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Tokyo Institute of Technology Partners With Taylor & Francis in New Read and Publish Agreement

Outside view of the library at the Tokyo Institute of Technology

Corresponding Authors Based at Tokyo Tech Supported to Choose Open Access

Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) and Taylor & Francis have announced a new three-year transformative partnership to increase the publication of open access (OA) articles by researchers at the leading science and technology institution.

Under the agreement, articles with a corresponding author based at Tokyo Tech will receive funding support to publish OA in Taylor & Francis and Routledge Open Select (hybrid) journals.

Tokyo Tech is the first member of the Japan Alliance of University Library Consortia for E-Resources (JUSTICE) to opt in to a new ‘read & publish’ deal negotiated by the consortium. The agreement also ensures Tokyo Tech users can continue to read all the Taylor & Francis journals the library subscribed to in 2022.

Akira Yamada, Library Director of Tokyo Tech said, “We are really pleased to have reached a new read & publish agreement with the world leading publisher, Taylor & Francis, for the publication of open access articles. Tokyo Tech has been actively pursuing transformative agreements to enhance our visibility, and we are very much looking forward to this agreement strengthening our university’s research activities, especially those of our young researchers.”

Ian Jones, VP and APAC Commercial Lead at Taylor & Francis, added, “We’re thrilled that our first read & publish agreement with an institution in Asia Pacific is with Tokyo Tech. The university is well known for its cutting-edge research, and we look forward to seeing the impact of their work further increase through this OA agreement.”

Administrators at the Tokyo Tech library will have access to the Taylor & Francis Research Dashboard where they can monitor publications by researchers at the institution and approve articles for OA publication under the agreement.

About Tokyo Tech

Tokyo Tech is the top national university for science and technology in Japan with a history spanning more than 140 years. Of the approximately 10,500 students at the Ookayama, Suzukakedai, and Tamachi Campuses, half are in their bachelor's degree program while the other half are in master's and doctoral degree programs. International students number 1,800. There are 1,100 faculty and 600 administrative and technical staff members.

In the 21st century, the role of science and technology universities has become increasingly important. Tokyo Tech continues to develop global leaders in the fields of science and technology, and contributes to the betterment of society through its research, focusing on solutions to global issues. The Institute's long-term goal is to become the world's leading science and technology university.

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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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