Taylor & Francis unveils open-access deal for southern Africa - Research Professional News

"Social science and humanities researchers in southern Africa will be able to publish articles for free in Taylor & Francis open-access journals under a deal announced last week.

The agreement between the UK publisher and the South African National Library and Information Consortium (SANLiC) is the publisher’s first in sub-Saharan Africa. It will allow researchers in South Africa, Botswana and Namibia to publish in over 2,100 open-access journals for the next three years.

The deal, which also includes training and resources for researchers entering the open-access publishing space, was announced by Taylor & Francis on 22 March. Under the arrangement, open-access publishing will be paid by repurposing the subscription fees that institutions currently pay for researchers’ access to journal articles, said Ellen Tise, who chairs the SANLiC board...."