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Taylor and Francis 2026

The Council of Australasian University Librarians (CAUL) has struck a landmark new open access in principle agreement with global publisher Taylor & Francis, marking a major step toward fairer and more sustainable access to research for Australian and New Zealand universities. The in principle agreement – negotiated under a new sector-wide approach involving CAUL, Universities Australia and Universities New Zealand – Te Pōkai Tara – will provide comprehensive open access publishing for authors at participating universities in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand from 1 January 2026, without individual article processing charges. The deal covers all hybrid and gold journals in the Taylor & Francis portfolio.

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