Infographics

Taylor & Francis is currently developing a procedure for infographics and a pilot project is planned. The instructions on this page are not yet finalized.

Infographics are created for select journal articles to help extend the reach of the research that is being reported in the article by providing a concise and informative visual summary. An infographic may be added to an article after the manuscript is accepted for publication, and potentially can be added after publication of the article version of record. An infographic for a journal article should be an accurate representation of the peer-reviewed article, and therefore does not need to undergo peer review. Infographics are typically online only and do not usually appear in the print version of the article. An infographic may receive wide circulation separate from the article that it summarizes, and in the process of being circulated it might experience a reduction in quality such as removal of active hyperlinks or reduced image resolution.

The infographic for an article should be attached to the article as a supplementary material file and should follow these requirements that are specific for infographics.

  • The infographic should be a separate file from any other supplementary material that is present for the article. The infographic should not be combined in a zip file with other supplementary material.
  • The Supplementary Material’s Online Display Name / Title should be or should include the word Infographic
  • The JATS XML for the article should include an attribute content-type="infographic" on the <supplementary-material> element that references the infographic file.
  • The infographic should be saved in a file format that can easily be shared online such as .jpg or .pdf.
  • The infographic should contain a citation to the article using the article’s DOI in the format https://doi.org/{DOI}. If the doi.org URL is missing from the infographic then the Production Editor and the person who supplied the infographic should be alerted to this problem.
  • If the infographic contains a copyright or license statement then the details of this statement should be tagged in a <permissions> element within the <supplementary-material> element. Some infographics contain a copyright and license statement (such as a Creative Commons license) that that permits sharing the infographic, and this information should be captured as permissions metadata if it is present.
  • If the infographic uses a language other than English as the primary language then the <supplementary-material> element should have a xml:lang attribute containing the appropriate language code to identify the language.

Basic example

<supplementary-material id="SM0002" mimetype="image" mime-subtype="jpeg" xlink:href="cbst_a_2009771_sm0002.jpg" content-type="infographic">
  <caption>
    <title>Infographic</title>
  </caption>
</supplementary-material>

Example with a longer title and permissions

<supplementary-material id="SM0002" mimetype="application" mime-subtype="pdf" xlink:href="ilal_a_1817445_sm8090.pdf" content-type="infographic">
  <caption>
    <title>Factors that are important when making decisions about treatment with glasdegib plus chemotherapy in people with acute myeloid leukemia (Infographic)</title>
  </caption>
  <permissions>
    <copyright-statement>&#xa9; The authors CC-BY-NC</copyright-statement>
    <license>
      <ali:license_ref>https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/</ali:license_ref>
    </license>
  </permissions>
</supplementary-material>

Additional information