An International Academic PublisherTaylor & Francis Group

Company Overview

Presenter: Vivienne Su 　蘇怡嘉Technical Support 　技術支援工程師

EBSCO Taiwan ,Hong Kong and Macau

vsu@ebsco.com / www.ebsco.com

公司沿革• 1798 - Richard Taylor printed and launched ‘Philosophical Magazine’

at 2s 6d (20 cents)

• 1852 - Dr William Francis, a chemist, joined Richard Taylor

• 1936 - Established as private limited company with scientists as directors and shareholders

• 1998 - Floated on London Stock Exchange

• 1998-2003 – Rapid growth through acquisitions

• May 2004 – Merged with Informa Plc to become T&F Informa

• T&F Informa – Publish over 2,500 subscription based products (1055 academic journals), portfolio of over 6500 e-books and backlist of 35,000 books. 2,800 events per year worldwide.

• Taylor & Francis Group is the Academic Division of T&F Informa

全球分佈– T&F• UK

– Headquarters in Milton Park, Oxfordshire: Books and Journals– Hove: Psychology Press– Basingstoke: UK finance and customer services

• USA– Boca Raton: Production, US finance, publishing and marketing of

STM books– New York: Publishing and marketing of humanities and social

science books– Philadelphia: All US journals

• Scandinavia– Norway and Sweden: Scandinavian books and journals

• ROW– India, Sydney, Singapore – liaison offices

公司成長

• Taylor and Francis Group Plc has experienced rapid growth over the last 2 decades, both organically and through acquisition, to become a leading international academic publisher

• Acquisitions:– Routledge, Carfax, Gordon & Breach, Psychology Press,

Spon Press, Martin Dunitz, Harwood Academic, Brunner/Mazel, Garland Publishing

– Recent acquisitions: Taylor Graham Journals (information science), BIOS (biology & medicine) & CRC, incl CRC Press and Parthenon Publishing (science engineering & medicine), Frank Cass (politics & international relations), Marcel Dekker (science, engineering and medicine), Swets & Zeitlinger (humanities, medicine and life sciences)

版本說明• A portfolio of over 780 online journals in 2003 • A collection of over 1050 titles in 2005• Current Imprints:

– Brunner-Routledge – Carfax – CRC Press– Marcel Dekker Inc– Parthenon Publishing– Psychology Press – Routledge – Spon Press– Swets and Zeitlinger Publishers– Taylor and Francis– Taylor and Francis Health Sciences

2004 主題分佈

• 52% of journals are Social Science and Humanities• 48% journals in Science, Technology & Medicine• Total 1012 online journals

• Plus 16 journals not available electronically

Life Sciences – 85 journals• Strong areas include Toxicology, Environmental Science & Marine

Science• Emerging areas include Plant Science, Nanoscience, Genomics,

Stem Cell Biology & Molecular Biology• Market share of T&F articles in Science Citation Index

• Toxicology 5.19%• Marine biology 4.05%• Biotechnology and applied microbiology 3.78% • Food science 3.19%• Entomology 3.12%• Cell biology 2.56%• Biochemistry and molecular biology 1.91%• Pharmacology 1.62%• Ecology 0.95%• Plant science 0.73%

Physical Sciences – 72 journals

• Strong areas include condensed matter physics, supramolecular/macromolecular field, chemical physics, liquid crystals and environmental chemistry

• Emerging subjects include nanoscience simulation, catalysis, macromolecular studies and environmental issues, surface chemistry, molecular chemistry and biochemistry

• The percentage share of ISI ranked journals is;– Crystallography = 15% – Chemistry, Medicinal = 8.1% – Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear = 6.5% – Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical = 6% – Chemistry, Physical = 4% – Chemistry, Analytical = 3% – Chemistry, Applied = 2.5% – Chemistry, Multidisciplinary = 1.6% – Environmental Sciences = 1.5%

Engineering, IT & Applied Science – 87 journals

• Over 70% of total list is ranked within the Science Citation Index

• Highlights:• No.1 content provider in Remote Sensing• No.1 content provider in Manufacturing Engineering• No.1 content provider in Ergonomics

• Emerging subjects include Earth Sciences, Mathematics & Information Technology

• 15 New Titles in 2005

Behavioural Sciences – 80 titles

• 27 Academic Psychology journals• 53 Professional/applied Psychology journals• 44/80 T&F journals are currently ranked in SCI or SSCI (3

more to follow)• 16/44 T&F journals included in 2003 rankings have impact

factors higher than 1• 10/67 journals in ISI in Experimental Psychology are T&F

journals; 9 with impact factors greater than 1.• 11/101 journals in ISI in Psychology (multidisciplinary) are

T&F journals• Strong areas include Neuropsychology &

Cognitive/Experimental Psychology

Medicine/Health – 133 journals

• Taylor & Francis Health Sciences imprint launched 2002.• Subjects include Biochemistry and Biophysics, Cancer and

Oncology, Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Dermatology, Food Science and Nutrition, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hematology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Nursing and Health Care, Physiology and Physiotherapy

• 41 journals ranked in ISI categories• Strong subjects include sports sciences, communication

disorders, rehabilitation• Emerging subjects include systems biology, nutrition and

food safety, obesity, cosmetic surgery, oncology and poverty-related diseases

Education – 108 titles

• T&F is the number 1 publisher in the field of Education• 17 of the 92 journals in the category ‘Educational Research’

in ISI are published by T&F• The top ranked UK journal is the ‘British Educational

Research Journal’• Key areas include:

• Educational Research• Sociology of Education• Higher Education• Special Education• Teaching Education

Arts & Humanities – 87 journals

• Subjects – History, Anthropology, Philosophy, Art, European Studies, Religion/Theology, Music, Performance, Archaeology, Classics

• Highest ranking in Social Science Citation Index, in ‘Ethics’ is Inquiry, with IF of .972.

