Taylor and Francis

Taylor & Francis was founded in London in 1852, but our roots go back to 1798 when Richard Taylor launched the  Philosophical Magazine , one of the first scientific journals.  Routledge , which Taylor & Francis acquired in 1998, was also founded in 1852 and is now considered to be the leading English-language publisher of  humanities  and  social sciences . The merged company has become one of the top five research publishers globally. For more than two centuries Taylor & Francis has been committed to the highest quality scholarly publishing, and this remains our goal today. Our purpose is to foster human progress through knowledge – something we’ve been doing since the Enlightenment. We aim to promote a positive future for everyone through our work. Our imprints  include Taylor & Francis, Routledge, CRC Press, F1000 Research and Dovepress. We’ve published over 145,000 book titles, and we publish over 2,700 journals.