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Total flexibility through title-by-title licensing

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A selected title list and single year* license agreements 
*Multi-year options are available. Please discuss Legacy sets with your representative

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Continuing access after termination of contract to content published during the term. 
Note: Many new starts are also freely available during the first two years of publication. These journals may be licensed to  gain continuing access

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- Springer, Adis, Palgrave and Academic journals on nature.com backfile access during the term back to 1997
- Nature-branded and Scientific American: Backfile access during the term back four years from the start of a license
- See below for additional archives options

  • Springer Journals All

    Package of the full title list of Springer journals

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    A complete journal portfolio with the full title list of available contemporary Springer journals, at a lower cost per unit and predictable annual increases in a multi-year* term
    *All+ Option is available to secure automatically updating title lists

    Available for:

    Springer journals and all Springer imprints

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    Continuing access after termination of contract to content published during the term and the 12 months prior to the start of a license

    Access:

    Backfile access during the term back to 1997 (or first date of publication where applicable)

  • Nature Journals All

    Package of the full list of Nature-branded journals

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    A complete Nature-branded journal portfolio, including expanded access, at a lower cost per unit and predictable annual increases in a multi-year* term
    *All+ Option is available to secure automatically updating title lists

    Includes:

    Nature-branded journals

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    Continuing access after termination of contract to content published during the term and the 12 months prior to the start of a license

    Access:

    Backfile access during the term back to 2007

  • Adis Journals All

    Package of the full title list of Adis journals

    Ideal for:

    A complete journal portfolio with the full title list of available contemporary Adis journals, at a lower cost per unit and predictable annual increases in a multi-year* term
    *All+ Option is available to secure automatically updating title lists

    Available for:

    Adis journals

    Rights:

    Continuing access after termination of contract to content published during the term and the 12 months prior to the start of a license

    Access:

    Backfile access during the term back to 1997 (or first date of publication where applicable)

  • Palgrave Macmillan Journals All

    Package of the full title list of Palgrave Macmillan journals

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    A complete journal portfolio with the full title list of available contemporary Palgrave Macmillan journals, at a lower cost per unit and predictable annual increases in a multi-year* term
    *All+ Option is available to secure automatically updating title lists

    Available for:

    Palgrave Macmillan journals

    Rights:

    Continuing access after termination of contract to content published during the term and the 12 months prior to the start of a license

    Access:

    Backfile access during the term back to 1997 (or first date of publication where applicable)

  • Academic journals on nature.com All

    Package of the full title list of Academic journals on nature.com

    Ideal for:

    A complete journal portfolio with the full title list of available contemporary Academic journals on nature.com, at a lower cost per unit and predictable annual increases in a multi-year* term
    *All+ Option is available to secure automatically updating title lists

    Available for:

    Academic journals on nature.com

    Rights:

    Continuing access after termination of contract to content published during the term and the 12 months prior to the start of a license

    Access:

    Backfile access during the term back to 1997 (or first date of publication where applicable)

Flexible platform access to journals on nature.com

Ideal for:

Supplementing your existing subscriptions with a tailored access model

Available for:

More than 80 Nature Research journals on nature.com with their full archives 

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No continuing access rights

Access:

Unlimited and seamless access only during the term

  • Archive collections

    Collections of millions of  articles published prior to 1997 from thousands of journals in all research disciplines

    Ideal for:

    Building a collection of high-quality, dynamic content across all research disciplines

    Available for:

    Springer, Adis and Palgrave Macmillan journals

    Rights:

    One-time acquisition of continuing access to listed titles & years

    Access:

    Continuing access to listed titles & years

  • Single title archives: year by year

    Fill gaps by acquiring archives title-by-title, year-by-year

    Ideal for:

    Maximum flexibility, filling any size holdings gaps, and acquiring critical archives back to volume one 

    Available for:

    Rights:

    One-time acquisition of continuing access to listed titles & years

    Access:

    Continuing access to listed titles & years

  • Single title archives: multi-year sets

    Extended archives from the history of Nature

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    Extended archives from the history of Nature

    Rights:

    One-time acquisition of continuing access to listed titles & years

    Access:

    Continuing access to listed titles & years

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