGBTQIA+ Pride, we are offering free access to selected chapters that focus on LGBTQIA+ culture, experiences, and community. This vibrant and interdisciplinary collection examines different aspects of the lives and identities of people who do not conform to the dominant norms of sexuality and gender. Whether you are a researcher or a curious reader that wants to expand your knowledge and understanding, we hope you will find something that sparks your interest!

Take a browse: https://tinyurl.com/TFTPIOP

Explore LGBTQIA+ Studies with free chapter samplers from Taylor & Francis.

28/05/2024

Taylor & Francis is in an innovative media collaboration with The Conversation Africa to champion African experts and amplify exemplary African research.

This Africa month, we’re proud to share that, on average, we’ve found that each Conversation story based on a T&F research article attracts 10,000 reads. In one year alone, a report on the readership data showed that just 39 cited articles had converted to over half a million reads!

Taylor & Francis publishes leading African and African Studies journals, showcasing African research across a spectrum of subject areas, from the arts to zoology, economics to the environment, and mathematics to music. Find out more about the publishing portfolio at Taylor & Francis Africa: https://tinyurl.com/TCAAM24

Learn how you can become an author at The Conversation: https://tinyurl.com/TCA-Author

Explore a variety of African content and see the impact of research by African authors.

20/05/2024

Africa Day is celebrated annually on May 25th. It commemorates the founding of the Organisation of African Unity on this day in 1963 and highlights the continent’s place in the world.

Each year we refresh our Directions & Provocations in African Studies collection, giving free access to 60+ articles and a selection of book chapters focusing on the cultures, economies, and politics of African countries, as well as current challenges and opportunities. We invite you to enjoy this curated selection of books and journal articles, to access for free until 2025.

https://tinyurl.com/Africa-Day-2024

This interdisciplinary collection of articles and book chapters addresses important themes in African society, culture, politics and more.

13/05/2024

This Africa Month, we’re highlighting our partnership with Knowledge Unlatched, and featuring the work of author Dr. Oluwaseun Tella. His book, “Africa's Soft Power: Philosophies, Political Values, Foreign Policies and Cultural Exports,” has been called “an intellectual tour de force,” and “a critical contribution to the literature on African foreign policies.”

This book, which was published Open Access through our partnership with Knowledge Unlatched, has been downloaded over 1,000 times, by people in over 38 countries and 154 institutions.

Read the Open Access book: https://tinyurl.com/TellaAM

Learn more about Open Access with Knowledge Unlatched: https://tinyurl.com/KUOAAM24

This book investigates the ways in which soft power is used by African countries to help drive global influence. Selecting four of the countries most

10/05/2024

Congratulations to our Taylor & Francis Awards winners – what a wonderful chance to revisit and recognize all the incredible contributions our colleagues made in 2023!

Pictured here left to right are Sharvi Goel, Rajni Dhingra, Anjali Maggon, Nitasha Devasar, Kasturi Ghosh, Paul Tuten, Denize Rodricks, and Andrew Jones.

