Plain language summaries

Plain language summaries

A plain language summary allows you to share the findings of your research in a clear, accessible way. With a plain language summary your research can be read and understood by multiple individuals inside and outside your discipline. This can help you to influence policy makers, professionals, the public and researchers from other disciplines. 

Types of plain language summary

  • Text plain language summary: A 250-word or less summary within a research and review article summarizing the abstract in plain language. This is freely available to read on Taylor & Francis Online.  
  • Graphical plain language summary: A single infographic that sits in the supplementary material and has the same DOI as the original article. The infographic is freely available to view on Taylor & Francis Online 
  • Plain language summary of publication: A 3000-word or less simplified version of the original article published open access. A plain language summary of publication has its own DOI, making it independently discoverable and citable, and can be a mix of text and images.  

Plain language summary of publication

Plain language summary of publication cost per article is $5,500. This includes:

  • Open access license (according to the journal’s standard license
  • Scientific and plain language peer review
  • Full design of article layout and figure refinement by production
  • Promotion of article across social media and in patient groups
  • Hosting on plainlanguagesummaries.com

You can opt in for accelerated publishing, which incurs an additional cost of £3,900 per article.

We also provide translation services into local languages, the fees for this service are tiered based on article word count.

Writing services

Conveying medical results and complex concepts in plain language can be challenging. We offer a complete writing service for plain language summaries, to ensure vital information is appropriately conveyed to nonexpert audiences. 

Contact us

For more information reach out to our expert team at [email protected]