Publish Open Access with Taylor and Francis Journals

UPDATE FROM 1st JANUARY 2026

From 1st January 2026, the Taylor & Francis agreement has been updated. This agreement combines continued access to Taylor & Francis journals with the opportunity for UK researchers corresponding at a participating JISC institution to publish gold open access in Taylor & Francis and Routledge Open Select (hybrid) and fully open access journals. The agreement also includes F1000 Research, MedEdPublish and Routledge Open Research.

Authors affiliated with the University of Westminster are now eligible to publish open access at no cost to themselves in most Taylor & Francis and Routledge journals. The main change from the previous agreement is that gold open access journals are now included.

Which journals are eligible for open access publishing under this agreement?

Choose from the Open Select (hybrid) and fully open Taylor & Francis and Routledge journals that are part of the agreement. Please note that Dove Press and the Expert Medicine series titles are excluded from this agreement.

View all eligible journals

To be eligible:

• You must be the corresponding author who is affiliated with the University of Westminster at the point of acceptance.
• Be original research articles. Other types of paper, such as Editorials, Announcements, and Book Reviews, are not covered by this agreement.
• Be accepted for publication after the 1 January 2024.
• Be published in an eligible Taylor & Francis or Routledge Open Select (hybrid) or open access journal, as well as F1000 Research and Routledge Open Research. Please note that Dove Press and the Expert Medicine series titles are excluded from this agreement. Please email repository@westminster.ac.uk if you wish to check whether the journal you are submitting to is covered by this agreement.

Please note:

• You are advised to use your institutional email address instead of your private email address, to enable Taylor & Francis to better identify you as eligible under the agreement and give the organisation name, University of Westminster, on submission.
• This agreement covers the period 1 January 2026 – 31 December 2028.

What are the steps to publish my research open access under this agreement?

• After submitting your article to an Open Selector fully open access journal and once it is accepted for publication post peer review, you will receive an email asking you to complete your publishing agreement. Please choose to be funded through your open access agreement, which you will see as you move through the process.
• Once you sign the agreement, your institution will be notified of your request.  
• If your request is approved, you will be informed via email. 
• If your request is not approved, you have the option to either fund the article publishing charge through a different source or publish as a subscription article, which does not require any payment. 
• When submitting to an open access journal, if your article meets the agreement’s terms, you will be notified during the submission process.
• You do not need to contact us to gain permission.  Just follow the instructions and see your article fully open.

Further information:

Please see Taylor & Francis’ Open access publishing for researchers in the UK information.

Other publishers with similar agreements:

• American Psychological Association (APA): We have a similar agreement for APA journals.  Please see the APA post for more detail.
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM): We have an agreement covering journal articles and conference papers published by the ACM. Please see the ACM post for more detail.
• Cambridge University Press: We have a similar agreement for CUP journals.  Please see the CUP post for more detail.
• Elsevier: We have a similar agreement for Elsevier journals.  Please see the Elsevier post for more detail.
• Public Library of Science (PLOS): an agreement is now in place, allowing Westminster authors to publish in the gold open access journals: PLOS ONE, PLOS Genetics, PLOS Computational Biology, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, and PLOS Pathogens, without having to pay individual APCs.  More details in the PLOS post.
• Sage:  We have a similar agreement for Sage journals.  Please see the Sage post for more detail.
• Springer Nature:  We already have a similar agreement for some Springer journals.  Please see the Springer post for more detail, and a link to a list of eligible titles.
• Wiley: We have a similar agreement for Wiley journals.  Please see the Wiley post for more detail.

Any questions: email repository@westminster.ac.uk