Well done to Andrew Miller, Karen Wernick, Tania Dungca, Sophie Sarney, Elesha Stevenson, Nicolo Pierini, Stephanie Oeben, Eleanor Souster, Nina Katarina Stular, Sharon Goi, Don Low, Tomoko Yamanojo, Clare Ashworth, Sharvi Goel, Sudeshna Mukherjee, Richa Sharma, Harini Varadarajan, Erato Basea, Justin Robinson, Richard Goodman, Rebecca Barber, Laura Wilson, Luke Peedell, Clare-Louise Douglas, Anna Dolan, Jamie Guda, Ciara Hall, Kathleen Neely, Rosie Norman, Nicole Bonner, Jorge Perez, Brad Hanley, Adam Chiaino, Chris Dappen, Caroline Blake (Informa Connect), Preetish Nayak, Nikhil Kamani, Saykat Biswas, Anuradha KR, David Maycock, Mansoor Khan, Vinaya Kumar HJ, Megan Hilands, Federica Fiore, Aniket Verma, Biswa Jena, Puneeth Nath, Raksh*th Nandakumar, Manish Kumar Jain, Catherine Bernard, Mellisa Glaysher, Nicola Parkin, Sarah Hudson, Christopher Hook, Elaine Lieu, Siobhan Tierney, Rajni Dhingra, Arijit Khasnobis, Anand Goyal, Sheetal Verma, Amanda Ward, Sarah Cochran, Laura Horton, Stewart Gardiner, Michaela Atherley, Linda Fraser, Jessica Elferink, Hazel Dickens, Ian Skeels, Emma Greenwood, Tracey Cleary, Kate Turney, Eleanor Souster, Nina Katarina Stular, Gabriella Govender, Neeti Verma, Ashleigh Lee, Janet Remmington, Nitasha Devasar, Lindsey Fratz, Suchismita Chaki, Priya Balakrishnan, Chelsey Horstmann Dennis, Ramya Gopalakrishnan, Nikki Selmes, Taranjot Singh, Madhuri Vyas, Athira T, Neeta Chavan, Monika J, Ritesh Thawkar, Devaraj Yellappa, Sathiawathi Malaichamy, Kiran K, Antonia Hutchison, Benjamin Powell, Jane Wiejak, Kelly Woods, Rebecca Lawrence, Liz Allen, Andy Halliday, Francesca Dickens, and Cecilia Dang.

Partnering with researchers, scholarly societies, universities & libraries to bring knowledge to life

08/05/2024

We are pleased to announce that Penny Ladkin-Brand has joined the Informa PLC Leadership Team as the new Chief Executive of Taylor & Francis. Penny is currently Chief Financial and Strategy Officer at Future plc, having previously been Commercial Director at Autotrader Plc. Penny is also Chair of Next 15 Group Plc, the data-driven growth consultancy.

Penny Ladkin-Brand, says: “I am delighted to be joining Informa, an ambitious, growth-oriented business. Taylor & Francis is a leader in Scholarly Research, an international business and an innovator in both Humanities and Science, with significant potential for further growth, innovation and expansion. I am excited by the many opportunities ahead.”

Read the press release to learn more: https://tinyurl.com/PLBCEO

Penny Ladkin-Brand joins the Informa Leadership Team as the Chief Executive of Taylor & Francis. She brings considerable growth-oriented leadership experience in specialist publishing, digital acceleration and the development of online platforms.

07/05/2024

May is recognized as Africa Month – a time when the continent commemorates the 1963 founding of the Organisation of African Unity, which became the African Union in 2002.

This month, we’re shining a spotlight on the work we do at Taylor & Francis Africa. Sam Nkosi, Marketing Manager, Researcher Engagement, says: “At the heart of our team’s mission is cultivating a sustainable network of African researchers and amplifying the impact of African open scholarship. Together we ignite conversations to discover solutions.”

We are proud to publish around 70 journals with regional partners and to serve institutions and researchers across the continent. Click here to explore a variety of African content, and read about the impact of African authors:

https://tinyurl.com/SNAF24

Explore a variety of African content and see the impact of research by African authors.

01/05/2024

Misinformation and disinformation are the top threats society will face over the next two years, according to a 2024 World Economic Forum report.

How can we tackle issues such as “deep fakes” and “alternative facts”? Media literacy is one potential solution.

As we approach World Press Freedom Day 2024, it’s the perfect time to reflect on our polluted media environment, and what we can do to fix it.

Read our latest article to get expert insights on what media literacy is, and why it’s so important:

https://tinyurl.com/GSAML

Why a media-literate population is essential for a healthy democracy

30/04/2024

In the lead-up to Africa Month, we’d like to shine a spotlight on our journal Cogent Social Sciences (CSS), a multidisciplinary open access journal with a mission to make research and knowledge accessible to everyone without discrimination.

Since 2020, the top six locations of authors published in CSS have been Indonesia, South Africa, Ethiopia, Ghana, Zimbabwe, and Nigeria. The journal’s vision is based on inclusivity, dissemination, and the power of collective wisdom, with a broad scope that facilitates the discovery of connections between disciplines and communities.

Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/CSSAF2024

Read our article, “Diversity in Academic Publishing”: https://tinyurl.com/DEIAPAF24

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Cogent Social Sciences is a multidisciplinary open access journal with a mission to make research and knowledge accessible to everyone without discrimination. O

23/04/2024

More and more journalists are integrating data into their reporting. But how can they ensure readers actually understand this data?

Interactive data visualization could be the key. In their 2023 study published in Data Journalism, Lehigh University’s Haiyan Jia and Penn State University’s S. Shyam Sundar reveal how interactive visualizations can help audiences really engage with the data, improving their grasp of complex patterns and issues. As this approach supports more accurate interpretation of statistics, it may also play a role in tackling misinformation.

Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/DVML24

With polarization and misinformation on the rise, new research explores a solution using interactive data visualization to inform and engage readers.

22/04/2024

This Earth Day, we are pleased to announce the launch of the Africa Circular Economy Series with its first title “Circular and Transformative Economy: Advances towards Sustainable Socio-economic Transformation.” Edited by Luxon Nhamo, Sylvester Mpandeli, Stanley Liphadzi, and Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi, this Open Access book provides case studies and pathways for policymakers and others working for sustainability.

Download this Open Access book here: https://tinyurl.com/LNCEEM-24

Want to contribute to the series? Learn more here: https://tinyurl.com/CRCACES

Water Research Commission International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

The main aim of this book is to illustrate circular models for sustainable resource management. It highlights the benefits of transformative approaches in integrating, simplifying, and facilitating understanding of complex systems and transforming systems towards greater sustainability while achievi...

09/04/2024

We’re in the midst of a disinformation crisis, so it makes sense that everyone’s talking about media and information literacy.

But what do we really mean by those terms? When we promote media and information literacy, are we placing too much responsibility on individuals to respond to the onslaught of deepfakes and unverified claims? Shouldn’t we just be fixing our broken media and information systems?

In ‘Paradoxes of Media and Information Literacy,’ Jutta Haider and Olof Sundin explore these questions and many more, providing food for thought for journalists, policymakers, researchers, and everyone in between.

Learn more about the book: https://tinyurl.com/MediaLitHSR

Read this open access title here: https://tinyurl.com/MediaLitHSUBX

Paradoxes of Media and Information Literacy contributes to ongoing conversations about control of knowledge and different ways of knowing. It does so by analysing why media and information literacy (MIL) is proposed as a solution for addressing the current information crisis. Questioning why MIL is....

08/04/2024

Happy Earth Month!

From our Sustainability Manager Catherine Hodgson to our Senior Editor, Environmental Science & Engineering Irma Britton, our colleagues are passionate about being part of a sustainable, positive impact business.

Watch: “People Working for Sustainability at Taylor & Francis”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpABjcWbli8

I think everybody feels a strong desire to contribute, in some way, to building a better world.” Catherine Hodgson, Sustainability Manager, Taylor & Francis....

04/04/2024

We’re pleased to announce that F1000 and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are launching a new verified preprint platform called VeriXiv which will enable the rapid availability of new findings while promoting research integrity. VeriXiv will support researchers to comply with the Gates Foundation’s refreshed open access policy which requires all funded research to be made available as a preprint from January 2025.

F1000 provides innovative open access publishing platforms offering rapid publication and open peer review, whilst supporting data deposition and sharing for the research community.

Read more about VeriXiv: https://tinyurl.com/VeriXiv

Verified preprint platform from F1000 and the Gates Foundation will enable rapid availability of new findings and promote research integrity.

03/04/2024

We are pleased to announce that Taylor & Francis has been voted into the top 20 for three HerKey DivHERsity awards, including Top20 Companies in DivHERsity (SMEs), Top20 Most Innovative Practices, and Kasturi Cotha has, once again, been recognized as a Top20 DivHERsity Champion.

The DivHERsity Awards are a celebration of gender diversity in the workplace. They recognize companies that have shown consistent commitment to improving women’s participation in the workplace. Accepting the awards, in photo, from L to R, are Sahana Anil, Blessy Divya, Kasturi Cotha, and Lalita Gowda.

