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  • Research Practices in the wake of COVID-19: Busting open the myths around open data

    Research Practices in the wake of COVID-19

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

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    Research Publishing
    07 Aug 2020
  • Understanding better the impact of COVID-19 on the research enterprise

    Understanding better the impact of COVID-19 on the research enterprise

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

    Springer Nature Group
    06 Aug 2020
  • Why we need Pride, now more than ever

    Why we need Pride, now more than ever

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

    Springer Nature Group
    10 Jul 2020
  • A message from Frank Vrancken Peeters, our CEO

    A message from Frank Vrancken Peeters, our CEO

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

    Springer Nature Group
    05 Jun 2020
  • Future-proofing research data – it’s a question of TRUST

    Future-proofing research data – it’s a question of TRUST

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

    Springer Nature Group
    08 Jun 2020
  • Research assessment: The continuing debate for balance

    The continuing debate for balance

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

    Springer Nature Group
    19 May 2020
  • Laying the foundations for open access: from ambitious beginnings to the publishing mainstream

    Laying the foundations for open access

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

    Springer Nature Group
    13 May 2020
  • Opening doors to discovery of content and data with AI

    Value in publishing

    Opening doors to discovery of content and data with AI

    Henning Schoenenberger and Markus Kaindl explain why partnerships are an essential part of using technology to make content and data discoverable.

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    Advancing Discoveries
    16 Apr 2020
  • Could better monitoring and tracking of funding accelerate the transition to open access?

    Advancing discovery

    Could better monitoring & tracking of funding accelerate OA transition ?

    London | 06 April 2020

    White paper explores the fragmented and varied funding currently available for APCs.

    Springer Nature Group
    06 Apr 2020
  • Accelerating progress in support of the sustainable development goals

    Advancing discovery

    Accelerating progress in support of the SDGs

    London | 26th March 2020

    Springer Nature's third Responsible Business Report.

    Springer Nature Group
    26 Mar 2020
  • A message from Frank Vrancken Peeters

    Advancing discovery

    A message from Frank Vrancken Peeters

    London | 19th March 2020

    Springer Nature's CEO in response to the COVID-19 crisis

    Springer Nature Group
    19 Mar 2020
  • Taking responsibility: why Springer Nature is becoming carbon neutral

    Advancing discovery

    Taking responsibility: why Springer Nature is becoming carbon neutral

    Thea Sherer on how Springer Nature will be carbon neutral by 2020.

    Springer Nature Group
    11 Mar 2020
  • What is needed to drive the OA transition in 2020?

    Advancing discovery

    What is needed to drive the OA transition in 2020?

    Susie Winter considers what needs to happen in 2020 to make the OA transition a reality.

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    Research Publishing
    23 Jan 2020

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Research assessment: The continuing debate for balance

The continuing debate for balance

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

Springer Nature Group
19 May 2020
Laying the foundations for open access: from ambitious beginnings to the publishing mainstream

Laying the foundations for open access

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

Springer Nature Group
13 May 2020
Opening doors to discovery of content and data with AI

Value in publishing

Opening doors to discovery of content and data with AI

Henning Schoenenberger and Markus Kaindl explain why partnerships are an essential part of using technology to make content and data discoverable.

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Advancing Discoveries
16 Apr 2020
Could better monitoring and tracking of funding accelerate the transition to open access?

Advancing discovery

Could better monitoring & tracking of funding accelerate OA transition ?

London | 06 April 2020

White paper explores the fragmented and varied funding currently available for APCs.

Springer Nature Group
06 Apr 2020
Coronavirus pandemic: Nature’s pledge

Advancing discovery

Coronavirus pandemic: Nature’s pledge

London | 27th March 2020

Nature's pledge in the fight against COVID-19

Springer Nature Group
26 Mar 2020
Accelerating progress in support of the sustainable development goals

Advancing discovery

Accelerating progress in support of the SDGs

London | 26th March 2020

Springer Nature's third Responsible Business Report.

Springer Nature Group
26 Mar 2020
A message from Frank Vrancken Peeters

Advancing discovery

A message from Frank Vrancken Peeters

London | 19th March 2020

Springer Nature's CEO in response to the COVID-19 crisis

Springer Nature Group
19 Mar 2020
Of Mythical Beasts and Zero-Embargo Mandates

Advancing discovery

Of Mythical Beasts and Zero-Embargo Mandates

Dean Sanderson discusses Springer Nature's position on the rumored Executive Order.

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Openaccess
28 Feb 2020
What is needed to drive the OA transition in 2020?

Advancing discovery

What is needed to drive the OA transition in 2020?

Susie Winter considers what needs to happen in 2020 to make the OA transition a reality.

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Research Publishing
23 Jan 2020
Alternative conditions needed for cOAlition S’s Transformative Journal proposal to succeed

Alternative conditions needed for cOAlition S’s Transformative Journal proposal to succeed

Springer Nature's response to latest consultation published by cOAlition S

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Research Publishing
17 Dec 2019
Announcing a new diversity commitment for Springer Nature’s research publishing

Announcing a new diversity commitment for Springer Nature’s research publishing

Taking an active role in accelerating progress on equality, diversity & inclusion.

