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Ros Pyne Director for OA Books and book policies discusses where books are on the OA journey.

Springer Nature. Figshare and Digital Science report on COVID-19's impact on open data and research practices.

Commissioned research to better understand challenges faced by universities and researchers worldwide.

Springer Nature & UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network - Free conference 'Science for a sustainable future'.

SN Pride talks through its commitment to pushing for diversity in our communities.

We are shocked by events in the US. We stand united against racism and discrimination of any kind. 

Varsha Khodiyar discusses the TRUST principles for digital repositories & repositories key role in open research.

Alison Mitchell discusses metrics and research following Springer Nature's signing of DORA.

From ambitious beginnings to the publishing mainstream - BMC on 20 years of OA 

Attitudes to data sharing are changing, but clear gaps in how researchers are being supported remain. What steps can publishers take today? Grace Baynes explores.

Why does open access matter? What is it enabling us as a community to do? How does it support the wider goal of open research? Steven Inchcoombe reflects.

This Global Goals Week we at Springer Nature are asking ourselves what we can do to help bring people together and to join the dots between research and the solutions we need to build a better, more sustainable world.

With the fastest-growing scientific and scholarly research, China’s importance for sustainable development is increasingly clear.

Last month, Springer Nature agreed a new transformative ‘read and publish’ deal with the Norwegian library consortium, Unit.  This, coupled with renewals of existing deals in the UK (Jisc), Sweden (Bibsam) and Qatar, takes the number of such deals we have into double figures, the most of any publisher.  These deals enable researchers in these ten countries to publish open access in over 1900 Springer journals as well as read the research of others across this portfolio.

Open access book publishing has been growing in recent years. The Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) lists 2,099 open access books published in 2018, an increase of 38% from 2017. Funders are also starting to engage with open access for books: a small number of European funders now mandate open access for books and provide financial support for open access book publication. COAlition S has also indicated that they support transitioning monographs to open access, and will provide guidance by the end of 2021.

At Springer Nature making great research available as quickly as possible is a central part of our commitment to the research community. 

At Springer Nature we want to find the fastest and most effective route to immediate open access (OA) for all primary research.

At Springer Nature we believe our mission is to support researchers in advancing discovery, and we strive to do this by publishing around 300,000 journal articles and over 13,000 academic books every year and embarking on initiatives, projects and innovations to ensure the discoverability and ease of access of this research. We are always looking for new ways to serve our community and ensure that we are both supporting, enhancing and delivering what our communities need.

My first impressions of Davos? Dazzling, overwhelming, unexpected, thought-provoking, incredibly busy and much, much more…

Today Springer Nature launches its Responsible Business report for 2018.

The theme of this year’s IWD couldn’t be more relevant to us. Last month, Springer Nature’s management board announced to our 13,000 colleagues that we will set a target to improve gender representation in our leadership group.

It’s a great pleasure for us at Springer Nature to congratulate Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck for the award of this year’s Abel Prize.

Sometimes there is great value in stating the obvious; the scholarly publishing industry would not exist without a broad international community of researchers, students, librarians, funders, and commercial partners.

What steps can publishers, funders and institutions take to make data sharing worth a researcher’s time and energy, and accelerate progress? 

Springer Nature will stay curious, connect ideas, question how things are done, explore new ways to deliver for our communities and then make the changes that matter.

Steven Inchcoombe discusses Springer Nature's submission to the cOAlition of participants to make Plan S work for all.

Daniel Ropers shares some of his early observations about the academic publishing industry.

Suzanne Farley discusses how to increase prevention and detection of research and publication misconduct. 

Rachel Burley discusses BMC's history in openness and transparency and what has been learnt.

The transition to open access needs to be sustainable for the whole research community.

At Springer Nature we believe that social media is a vital tool for everyone involved in the academic research and publishing process. 

Hybrid journals play an important role in the transition to open access.

As a progressive publisher, we have a responsibility to support diversity and inclusion.

Why we need to work together to create metrics that better meet the needs of the research community.

Springer Nature believes that great multidisciplinary research needs to be informing global discussions.  

Women’s achievements in STEM fields need to be harnessed to raise awareness, create role models and foster a more inclusive culture.