Open access book publication charges & funding
When you are looking to publish an open access book or chapter you will usually be required to pay a book publishing charge (BPC). There are many funding options available to help you cover these fees; continue reading on how to navigate the funding landscape.
Publication charges for Taylor & Francis books open access titles
Prices for a standard full Humanities and Social Sciences Monograph start from £11,000 /€13,200 /$14,850 (USD), plus applicable taxes, and from £5,500 /€6,600 /$7,430 (USD) for a standard Humanities and Social Sciences Shortform (books between 25-50,000 words).
Prices for individual Humanities and Social Sciences chapters start from £1,380 /€1,650 /$1,860 (USD), plus applicable taxes.
These prices are given as guidance only and should not be considered a formal quote. To get a quote for your book or chapter please get in contact with your editorial team.
Authors also have the option to publish other text types, such as Handbooks, Textbooks or Professional titles, as open access. For more information, please get in touch with your editorial team.
How can I fund the cost of my research?
BPCs are funded through three main avenues:
Research funding bodies
Authors should contact research funding bodies as early as possible if they intend to publish their book or chapter open access.
Authors should check the terms and conditions of their grant, as they may need to include the costs of open access in their budget.
University funding
Universities award open access funding from:
a) Research funders e.g. UKRI
b) Institutional open access fundsAuthors should contact their university library or open access/open research contact to apply for open access funding. Most universities have a generic open access email address for researchers interested in publishing open access.
Self- funded by authors
Authors co-ordinate their open access funding. This could be from a variety of different sources including project or grant funding or crowdsourcing.
Most importantly, the BPC enables researchers to discover the work and not be barred by subscription fees or download costs. This equalises the research landscape and enables collaboration as it means that both independent researchers and those affiliated with different institutions can access your work. They are not dependent on the subscriptions that the institutions pay for, or one party paying to access research that may not be relevant.
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The BPC can be paid at any point up until the final manuscript is submitted to Taylor & Francis for production, unless otherwise agreed. It is important to know the timeline when your funder will be able to release the fees for your open access project as it may be longer than you expect
We believe in the long-term preservation of our open access books and enable this through a range of third parties including Portico and depositing our books and chapters in the (OAPEN) Online Library to enhance the discoverability of our open access content. The BPC covers the cost of the hosting of your content and continually making it discoverable. This includes technological and format updates to ensure your work can be read for years to come. Taylor & Francis is committed to ensuring all our products, platforms and websites are accessible to as wide an audience as possible. We are continually improving the quality and accessibility of our content, to address the needs of all customers, and support them to reach their highest potential. Visit our Accessibility page to find out more.
We still provide print copies of our open access books and royalties will still be payable on any print sales (if applicable). Our BPC pricing is reviewed regularly and varies based on several factors, including:
Understanding the BPC charge: Coverage and calculation explained
Taylor & Francis open access book titles benefit from the same high standards of professionalism and expertise as our non-open access titles. The book publishing charge (BPC) supports the many costs associated with publishing a book including editorial services, peer review, copyediting, typesetting, e-book conversion and dissemination, as well as ongoing marketing, sales and editorial support. Our open access books follow the same workflows as our non- open access books, therefore, many of these costs are shared.
Are any discounts available on the OA fees? Taylor & Francis is committed to bringing scholarly research to the attention of the global academic community. We also want to make the option to publish open access available to as many researchers as possible. To help achieve this we offer discounts on BPCs normally required to publish in the Taylor & Francis Books Open Access program for funders based in countries defined by the World Bank as ‘Low -Income Economies’ or ‘Lower-Middle -Income Economies’. Contact your editor for more details.
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