27 March 2023. Bibliosan, the Italian network of biomedical research libraries, and Taylor & Francis have announced a new three-year open access agreement which will significantly extend the reach and impact of research at the 70 participating institutions.
Under the read & publish agreement, articles accepted by a Taylor & Francis Open Select (hybrid) journal will be eligible for open access publication if they have a corresponding author based at one of the Bibliosan institutions.
Researchers will also have read-access to hundreds of Taylor & Francis biology, medicine, and pharmaceutical journals. In addition, the partners are planning to run training webinars for researchers on the benefits of publishing open access, with guidance on how to do so through the agreement.
Dr Moreno Curti, National Coordinator for the Bibliosan Consortium, explained: "The agreement Bibliosan and Taylor & Francis are undertaking is of the upmost importance towards making the results of publicly funded research available; promoting all scientific production of all researchers from Bibliosan institutions nationwide by publishing their investigations, experimentation and analyses in open access journals."
Carolyn Kirby, Vice President Commercial Lead for the EMEA region at Taylor & Francis, added: "The cutting-edge research of Bibliosan institutions is making a positive difference to health outcomes and to all our lives. We're therefore delighted that our first open access agreement in Italy will enable this vital work to reach even more of the people who can benefit from it."
About Bibliosan
Bibliosan was born in 2003. Funded and supervised by the Italian Ministry of Health, Bibliosan includes all the libraries of all Italian Biomedical healthcare and research institutions. The ultimate goal of Bibliosan is to promote a collaborative network between healthcare libraries and scientific documentation services of the participating organizations within the National Healthcare System in order to support innovative research and in step with the latest scientific knowledge, integrate and rationalize all available information settled, immediately ready for welfare workers' activities implementing their research at the fullest.
About Taylor & Francis
Taylor & Francis supports diverse communities of experts, researchers and knowledge makers around the world to accelerate and maximize the impact of their work. We are a leader in our field, publish across all disciplines and have one of the largest Humanities and Social Sciences portfolios. Our expertise, built on an academic publishing heritage of over 200 years, advances trusted knowledge that fosters human progress.
Our 2,650 people, based in a global network of offices in 17 countries, use their skills and the latest technology to curate, validate and share impactful advanced, emergent and applied knowledge. Under the Taylor & Francis, Routledge and F1000 imprints we publish 2,700 journals, 8,000 new books each year and partner with more than 700 scholarly societies.
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