ResearchGate and Taylor & Francis expand partnership
ResearchGate and Taylor & Francis have announced a further two-year expansion of their strategic Journal Home partnership, extending coverage to 800 journals across the Taylor & Francis portfolio.
The renewed agreement adds two key elements to the collaboration: the Community Engagement Upgrade (CEU) and the Open Access Agreement Upgrade (OAAU). Together, these enhancements are designed to strengthen connections between journals and their research communities, while improving the visibility of open access funding options available to authors.
The expanded partnership equips Taylor & Francis journal teams with new tools to deepen engagement with relevant researcher communities, support strategic journal development, and accelerate dissemination across the portfolio. Since 2023, the collaboration has delivered sustained growth in international readership and attracted highly relevant authors from ResearchGate’s global community of more than 25 million researcher members.
With the introduction of the CEU, editors gain new ways to understand their journals’ communities and communicate more effectively with readers, including through features such as Editor Picks. The expanded activation of the OAAU enables authors to receive timely, personalised notifications about their eligibility for open access publishing under existing Taylor & Francis agreements. Dedicated Journal Profiles, prominent branding, and automatic content sharing across ResearchGate are also intended to make it easier for researchers to discover and explore relevant journals and articles.
“Our Journal Home partnership continues to support key goals for Taylor & Francis by strengthening researcher collaboration, increasing author uptake of open access opportunities, and fostering the impact of trusted knowledge,” said Leon Heward-Mills, Managing Director, Academic and Chief Content Officer at Taylor & Francis. “With the addition of the Community Engagement Upgrade, we’re excited to provide our editors with new tools and insights to help them better understand, support, and grow their journals’ communities.”
“Our expanding partnership with Taylor & Francis reflects our shared commitment to supporting researchers worldwide to find the research they need, and access the journals most relevant and useful to them,” said Mathias Astell, VP of Commercial Product at ResearchGate. “By extending Journal Home, the CEU, and the OAAU, across a larger portfolio, we’re making it easier for researchers to discover and access trusted content, for journal editors to understand and engage their community, and for Taylor & Francis to connect more deeply and effectively with global researcher communities.”