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37-735: The founding of the ITC was due to the efforts of Jean Cardinet (Switzerland), who presented his concerns with the ethical use of psychological tests to the General Assembly of the Swiss Psychological Society in 1968. In 1971, the Swiss Professional Association of Applied Psychology published a set of regulations to promote the quality and prevent the abuse of tests. Cardinet initiated a project to create national test commissions in all countries using psychological tests. His idea

74-571: A backlist of over 140,000 titles available in print and digital formats. It uses the Routledge imprint for its publishing in humanities, social sciences, behavioural sciences, law and education, and the CRC Press imprint for its publishing in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. As the academic publishing arm of Informa, Taylor & Francis Group accounted for 30.2% of group revenue and 38.1% of adjusted profit in 2017. Taylor & Francis

111-521: A biannual scientific conference, which usually brings together around 400-500 delegates from around 40 countries. The details of the past and the forthcoming meetings are announced at the ITC website. Taylor %26 Francis Group Taylor & Francis Group is an international company originating in England that publishes books and academic journals . Its parts include Taylor & Francis, CRC Press , Routledge , F1000 Research and Dovepress . It

148-765: 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. The group has about 1,800 employees in at least 18 offices worldwide. Its head office is 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. Taylor & Francis reported

185-507: A mean 2017 gender pay gap of 24.2% for its UK workforce, while the median was 8%. The fact that the average pay for women is significantly worse than the median pay (compared to men's) shows that women are underrepresented in the positions with the highest pay. As of May 2022, 836 Taylor & Francis journals are listed in the Norwegian Scientific Index of which 753 have a rating of "level 1" (meets academic standard), 70 have

222-438: A rating "level 2" (the highest level, indicating rigorous academic quality), one has a rating of "level X" (decision on rating in progress), and 13 have a rating of "level 0" (indicating non-academic quality). Taylor & Francis has faced criticism for its use of author licensing agreements, and several of their journals have been criticized or retracted papers due to concerns over review and publishing practices. In 2013,

259-494: A social construct" that had previously been rejected by another Taylor & Francis journal, Norma: International Journal for Masculinity Studies , which suggested the study would be a good fit for Cogent Social Sciences. When the authors announced the hoax, the article was retracted. In 2018, another Grievance studies affair article "Human reactions to rape culture and queer performativity at urban dog parks in Portland, Oregon"

296-483: A week for prayer and fellowship. Most of their members consisted of Anglicans, most prominently John Wesley , Charles Wesley , and George Whitefield . John Wesley records in his journal for 1 January 1739: "Mr. Hall, Hinching, Ingham, Whitefield, Hutching, and my brother Charles were present at our love feast in Fetter Lane with about 60 of our brethren. About three in the morning, as we were continuing instant in prayer,

333-599: Is St. Dunstan-in-the-West , and next to it, at 133–137 Fetter Lane, is St. Dunstan's House. In Victorian times the publishing house Sampson Low was located at St. Dunstan's House. Two plaster reliefs (1886) by Walter Crane were salvaged from the building when it was destroyed in 1905. They now stand next-door in the King's College library. The site then became the main London warehouse of the Cambridge University Press . It

370-426: Is a division of Informa plc , a United Kingdom -based publisher and conference company. The company was founded in 1852 when William Francis joined Richard Taylor in his publishing business. Taylor had founded his company in 1798. Their subjects covered agriculture, chemistry, education, engineering, geography, law, mathematics, medicine, and social sciences. Francis's son, Richard Taunton Francis (1883–1930),

407-514: Is a practice that can inflate the seeming prestige of a journal or group. In 2020, six T&F journals were found by analytics company Clarivate that exhibited unusual levels of self-citation , and as a consequence they were suspended from Journal Citation Reports and saw a drop in their journal impact factors . An April 2022 article in the T&;F journal Accountability in Research outlined some of

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444-601: Is generally considered the smallest of the 'Big Four' science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) publishers ( Reed-Elsevier , Wiley-Blackwell , Springer , and Taylor & Francis). Informa (including the Taylor & Francis imprint) was ranked by Simba Information as the leading global academic publisher in the areas of humanities and social sciences, in Global Social Science & Humanities Publishing 2016-2020 . The company's journals are delivered through

481-594: Is now based in Muswell Hill . For 67 years, Birkbeck, University of London , was located at Bream's Buildings on Fetter Lane. The writers Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb attended William Bird's Academy in Fetter Lane. Peter Böhler, the London Moravian leader of the Fetter Lane Society, and his followers established it for the purpose of discipleship and accountability. They began with the purpose of meeting once

