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Read and Publish: Taylor and Francis

This guide covers the deals the library has with various journal publishers, and how to use those deals to read or publish articles without paying fees.

 

BCU Library has a Read & Publish deal with Taylor & Francis (T&F) until 31st December 2025.

If you have questions about what happens after this date, please see the Approaching the End of the Deal section, or the Next Gen OA Updates page.

This deal covers fees for the following:

  • Read access to T&F's Social Science & Humanities and Science & Technology journals.
  • Publishing articles Gold Open Access in T&F journals.

Please see below for eligibility criteria and links to more information.

 

 

Criteria and Restrictions

Author eligibility

  • You must be the corresponding author
  • You must declare your affiliation with BCU
  • This deal is open to both staff and students

 

Article eligibility

Eligible article types include:

  • Original research articles

 

The following article types are not covered:

  • Book reviews

  • Editorials

  • Announcements

 

Journal eligibility

Eligible journals are:

  • Hybrid journals. T&F calls these "Open Select" journals.
    These are journals that charge a subscription fee, but publish some Open Access articles.

  • Fully Open Access journals.
    These are journals that don't charge a subscription fee, and publish all articles Open Access.

  • Medical journals.
    These are included in the Publish part of the deal, but not the Read part.

  • F1000 Research

  • Routledge Open Research

The following journals are not covered:

 

 

How to Access

  • When you submit your article, you need to list BCU as your first affiliation.
  • It is easiest for the Library to confirm your affiliation if you use your BCU email address.
  • Once your article is accepted, you will be asked to complete the publishing agreement. This should include an option to pay for Open Access via BCU's institutional deal.
  • Once you have selected this option and submitted the agreement, it will come through to the library dashboard for approval.

More Information

T&F has several resources to help you navigate this agreement:

More general resources for publishing with T&F:

 

Approaching the End of the Deal

This deal ends on 31st December 2025:

  • Jisc (representing the UK higher education sector) are currently negotiating with T&F for a deal covering 2026 onwards.
  • As of August 2025, T&F have made an offer and asked the sector to vote on whether to accept, accept with conditions, or reject it.
  • This is a national negotiation and the outcome depends on how the whole sector votes, not just BCU.

What this means for you right now:

  • Articles only come to the Library dashboard for funding approval after they have been accepted by the journal editors. We recommend submitting your articles early enough for an acceptance date before 31st December.
  • The library may not be able to approve funding for articles accepted after this date, depending on how the sector votes.
  • If your article is accepted in a hybrid journal after this date, it can still be published for free behind a paywall.
  • If your article is accepted in a fully-OA journal after this date, you will need to find alternative funding or submit to a different journal.

Please be aware of this upcoming deadline and check review timeframes when using this deal in 2025. We will keep the Next Gen OA page updated with the latest developments.

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