• Strong presence of our journals in non-ranked Arts & Humanities Citation Index: History, Philosophy, Music etc

Politics, Geography & Area Studies – 168 titles

• 12 new titles for 2005, excluding company acquisitions, including 4 new launches

• Strong in Strategic and Security Studies • Market share of ranked T&F articles in ISI:

– Area Studies 22.2%– Urban Studies 18.6%– Planning & Development 14.5%– Geography 9.6%– Political Science 6.6%– Environmental Studies 5.2%– International Relations 3.7%

Business, Economics & Socio-Cultural Studies – 208 titles

• 15 new titles for 2005, excluding company acquisitions, including 3 new launches

• 17.3% of BESC journals listed in ISI• Market share of ranked T&F articles in ISI

– Ethnic Studies 74%– Communication 14%– Women’s Studies 9%– Management 7%– Sociology 7%– Economics 6%

線上資源– 主要功能 (1)

• Convenient – access your online subscriptions through our website at http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk

• Control – update IP and authentication details • Enable access to your subscriptions with minimum effort• Sophisticated searching capabilities• Articles/issues available ahead of print• PrEview – view accepted articles as soon as they have been

typeset• Active reference linking to over 229 other publishers through

CrossRef initiative• Use Google technology to search across the full text of 29

other Publishers participating in the CrossRef Search Pilot• Link to all major Abstracting & Indexing Services

線上資源– 主要功能 (2)

• COUNTER compliant usage statistics available from Admin site http://admin.metapress.com

• OPAC Links – download urls for your selected journals• Personalised homepage and features for individual users• Alerting services – through SARA (Scholarly Articles Research

Alerting). Receive TOC alerts of your selected journals or keywords

• Choice – all T&F online journals are also available via Ingenta Select, SwetsWise, EBSCOhost EJS and OCLC

• Dedicated in-house customer service team to help activate access and answer queries. Email online@tandf.co.uk

Admin Site - Metapress

出版社授權

線上期刊網頁

個人化網頁

Users can personalise their homepage to show:

•Their “Favourite” journals

•Their “SARA” or “Keyword SARA” reports

•New issues available of their selected journals

SARA & Keyword SARA (Table of Contents alerting service)

• SARA （ Scholarly Articles Research Alerting ）– Delivers TOC alerts by email or to personalised login page– Contains links to online version with ppv options for non-

subscribed journals– Sends alerts by ‘Title’, ‘Sub category’ or ‘Main category’– Delivers prior to print publication

• Keyword SARA– Remembers your keyword search string– Automatically resubmits searches as new content is

published– Notifies of a new article published in any T&F journal which

matches search criteria

SARA (Scholarly Articles Research Alerting)

Taylor & Francis Arenas

• Dedicated websites supporting journals, books & other resources, linked within a subject area or Arena

• Services for editors, referees, readers and library customers• Users are connected to top global research in their field• Current news on the latest hot topics• Search for jobs and conference listings for all key international events• Link to major society web pages• Search across articles in all T&F online journals• Examples of Arenas – Addiction, Anthropology, Arts, Asian Studies,

Bioscience, Business & Management, Economics, Ergonomics, Gender, Geography, History, Life Sciences, Media & Cultural Studies, Medicine, Philosophy, Physics & Chemistry, Politics, Psychology, Science, Sociology & Toxicology

• For a comprehensive list visit www.tandf.co.uk/journals/arenas.html

Taylor & Francis Arenas

LibSITE – 圖書館館員線上資源

• Find information to help manage your subscriptions more efficiently– Bibliographic changes, incl title changes & increase in

frequency– Prices, including back issues with availability– Current holdings list

• Learn about news and developments at T&F• Sign up for our Librarians’ Newsletter• Receive clear instructions on how to register and activate online

subscriptions, download urls and retrieve usage statistics • Link to customer services for claims, sample copies & single issue

orders• View special offers• For more information please visit www.tandf.co.uk/LibSite

LibSite www.tandf.co.uk/LibSite

總結

• Subscribe to over 1000 leading peer reviewed journals

• Receive dedicated customer service assistance

• View your e-journals via our state-of-the-art online delivery

service or other major service provider

• Produce COUNTER compliant usage statistics

• Access a wealth of resources at the T&F Arenas

• For more information please visit our website at

www.tandf.co.uk/journals

Talor & Francis• Any questions?

• Thank you.

• Vivienne Su , Technical Support• Tel: 02 2391 1488 Ext.870• Fax:02 2391 1486• E-mail: vsu@ebsco.com• EBSCO Taiwan, Hong Kong & Macao• 8F,No.55,Chung-Hsiao East Rd.Sec.1 Taipei,Taiwan.R.O.C.100• www.ebsco.com.tw / www.ebsco.com.tw