518-843: Is now the Technology and Construction Court hearing litigation related to science and engineering. The Admiralty Court is also at St. Dunstan's House. At No. 33, the Moravian Chapel ( Fetter Lane Society ) was founded in 1738. The Trust Society for the Furtherence of the Gospel was founded by the Moravian Church in 1741. They undertook missionary work and were based at Fetter Lane. The composer Christian Ignatius Latrobe did missionary work for them in South Africa . The organisation still exists, but

555-551: Is situated Clifford's Inn , established in 1344 and named after the Barons de Clifford . Towards the northern end, near Holborn , is Barnard's Inn . They were both Inns of Chancery . The official address of the old Public Record Office (1856–1997) was on Chancery Lane , but the back of this building dominates the southern stretch of Fetter Lane. It is now the Maughan Library belonging to King's College London . On Fleet Street

592-490: Is sometimes said that John Dryden lived at No. 16, but there is no evidence for this. In 1604, John Dowland published "Lachrimae". The preface states "to be solde at the authors House in Fetter-lane neare Fleet-streete". In 1651 Thomas Hobbes lived in Fetter Lane. In the opening paragraphs of Gulliver's Travels the central character states that he lived briefly at Fetter Lane. From 1660 to 1680 Thomas Goodwin preached at

629-456: Is the official journal of the ITC published since 1999 by Routledge (now Taylor & Francis Group ). There are four issues per year. The IJT publishes original articles discussing theoretical issues, methodological approaches, and empirical research in the area of tests and testing. Having no policy enforcement powers for the standards in psychological testing at national levels, the ITC promotes good practice in test construction and use through

666-527: The A4 road and runs between Fleet Street at its southern end and Holborn . The street was originally called Faytor or Faiter Lane, then Fewteres Lane. This is believed to come from the Old French "faitor" meaning lawyer, though by the 14th century this had become synonymous with an idle person. Geoffrey Chaucer used the word to refer to the beggars and vagrants who were seen around the lane. An alternative origin of

703-999: The Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), the International Association of Scientific, Technical, and Medical Publishers (STM), the Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) and The Publishers Association (PA). Taylor & Francis is a signatory of the SDG Publishers Compact , and has taken steps to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These include replacing plastic with responsibly-sourced paper packaging to mail journals and achieving CarbonNeutral® publication certification for their print books and journals. The old Taylor and Francis logo depicts

740-737: The Fetter Lane Independent Church. The Socialist Party of Great Britain was founded in Bartlett's Passage, off Fetter Lane, in 1904. From 1920 to 1961 the Daily Mirror newspaper was initially located in Geraldine House, then moved to the north end of Fetter Lane, at Holborn Circus, and remained there until 1990, when it moved to the Isle of Dogs . The original site, between Rolls Buildings (a street) and Bream's Buildings (another street to

777-570: The Taylor & Francis Online website and its ebooks through the Taylor & Francis website. Taylor & Francis offers Open Access publishing options in both its books and journals. Its digital content services include Routledge Handbooks Online, the Routledge Performance Archive, and the Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism. Taylor & Francis is a member of several professional publishing bodies including

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814-468: The decision. Previous instances of Taylor & Francis journals discriminating against Iranian authors were reported in 2013. In 2022 there has been much debate about the Accelerated Publication service offered by Taylor & Francis for some of its biomedical journals. For $ 7,000, a scientist can expedite the peer review process and be published in as few as three weeks. Self-citation

851-460: The development of best practice guidelines. To date, the ITC has published the following guidelines: The guidelines may be downloaded in English and various other languages from the ITC website. The newsletter Testing International disseminates information of international relevance to the ITC membership twice a year. Past editions are available to the public from the ITC website. The ITC organizes

888-602: The entire board of the Journal of Library Administration resigned in a dispute over author licensing agreements. In 2016, Critical Reviews in Toxicology was accused by the Center for Public Integrity of being a "broker of junk science ". Monsanto was found to have worked with an outside consulting firm to induce the journal to publish a biased review of the health effects of its product "Roundup" . In 2017, Taylor & Francis

925-477: The factors leading to consistent suspension from Journal Citation Reports. In September 2024, Lucina Uddin , a neuroscience professor at UCLA , sued Taylor & Francis along with five other academic journal publishers in a proposed class-action lawsuit, alleging that the publishers violated antitrust law by agreeing not to compete against each other for manuscripts and by denying scholars payment for peer review services. In 2024, Taylor & Francis