Learn more about diversity, equity, and inclusion at Taylor & Francis: https://tinyurl.com/DEIHK24

See all the winners of the DivHERsity awards here: https://tinyurl.com/HKAwards

Taylor & Francis is committed to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion among our colleagues and the communities we serve.

02/04/2024

In our newest article, we present the latest research on the potential impacts of wind power from researchers ranging from environmental science to remote sensing and regional planning.

https://tinyurl.com/WindFarms24

Misunderstandings about the impacts of wind power could be stunting its growth. This article highlights potential advantages and disadvantages.

28/03/2024

Kassim Kalinaki recently published a chapter in a new Routledge book "Internet of Forestry Things (IoFT) Technologies and Applications in Forest Management," authored with Rufai Yusuf Zakari, Wasswa Shafik, and Chima Jude Iheaturu.

Their research explores how the emerging Internet of Things (IoT) technologies tailored to forestry purposes could transform forest management. Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/IoFT-Earth-Month

Taylor & Francis publishes knowledge and specialty research spanning humanities, social sciences, science and technology, engineering, medicine and healthcare.

28/03/2024

Open Access (OA) publishing can offer the opportunity for greater impact and a more transparent process. Next Wednesday, April 3, 2024, 12pm BST, join us for “Exploring Open Access publishing: strategies for successful outcomes.”

This session will provide details on the process of publishing OA, and explain how to increase the likelihood of your work being published.

You will learn about open access models, licensing, how to choose a journal and avoid predatory ones, manuscript preparation, the submission process, and how to navigate peer review. Register now: https://tinyurl.com/OA-Webinar

22/03/2024

We are pleased to announce our very first transformative agreement in sub-Saharan Africa. Researchers in South Africa, Botswana and Namibia will be supported to publish open access articles in over 2,100 journals through a three-year agreement we’ve reached with the South African National Library and Information Consortium (SANLiC). Researchers will also benefit from a new publishing training program.

Read more details in our press release: https://newsroom.taylorandfrancisgroup.com/sanlic-and-taylor-and-francis-open-access-program-in-south-africa-botswana-and-namibia/

Taylor & Francis publishes knowledge and specialty research spanning humanities, social sciences, science and technology, engineering, medicine and healthcare.

14/03/2024

Over 25 million researchers use researchgate.net to share and discover research, build their networks, and advance their careers.

Today we are proud to announce an expansion of our Journal Home partnership with ResearchGate, doubling Taylor & Francis coverage from 200 to 400 journals this year. The expanded partnership includes all open-access journals and platforms published by Taylor & Francis, including titles published under imprints Routledge, Dove, and F1000, as well as a wider range of hybrid journals.

The partnership will now also include the version-of-record for more than 130,000 open access articles, with all new articles in full open access journals being made immediately available on ResearchGate upon publication – boosting the global readership of these titles and increasing the visibility of the titles with the millions of research authors active on ResearchGate.

Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/RG400J

Dove Medical Press

ResearchGate and Taylor & Francis have announced a significant expansion of their Journal Home partnership, helping researchers discover and explore the titles relevant for their work.

08/03/2024

Today, we are pleased to announce the addition of PeerJ, a pioneer in broad-scope open access (OA) journals, to the Taylor & Francis portfolio.

Their titles, which include PeerJ Life and Environment, the multidisciplinary flagship title serving the Biological, Medical and Environmental Sciences, PeerJ Computer Science and five additional titles in the Chemical Sciences, will join Taylor & Francis’ open research program, which now includes over 300 full OA journals, 2,500 hybrid titles, 1,800 OA books and a range of F1000 platforms.

Read the press release to learn more: https://newsroom.taylorandfrancisgroup.com/peerj-joins-taylor-and-francis/

Taylor & Francis publishes knowledge and specialty research spanning humanities, social sciences, science and technology, engineering, medicine and healthcare.

07/03/2024

Since 2015, T&F China has been helping to support the Liucun Town Charity House, an organization which provides housing and support for orphaned children and seniors in need, located in the suburbs of Beijing, China.