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Research Publishing
11 Dec 2019
Making Open Data a central part of Open Research: Steps publishers can and should take today

Open data

Making Open Data a central part of Open Research

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.

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Research Publishing
11 Nov 2019
Why being 'open' matters

Advancing discovery

Why being open matters

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.

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Research Publishing
24 Oct 2019
Think global, act global

Think global, act global

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.

Springer Nature Group
26 Sep 2019
Celebrating the Chinese contribution to the world’s sustainable development research

Celebrating Chinese contribution to sustainable development research

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

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Research Publishing
28 Aug 2019
Transformative deals substantially aid the transition to OA. Let’s give them the time they need to do so.

Transformative deals substantially aid the transition to OA. Let’s give them the time they need to do so .

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.

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Openaccess
02 Aug 2019
The future of open access books

The future of open access books

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.

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Openaccess
18 Jun 2019
Maximising the benefits of early sharing

Maximising the benefits of early sharing

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

Springer Nature Group
23 May 2019
A faster path to an open future

A faster path to an open future

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

Springer Nature Group
08 May 2019
A postcard from Davos: what role for research at this gathering of global opinion leaders?

A postcard from Davos

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

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Research Publishing
04 Apr 2019
Businesses must play a role in sustainable development

Businesses must play a role in sustainable development

Today Springer Nature launches its Responsible Business report for 2018.

Springer Nature Group
27 Mar 2019
Setting targets at Springer Nature to help create a better balance

Setting targets at Springer Nature to help create a better balance

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.

Springer Nature Group
07 Mar 2019
Congratulations to Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck

Congratulations to Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck

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

Springer Nature Group
03 Mar 2019
Without you, we are nothing: why community engagement is at the core of everything we do

Without you, we are nothing: why community engagement is at the core of everything we do

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.

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Research Publishing
06 Mar 2019
How Can We Accelerate Data Sharing?

How Can We Accelerate Data Sharing?

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

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Research Publishing
10 Mar 2019
Connecting curious minds to advance learning and discovery

Science

Connecting curious minds to advance learning and discovery

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.

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Research Publishing
20 Feb 2019
Need to focus on demand as well as supply: making Plan S work for all

Making Plan S work for all

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

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Research Publishing
11 Feb 2019
The quest for more value: A Long Read

Research News

The quest for more value: A Long Read

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

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Research Publishing
01 Nov 2018
Publication misconduct: changing the conversation

Publication misconduct: changing the conversation

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

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Research Publishing
04 Nov 2018
Lessons learned from open peer review: a publisher’s perspective

Research News

Lessons learned from open peer review: a publisher’s perspective

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

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Research Publishing
23 Dec 2017
Accelerating open access: what is missing from Plan S

Research News

Accelerating open access: what is missing from Plan S

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

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Research Publishing
23 Dec 2017
Finding the science in social media

Research News

Finding the science in social media

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

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Research Publishing
23 Dec 2017
Hybrid journals can advance the move towards full open access

Blogs

Hybrid journals can advance the move towards full open access

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

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Research Publishing
01 Aug 2018
Science benefits from diversity – and as publishers we have a role to play

Science benefits from diversity

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

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Research Publishing
17 Jul 2018
What next for Impact Factors?

What next for Impact Factors?

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

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Research Publishing
02 Jul 2018
Can research change the world?

Can research change the world?

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

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Research Publishing
28 Jun 2018
We need to do more to celebrate and support women in engineering

We need to do more to celebrate and support women in engineering

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

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Research Publishing
21 Jun 2018
Future of the book all down to definition

Advancing discovery

Future of the book all down to definition

The speed of recent change in the publishing industry in the past 10 years poses the question, what will book publishing look like in the future?

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Research Publishing

 

Nature: Prioritize the needs of the audience when giving a presentation

Nature: Prioritize the needs of the audience when giving a presentation

Speakers inadvertently prepare presentations for themselves rather than their audiences. A few mental exercises can help presenters to avoid this pitfall. 

BMC Quiz: so you think you know biology?

BMC Quiz: so you think you know biology?

From the molecular to the extra-terrestrial, you may be surprised by some of the research that is happening in the diverse fields involved in biological research. Test your knowledge on the latest (and often bizarre) biological research.

Springer Nature: Springer Nature launches Open data badges pilot

Springer Nature: Springer Nature launches Open data badges pilot

Springer Nature has launched a pilot program in which digital Open data badges are being awarded to articles to incentivize and reward open data sharing practices amongst our authors.

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Response to article published in Society

A statement from Springer Nature in response to an article published in Society.

The Spinoff Prize 2020 is awarded to Sibel Health

London | New York | Darmstadt, 13 July 2020

Company working on flexible devices to monitor heart rate and blood pressure in premature babies wins award created by Nature Research and Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Springer Nature Group opens new IT hub in Lisbon

Lisbon | London | Berlin, 1 July 2020

Springer Nature welcomes its first employees in Lisbon where it will create more than 30 new jobs this year. This will be the first stage in a longer-term development of a larger office.