Press Release from Taylor and Francis:

Royal Society of New Zealand and Taylor & Francis co-publishing partnership, 2010

Friday, 18 December 2009

Taylor & Francis and the Royal Society of New Zealand are delighted to announce a co-publishing partnership for the Society’s eight journals starting in 2010.

The Royal Society of New Zealand journals include over three hundred volume years of top science content covering New Zealand research specialities such as the geosciences, botany, agriculture, horticulture, zoology and multidisciplinary science, with particular emphasis in the territories of New Zealand, Antarctica, the Antipodes and the Pacific Rim. The Royal Society of New Zealand’s flagship social science journal Kōtuitui balances these debates by providing a home for a wide range of social science discussions with the additional intention of displaying the links between the social and physical sciences.

Taylor & Francis’s Melbourne office will provide local production and editorial liaison while the company’s international marketing networks will ensure the journals are given tactical, tailor-made marketing to ensure their authors receive the greatest possible exposure for the unique content that the collection contains.

The journals will move to Taylor & Francis’s InformaWorld platform, where they will benefit from HTML versions of articles, forward citation linking and advanced publication of articles online through iFirst. ScholarOne Manuscripts online submission and review will also be established, making peer review more efficient and maximizing outreach to international authors. Back issues of the journals will be digitized and made available to subscribers online.

Dr Di McCarthy, Chief Executive, Royal Society of New Zealand said ‘We are very excited by this partnership, and the opportunities it offers for the journals. Our authors, editors, referees, and readers should all benefit from the proposed new initiatives, and we look forward to working with Taylor & Francis in the coming years.’

Dr David Green, Global Journals Publishing Director at Taylor & Francis, added: “This group of highly ranked titles is one of the major journal lists in Asia-Pacific, and we are delighted that the Royal Society of New Zealand has selected Taylor & Francis as their publishing partner of choice.  Our innovative strategies to drive global usage, citations and impact will bring major benefits to the dissemination of New Zealand science.”

About Taylor & Francis Journals

Taylor & Francis is part of Informa, one of the world's leading publishers of academic journals. We are dedicated to the dissemination of scholarly information, drawing on expertise developed since first publishing learned journals in 1798. Taylor & Francis now publishes 1,562 scholarly journals in association with over 460 learned societies and scholarly institutions. We operate from a network of 20 global offices, including Philadelphia, Oxford, Melbourne, Stockholm, Beijing, New Delhi, Johannesburg and Singapore.

For more information:

Sue Wilkins, Royal Society of New Zealand, Publishing Operations Manager, 04-470 5758, email: Sue.wilkins@royalsociety.org.nz

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