The Taylor & Francis STM division of Informa plc, of the UK, is buying the seven-year-old F1000 Research Ltd, of London, for an undisclosed sum “in order to develop its capabilities in the field of open access publishing”. F1000 is an Open Research publishing platform for scientists, scholars and clinicians “offering rapid publication of articles and other research outputs without editorial bias. All articles benefit from transparent peer review and editorial guidance on making all source data openly available”. It is believed the company has revenues of some £5m. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Informa buys into Open Access
