Publishing with Taylor & Francis Journals With over two hundred years publishing experience, international offices for marketing and promotion, and over 1,100 titles, Taylor & Francis is a world-leading publisher of academic journals. We are always interested in hearing ideas for potential new journals. If you have spotted a gap in the market for a new journal, please submit a proposal for consideration by our Editorial specialists. All Taylor & Francis journals have their own web pages with editorial contacts, guidelines for authors and recent and past tables of contents. Articles are also available online to institutional subscribers free of charge. In addition, table of contents alerts from all our journals are included in the suite of informaworld™ alerting services. Our table of contents alerting service is designed to deliver by email before publication, tables of contents for any issue of Psychology Press, Routledge or Taylor & Francis journals to anyone who has requested the information For guidance in constructing a new journal proposal please see our help-sheet, What to Include in a New Journal Proposal. When your proposal is complete, if you need further guidance or if you would like to see what Taylor & Francis can do for your existing title, please contact the appropriate publisher. Authors wishing to submit their own papers for publication in a journal should consult the notes for contributors on the appropriate journal home page, c/o http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/alphalist.asp
WHAT TO INCLUDE IN A NEW JOURNAL PROPOSAL 1. Names and addresses of proposers, with brief curriculum vitae 2. Description of the new journal, including the following:
3. Overview of existing publications in the field. Why is a new publication needed? What sort of competition would existing publications pose for both contributors and subscribers? Details of circulation and price are helpful. 4. Editorial Board: Names and affiliations. Note whether list is potential members, whether informally or formally accepted invitation to serve. Comment on composition and role of the board. 5. List of 10-15 previously published papers, with bibliographic information, that would be appropriate to the new journal where relevant. 6. List of 10-15 topics or "dream" paper titles that would be appropriate for the new journal. 7. Editorial observations: Where would contributors send manuscripts? Who would oversee the review process? What kind of peer review system would be employed? 8. Production: What frequency, trim size, number of pages per year, and general design are envisaged? 9. Market: Who would subscribe to such a publication? What number of individuals would be potential subscribers? What number of libraries or other institutions would be potential subscribers? What annual subscription rates are proposed? 10. Promotion: To reach individuals that might contribute and subscribe to the journal, to which organisations, professional or scholarly societies should brochures and calls for papers be sent? Please include UK, European, North American, Australasian and other international organisations. 11. Finance: Is there prospect of the journal being adopted formally or informally by a professional or scholarly society, or alternative methods of funding some part of the start-up costs? 12. Anticipated launch date 13. Names and addresses of researchers in this subject area who can be contacted to discuss this proposal. |