962-485: The name is the fetter (lance vest) made by armourers working for the nearby Knights Templar . In the 1590s there was a gibbet at the junction of Fleet Street and Fetter Lane. The Catholic martyr Christopher Bales was among those hanged there. In 1643, the Member of Parliament Nathaniel Tomkins was arrested for conspiracy against the government by withholding taxes, and hanged outside his front door in Fetter Lane. It

999-406: The north) was called Rolls House from 1961 until its demolition in 2007. The new site, sometimes called 110 Fetter Lane rather than Rolls House, is the site of an 11-storey building containing 29 courtrooms and other judicial accommodation. 43 Fetter Lane was the longtime headquarters of printing company Monotype until its destruction by bombing in 1941. At the southern end, towards Fleet Street,

1036-452: The potential impact on academic research. The Society of Authors raised concerns about publishers entering such deals without consulting creators, emphasizing the need to protect authors' rights and consider the broader implications for the creative industries. New Fetter Lane Fetter Lane is a street in the ward of Farringdon Without in the City of London , England. It forms part of

1073-476: The power of God came mightily upon us insomuch that many cried out for exceeding joy and many fell to the ground. As soon as we were recovered a little from that awe and amazement at the presence of His majesty, we broke out with one voice, 'We praise Thee, O God, we acknowledge Thee to be the Lord.'" A statue of John Wilkes was erected in 1988 at the location where Fetter Lane joins New Fetter Lane. On 7 December 2011

1110-966: The same year bought its academic publishing rival Routledge for £90 million. Acquisition of other publishers has remained a core part of the group's business strategy. It merged with Informa in 2004 to create a new company called T&F Informa, since renamed back to Informa . Following the merger, T&F closed the historic Routledge office at New Fetter Lane in London, and moved to its current headquarters in Milton Park, Oxfordshire. In 2017, T&F sold assets from its Garland Science imprint to W. W. Norton & Company and then ceased to use that brand. In 2017, after collaborating for several years, T&F bought specialist digital resources company Colwiz . In January 2020, T&F bought open research publishing platform F1000 . In 2018 Informa PLC reported that Taylor & Francis publishes more than 2,700 journals, and about 7,000 new books each year, with

1147-588: Was amended several times: first in 1998, when affiliate membership was opened to any organization interested in testing (including test publishers or universities, who had not been accepted previously), and then in 2000, when the individual membership category was created. Today, the ITC membership covers most of the European countries and North America, as well as some countries in the Middle and Far East, South America and Africa. The International Journal of Testing ( IJT )

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1184-626: Was approved by the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP) in 1971; and by 1974, at least 15 national test commissions existed. In 1975, an advisory council of the emerging ITC met to draft a constitution and agree on first initiatives, including a public survey of test attitudes. The ITC was officially "born" in 1976, during the Congress of the International Union of Psychological Sciences (IUPsyS), where its constitution

1221-418: Was criticized after selling access to its authors' research to Microsoft as part of an AI partnership. The deal, which allows Microsoft non-exclusive access to content and data to improve AI systems, was made without informing or seeking consent from the authors whose work was involved. Academics expressed surprise and concern upon learning about the agreement, citing issues of transparency, fair compensation, and

1258-411: Was provisionally approved. The draft constitution defined two membership categories: (a) full members, consisting of national test commissions recognized by the psychological association in their respective country, and (b) affiliate members, who were either international associations with an interest in testing, or national associations from countries not full members of the ITC. The membership structure

1295-541: Was published in Gender, Place & Culture , which was also retracted later that year. In December 2018, the journal Dynamical Systems accepted the paper Saturation of Generalized Partially Hyperbolic Attractors only to have it retracted after publication due to the Iranian nationality of the authors. The European Mathematical Society condemned the retraction and later announced that Taylor & Francis had agreed to reverse

1332-495: Was sole partner in the firm from 1917 to 1930. In 1965, Taylor & Francis launched Wykeham Publications and began book publishing. T&F acquired Hemisphere Publishing in 1988, and the company was renamed Taylor & Francis Group to reflect the growing number of imprints . Taylor & Francis left the printing business in 1990, to concentrate on publishing. In 1998 it went public on the London Stock Exchange and in

1369-488: Was strongly criticized for removing the editor-in-chief of International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health , who accepted articles critical of corporate interests. The company replaced the editor with a corporate consultant without consulting the editorial board. In 2017 as part of the Grievance studies affair hoax articles, the T&F journal Cogent Social Sciences accepted one of "The conceptual penis as

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