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Taylor & Francis Group Announces Co-Publishing Agreement with UNISA Press



*Apologies for cross posting*

PRESS RELEASE 24 October 2006

Taylor & Francis Group Announces Co-Publishing Agreement with UNISA
Press

Taylor & Francis Group today announced that from the 2007 subscription
year it will be co-publishing with the University of South Africa
(UNISA) Press, under its world famous Routledge imprint.

For the first time the following UNISA journals will be available to
purchase in print and/or in online only format:

  Africa Education Review (formerly Educare)
  Communicatio: South African Journal for Communication, Theory &
   Research
  Critical Arts: A Journal of South-North Cultural & Media Studies
  English Academy Review (The)
  International Journal of African Renaissance Studies
  Journal of Literary Studies
  Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa
  Muziki: Journal of Music Research in Africa
  Myth & Symbol
  Scrutiny2: Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa
  South African Journal of Higher Education

Ms E. H. Le Roux, Director, Unisa Press said "Through its 
extensive publication of academic journals, UNISA Press is 
ideally positioned to take the lead in creating a viable forum 
for African knowledge production. During the past year, UNISA 
Press has progressed well in its aim of becoming the leading 
academic publisher on the African continent by publishing and 
distributing scholarly work with a distinctively African focus. 
UNISA Press is pleased to announce that it has entered into 
apartnership with Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group), which would 
allow the Press's journals to reach a wider, global audience."

Dr David Green, Global Journals Publishing Director for Taylor & 
Francis Group advised "This is an extremely exciting partnership. 
Having worked with South African colleagues for over a decade, we 
are delighted to be part of a major step forward in reintegrating 
African scholarship into the global academic community".

The inclusion of these 11 journals in the T&F portfolio brings 
the total number of journals available to subscribers to 
approximately 1150 in 2007.  T&F (under the Routledge imprint) 
added more journals to the Social Sciences Journal Citation 
Reports(r) (JCRs(r)) in 2005 than any other publisher. In total, 
18 journals were added, including 4 top 10 titles.

For further information on both companies please visit
www.unisa.ac.za/press/ and www.tandf.co.uk/journals.

Contact:
Ashleigh Bell
Head of Journals Sales

Office: +44 (0)207 017 6350
Mobile: +44 (0)7764 984581
Fax: +44 (0)207 017 6725
Ashleigh.Bell@tandf.co.uk

Taylor & Francis Group, 4 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon,
Oxfordshire, OX14 4RN, UK.