company informa status active founded 1852 ; 164 years ago 1852 founder william francis and richard taylor country of origin united kingdom headquarters location milton park abingdon on thames oxfordshire united kingdom distribution worldwide key people roger horton ceo ; 1 2 ian bannerman md journals ; 2 jeremy north md books ; 2 christoph chesher group sales director . 2 publication types peer reviewed books & journals nonfiction topics humanities social science behavioural science education law science technology engineering and mathematics fiction genres non fiction . academic & scholarly imprints routledge humanities social science education & law ; taylor & francis crc press & garland science science technology engineering and mathematics revenue 447.4 m in 2015 ; 3 408.9 m in 2014 . 4 number of employees 1 800 5 official website www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com previous taylor & francis logo from a 1900 publication taylor & francis group is an international company originating in the united kingdom that publishes books and academic journals . it is a division of informa plc a united kingdom based publisher and conference company . 6 contents 1 overview 2 acquired companies & discontinued imprints 3 see also 4 references 5 further reading 6 external links overview edit the company was founded in 1852 when william francis joined richard taylor in his publishing business . taylor initially founded his company in 1798 . their subjects covered include agriculture chemistry education engineering geography law mathematics medicine and social sciences . 7 from 1917 to 1930 francis son richard taunton francis 1883 1930 was sole partner in the firm . 8 in 1965 taylor & francis launched wykeham publications and began book publishing . in 1988 it acquired hemisphere publishing and the company was renamed taylor & francis group to reflect the growing number of imprints . in 1990 taylor & francis exited from the printing business to concentrate on publishing . in 1998 taylor & francis group went public on the london stock exchange and in the same year the group purchased its academic publishing rival routledge for 90 million . 9 acquisitions of other publishers has remained a core part of the group s business strategy . 9 taylor & francis merged with informa in 2004 to create a new company called t & f informa since renamed back to informa . 9 taylor & francis group is now the academic publishing arm of informa . 4 taylor & francis publishes more than 2 400 journals and approximately 6 500 new books each year with a backlist of over 110 000 titles available in print and digital formats . 3 it uses the routledge imprint for its publishing in humanities social sciences behavioural sciences law and education and the taylor & francis crc press and garland science imprints for its publishing in science technology engineering and mathematics . 4 although generally considered the smallest of the big four stem publishers 10 its routledge imprint is claimed to be the largest global academic publisher within humanities and social sciences . 11 12 the journals and e books have been delivered through the taylor & francis online website since june 2011 . prior to that they were provided through the informaworld website . 13 taylor & francis operates a number of platforms for its digital content including routledge handbooks online 14 the routledge performance archive 15 secret intelligence files 16 and crc netbase . 17 taylor & francis offers open access publishing options in both its books 18 and journals 19 divisions and through its cogent open access journals imprint . 3 the group has approximately 1 800 employees 5 located in at least 18 offices worldwide . its head office is based in milton park abingdon in the united kingdom with other offices in stockholm leiden new york boca raton philadelphia kentucky singapore kuala lumpur hong kong beijing shanghai taipei melbourne sydney cape town tokyo and new delhi . 5 20 the old taylor and francis logo depicts a hand pouring oil into a lit lamp along with the latin phrase alere flammam to feed the flame of knowledge . the modern logo is a stylised oil lamp in a circle . in 2013 the entire board of the journal of library administration resigned in a dispute over author licensing agreements . 21 acquired companies & discontinued imprints edit a.a.balkema acquired in 2003 22 accelerated developments inc. acquired in 1994 9 acumen publishing acquired in 2014 23 adam hilger acquired in 2005 as part of iop publishing books division ak peters acquired in 2010 the analytic press acquired with lawrence erlbaum and associates in 2006 9 anderson publishing acquired in 2014 24 architectural press 25 arnold acquired in 2012 26 ashgate acquired in july 2015 27 auerbach publications 28 baywood publishing acquired in 2016 29 bellwether publishing acquired in 2013 30 bibliomotion acquired in 2016 31 bios scientific publishers acquired in 2003 9 bloomsbury journals acquired in 2015 32 brunner mazel 9 brunner routledge acquired in 1998 9 carfax acquired with routledge in 1998 9 cavendish acquired in 2006 33 crc press acquired in 2003 9 this imprint is still used . curzon acquired in 2001 9 david fulton press 34 donhead publishing acquired in 2013 35 earthscan acquired in 2011 36 europa publications acquired in 1999 37 fitzroy dearborn publishers acquired in 2002 9 focal press acquired in 2012 38 frank cass acquired in 2003 39 garland science acquired in 1996 9 this imprint is still used . gordon & breach acquired in 2001 40 gower acquired with ashgate in 2015 41 greengage press acquired in 2013 42 harwood academic acquired with gordon & breach in 2001 9 haworth press acquired in 2007 9 heldref publications except world affairs acquired in 2009 43 hemisphere publishing acquired in 1988 9 hodder education group acquired 2012 44 landes bioscience acquired in 2014 45 lawrence erlbaum and associates acquired in 