Open Access Publishing @ Wits: Taylor & Francis

ABOUT THE AGREEMENT

• SANLiC (South African National Library & Information Consortium) has negotiated an agreement with Taylor & Francis to support Open Access publishing. This agreement commenced in 2024, It is a three-year agreement (2024-2026)
• The Read & Publish (R&P) agreement allows full reading access to over 2100 journal titles in the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) and Science & Technology (S &T packages)
• Authors affiliated with SANLiC institutions can publish their articles open access in all Taylor & Francis Open Select (hybrid) journals without paying article processing charges (APCs). Eligible authors will also benefit from a 10% discount when they publish in the Taylor & Francis fully open access journals.
• Herewith a list of Taylor & Francis OA titles:

INSTRUCTIONS & ELIGIBILITY

To be eligible, articles must: 

• Be original research articles. Other types of paper, such as Editorials, Announcements, and Book Reviews, are not covered by this agreement.
• Have a corresponding author based at one of the participating SANLiC institutes.
• Be accepted for publication after January 1st 2024

There is a limit (cap) on the number of articles that can be published by Wits authors. For 2024 the cap is 276 articles, shared across the consortium and allocated on a first come first served basis. The cap is split into two groups: 37% of the article entitlement is dedicated to publishing in UNISA and NISC journals, while 63% remains available for publishing across all other Open select (hybrid) journals