/ 1 December 2011

Routledge to publish SAHARA-J

SAHARA-J publishes peer-reviewed contributions of the highest quality from researchers in South Africa and other countries in Africa.

Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group, and the Social Aspects of HIV/ AIDS Research Alliance are pleased to announce a partnership to publish the acclaimed open access SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/ AIDS from 2012.

SAHARA-J publishes peer-reviewed contributions of the highest quality from researchers in South Africa, other countries in Africa, and around the world.

MEDLINE-listed and JCR®-ranked, the journal disseminates vital research on social factors relating to HIV/AIDS, including care, support, behaviour change, behavioural surveillance, counselling, impact, mitigation, stigma, discrimination, prevention, treatment, adherence, culture, faith-based approaches, evidence-based intervention, health communication, structural and
environmental intervention, financing, policy, media, etc.

Routledge is a leadin social science publisher with a strong portfolio in the social, cultural, and psychological dimensions of HIV/AIDS and a dedicated South African operation. Routledge titles include AIDS Care, African journal of AIDS Research (co-published with NISC) and Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services, among others within a growing Public Health & Social Care journals and books programme.

Since 2007, Routledge has hosted an active editorial office in Johannesburg, working with society and institutional partners and with local co-publishers UNISA Press and NISC, to support and showcase top research from the region.

Routledge, a founder member of Publishers for Development, is a keen supporter of a wide range of philanthropic access and author support initiatives, including Research4Life, INASP’s PERii programme, African Journals Online, AuthorAID, and others.

The new partnership to publish SAHARA-J forms part of a wider open access initiative being invested in by Taylor & Francis in 2012. As part of Taylor & Francis Open, SAHARA-J will publish articles accepted after rigorous peer review on an open access basis for immediate online global dissemination, benefiting from rapid publication, high visibility marketing, and discoverability through Taylor & Francis Online. Authors will contribute an afford- able publication fee or be eligible for a waiver based on the country of affiliation.

Dr David Green, Global Journals Publishing Director, comments on the publication of SAHARA-J within the Taylor & Francis Open programme, “Taylor & Francis is committed to producing high-calibre journals that showcase quality global research. We believe that this content should be widely disseminated and are now exploring open access business models to enable universal access in ways that are sustainable and meet the needs of research communities.

We feel the time is right to increase the scope of our open access offerings to sit alongside the cost-effective subscription and licensing options, and indeed the South African co-publication arrangements, we offer to libraries. We are proud to partner with SAHARA in publishing SAHARA-J, a foremost forum for HIV/AIDS research, working together to support its increasing impact in society and the global knowledge community.”

The partnership will be launched at the 6th SAHARA conference 28 November-2 December and further details will be available soon on the SAHARA (www.sahara.org.za) and Taylor & Francis Online (www. tandfonline.com) websites.

For more information on Routledge’s HIV/AIDS programme, including featured articles, visit www.tandf.co.uk/journals/explore/ routledge-AIDS-research.pdf and on Routledge’s Africa programme, visit www.tandf.co.uk/journals/ africa.SAHARA-J related questions can be directed to [email protected] at Routledge or [email protected] at SAHARA.

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