Taylor & Francis is one of the leading research publishers in the world. Its key components include Taylor & Francis, Routledge, CRC Press, F1000 Research and Dovepress.Taylor & Francis was founded in London in 1852, but its roots extend to 1798 when Richard Taylor launched the?Philosophical Magazine, one of the first scientific journals produced by an independent company. It was the start of many subsequent close collaborations with scholarly societies.