Jingbo Jiang: “It's an honor for me to have participated in a charitable event to support the Liucun Town Charity House with Taylor & Francis colleagues prior to the Lunar New Year, and I'm grateful for the company's initiative and Betty Wang's meticulous organization. Especially given the hiatus caused by Covid over the past years, the opportunity to contribute in such a manner was profoundly valuable. As we step into the Year of the Dragon, we're reminded of the vast disparity in our world, and that our contributions, however small, can bring warmth to those in need.”

Each Taylor & Francis employee is given four paid days a year to volunteer at the organization of their choice. Learn more about Community Involvement at Taylor & Francis: http://tinyurl.com/Liucun-Volunteer

At Taylor & Francis we’re committed to community involvement through corporate fundraising, charity partnerships, equipment donations and volunteering.

04/03/2024

The National Women’s History Month’s theme for 2024 celebrates "Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion," so it couldn't be a better time to spotlight Professor Wendy Martin.

We interviewed Professor Martin, a trailblazer who taught the first ever Feminist Studies course as an Assistant Professor at CUNY, Queens College, in 1970 (featuring lectures from luminaries Betty Friedan, Bella Abzug, Kate Millet, Robin Morgan, and Elaine Showalter). Then, in 1972, Martin founded the first ever academic journal focused on Women’s Studies, “Women’s Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal.” Martin is the Editor at this journal, which is published by Taylor & Francis.

We share the exciting story of her life and work for the first time here, and invite you to take a read: https://tinyurl.com/WHM-WM

The story of the founding of Women's Studies, the first journal ever devoted to scholarship and criticism of women in fields ranging from literature to history, economics and the sciences.

29/02/2024

Since 2015, T&F China has been helping to support the Liucun Town Charity House, an organization which provides housing and support for orphaned children and seniors in need, located in the suburbs of Beijing, China. This year, before the Chinese New Year, colleagues from our office visited the charity house and brought people living there New Year greetings and gifts.

In addition, colleagues raised CNY 8,888 in total, which was used to buy daily necessities such as rice, flour, oil, eggs, and paper tissues for the charity house. They also bought red scarves and decorated the house with colorful New Year decorations symbolizing a prosperous and healthy Year of the Dragon.

At Taylor & Francis, we’re committed to fostering human progress through knowledge, and we aim to promote a positive future for everyone through our work. This includes community involvement through corporate fundraising, charity partnerships, equipment donations, and volunteering. Each Taylor & Francis employee is given four paid days a year to volunteer at the organization of their choice. Learn more: http://tinyurl.com/Liucun-Volunteer

Taylor & Francis publishes knowledge and specialty research spanning humanities, social sciences, science and technology, engineering, medicine and healthcare.

27/02/2024

We’re pleased to announce that we’ve just signed an agreement which gives active Wikipedia editors free access to all Taylor & Francis and Routledge journals.

Since 2015, The Wikipedia Library and Taylor & Francis partnership has supported active volunteer editors, who often lack access to university collections, to read Taylor & Francis journals in the arts & humanities, strategic studies, and business. The new agreement, which extends the program to more than 3 million articles across all subject disciplines, will substantially increase the diversity of content available to Wikipedia editors. Read more: http://tinyurl.com/Wiki-Editors

The work of Wikipedia’s volunteer editors has been given a significant boost with the announcement they now have free access to all Taylor & Francis and Routledge journals.

21/02/2024

We’re pleased to share the new Global Souths Hub, a news and resource site developed alongside the Taylor & Francis journals Third World Quarterly (TWQ) and Central Asian Survey (CAS). This new site aims to: be a source of free, quality content that will share knowledge, and inspire a new generation of Global South scholars; build collaborations between academics and early career researchers, editors and authors, and bloggers and readers; and prompt critical conversations by inspiring debate and reflection.

The Global Souths Hub welcomes writers and scholars from across the globe, as well as academics and non-academics alike. Contributions from early career researchers are particularly encouraged. Learn more here: https://globalsouth.org/who-we-are/

Global Souths Hub is a politically independent news and blog site developed by the teams behind the leading academic journals, Third World Quarterly and Central Asian Survey.