Great things happen when you’re open.
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.
5x
OA articles published with Taylor & Francis typically receive 5 times more downloads than non-OA articles*
40%
OA articles published with Taylor & Francis typically receive 40% more citations than non-OA articles*
2x
OA articles published with Taylor & Francis typically receive 2 times greater Altmetric attention scores than non-OA articles*
* Based on content usage during 2021-2023 for articles published in 2019-2023 and citations received up to 7 August 2024 for articles published in 2019-2023. Citation data obtained on 7 August 2024, from Digital Science’s Dimensions platform.
Articles for researchers
Bringing global attention through international news outlets including the Economic Observer, Mail Online, and Earth.com to recent record-breaking lows in Arctic ice levels, this article was published open access.
What great changes could happen if you choose open?
Informing global policy and receiving widespread news coverage, this article on bee colony loss, with input from beekeepers across 36 countries, was published open access.
What great impact could happen if you choose open?
Receiving widespread media coverage, reassuring financial investors and influencing strong governmental regulations around sustainable alternatives, this article on fossil fuel divestment was published open access.
What great policies could happen if you choose open?
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
Your Open Access options
Taylor & Francis is one of the world’s largest publishers of open access research. We publish over 350 high-quality full open access journals, ranging across disciplines and subject areas.
Dove Medical 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.
Open Access Funding
You could publish open access at no cost to yourself with Taylor & Francis open access memberships and agreements. We work with individual institutions, funders, and consortia to design tailored agreements that align with their open access goals. Find out if your institution is part of our agreements.