2006 9 left coast press inc. acquired in 2016 46 maney publishing acquired in 2015 27 manson publishing acquired in 2014 47 marcel dekker acquired in 2003 48 martin dunitz acquired in 1999 9 m.e. sharpe inc. acquired in 2014 49 paradigm publishers acquired in 2014 50 parthenon publishing acquired with crc press in 2003 51 pickering & chatto publishers acquired in 2015 52 productivity press acquired in 2007 53 psychology press pyrczak publishing acquired in 2016 54 radcliffe healthcare acquired in 2015 55 rff press acquired with earthscan in 2011 56 routledge acquired in 1998 9 this imprint is still used . scandinavian university press journals acquired in 2000 9 spon press acquired with routledge in 1998 9 st jerome publishing acquired in 2013 57 swets & zeitlinger publishers acquired in 2003 22 taylor graham journals acquired in 2003 51 willan publishing acquired in 2010 58 59 see also edit category taylor & francis academic journals references edit executive management roger horton . informa . a b c d academic publishing senior management team . informa . a b c results for 12 months to 31st december 2015 pdf . a b c understanding informa annual report and financial statements 2014 pdf . a b c informa about academic publishing . about us taylor & francis uk . brock w.h. & meadows a.j. 1998 . the lamp of learning taylor & francis and two centuries of publishing . taylor & francis . biographical index of former fellows of the royal society of edinburgh 1783 2002 pdf . the royal society of edinburgh . july 2006 . isbn 0 902 198 84 x. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u academic publishing industry a story of merger and acquisition taylor & francis . larivi re vincent ; haustein stefanie ; mongeon philippe 2015 06 10 . the oligopoly of academic publishers in the digital era . plos one . 10 6 e0127502 . doi 10.1371 journal.pone .0127502 . issn 1932 6203 . pmc 4465327 . pmid 26061978 . outsell hss market size share forecast pdf . publishing with us routledge . taylor & francis group . 2016 . taylor & francis online faqs pdf . taylor & francis group . 2011 . retrieved 23 september 2012 . routledge handbooks online . www.routledgehandbooks.com . retrieved 2016 04 16 . home . www.routledgeperformancearchive.com . retrieved 2016 04 16 . home page secret intelligence files . www.secretintelligencefiles.com . retrieved 2016 04 16 . crcnetbase . www.crcnetbase.com . retrieved 2016 04 16 . routledge books open access . open access . informa office locator company taylor & francis . missing or empty url help http informa.com contact us office locator company taylor % 26 francis & view list & keywords dupuis john . journal of library administration editorial board resigns over author rights . scienceblogs . scienceblogs llc . retrieved 2013 03 25 . a b swets & zeitlinger sells swets & zeitlinger publishers 6 november 2003 . bertoli mitchell arranges the sale of acumen publishing to taylor & francis . welcome to the criminology & criminal justice textbook catalog . routledge architecture . trillium partners extends its educational and academic publishing m & a sector experience a b informa pays 20m for ashgate publishing . new books from auerbach publications . baywood publishing is now a part of routledge an imprint of taylor and francis . routledge.com . retrieved 2016 07 08 . bellwether publishing journals join geography market leader routledge taylor & francis for 2013 . bibliomotion acquired by taylor & francis . bloomsbury journals join routledge . quayle munro advises shareholders of cavendish publishing on sale to informa taylor & francis group donhead publishing . earthscan acquired by taylor & francis . mary h. munroe 2004 . taylor & francis timeline . the academic publishing industry a story of merger and acquisition . archived from the original on october 2014 via northern illinois university . global publishing leaders 2013 informa taylor and francis announce acquisition of frank cass & co 28 july 2003 . taylor & francis group plc acquires gordon and breach publishing group 14 february 2001 . routledge welcomes ashgate . bertoli mitchell advises the shareholders of greengage press on sale to taylor & francis . our history taylor & francis . thomas webster leaves hodder education following sale of he and health sciences lists . september 2 2012 . retrieved october 23 2015 . taylor & francis group llc acquires landes bioscience . taylor & francis . june 2014 . retrieved 14 november 2014 . routledge welcomes left coast press . joshua farrington t & f buys manson publishing the bookseller 10 april 2013 . taylor & francis acquires marcel dekker 20 november 2003 . routledge welcomes m. e. sharpe . archived from the original on 13 july 2015 . routledge welcomes paradigm . a b news archive 2003 news bertoli mitchell arranges the sale of pickering and chatto to taylor & francis . bertolimitchell.co.uk . retrieved 2014 05 01 . productivity press about us . productivitypress.com . retrieved 2016 02 01 . taylor & francis group acquires pyrczak publishing . routledge.com . retrieved 2016 07 08 . bertoli mitchell arranges the sale of radcliffe healthcare to taylor & francis . rff press . st jerome is now part of routledge books . bertoli mitchell arranges the sale of willan publishing to taylor & francis . willan publishing is now routledge . further reading edit munroe mary h. 2007 . taylor & francis informa group plc . the academic publishing industry a story of merger and acquisition . northern illinois university libraries . retrieved 2008 06 20 . brock w.h. & meadows a.j. 1998 . the lamp of learning taylor & francis and two centuries of publishing . taylor & francis . external links edit official website taylor & francis online journals and reference works taylor & francis ebooks informa divisions academic publishing v t e informa plc taylor & francis crc press focal press garland science psychology press routledge journals informa healthcare