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Kinokuniya named as an exclusive agent for academic institutional customers in Japan for F1000Research


Kinokuniya Company Ltd. is pleased to announce the signing of an agreement with Taylor & Francis Group, by which Kinokuniya becomes the exclusive sales agent of the world’s first open research publishing platform “F1000Research” operated by F1000 Research Ltd., part of Taylor & Francis Group, for academic institutional customers in Japan.

A trailblazer in rethinking research communication, F1000 Research Ltd launched the first open research publishing platform ‘F1000Research’ in 2013. The platform combines the ability to publish rapidly with functionality to ensure transparency, robustness and reproducibility of research.

Articles are indexed in international bibliographic databases. Moreover, it allows researchers in HSS to publish articles not only in English but also in Japanese, in order to overcome language barriers in academic research.

Taylor & Francis Group and Kinokuniya entered a partnership with a view to resolve various problems in the current scholarly communication system, promote open research, and contribute to further development of academic research conducted in Japan.

Kinokuniya will work hard to promote F1000Research by utilizing its sales channels for institutional clients while improving marketing functions, customer service, and distribution through the cooperation between both companies.

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Taylor & Francis Group partners with researchers, scholarly societies, universities and libraries worldwide to bring knowledge to life.  We are one of the world’s leading publishers of scholarly content spanning all areas of Humanities, Social Sciences, Behavioural Sciences, Science, Technology and Medicine.

 

From our network of offices around the world, Taylor & Francis Group professionals provide expertise and support for Taylor & Francis, Routledge, Dovepress and Cogent OA products and services.

 

Taylor & Francis acquired F1000 Research Ltd in 2020, further strengthening its capabilities in open access and open research and extending its range of innovative publishing services.

 

 

About Kinokuniya Company Ltd

 

Established in 1927, Kinokuniya Ltd. is the largest bookstore chain in Japan with a history spanning more than 90 years. Its institutional sales division currently has 28 sales offices in domestic areas stretching across Japan from Hokkaido to Okinawa, and 5 divisions specialized in respective products and services.  Also, there are 6 sales offices and 3 export offices outside of Japan.

 

Kinokuniya carries out a wide range of businesses, providing high quality solutions in the procurement of Japanese and international books, journals, databases, and eBooks; in the provision and installation of educational and research facilities and equipment; as well as in the assignment of contracts to outsource library operations on behalf of universities and local governments alike. Kinokuniya is also working as a subscription agent contributing to the development of Japanese academia while having business relationships with more than 3,000 publishers and academic societies worldwide.

 

Kinokuniya promotes high-quality academic journals by working as an exclusive agent in Japan on behalf of renowned university, academic society, and non-profit publishing houses, including AIP Publishing, The American Physical Society, The Optical Society of America, The American Society of Hematology, Cambridge University Press, The MIT Press, The Rockefeller University Press, The University of Chicago Press, The University of California Press, University of Toronto Press, and Canadian Science Publishing.