OA increases visibility and discoverability
Our OA books and chapters on average receive 10 times more downloads, 2.4 times more citations and 10 times more online mentions compared to non OA books, helping you to better reach your audiences.
OA helps to reach a more diverse readership
On average, our OA books reach 61% more countries than non-OA books, with most of the additional countries being amongst those classed as LIC and LMIC by the World Class Bank. In addition to enhancing usage in countries underrepresented in global scholarship, OA also enhances the global usage of scholarship about underrepresented countries.1
1Nature, Springer; Pyne, Ros; Emery, Christina; Lucraft, Mithu; Ozaygen, Alkim; Montgomery, Lucy; et al. (2020): Infographic summary of ' Diversifying readership through open access: A usage analysis for OA books' white paper. figshare. Media. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.12933131.v1
Other benefits
- Adheres to the high standards expected of all Springer Nature titles with the same rigorous peer-review process
- Available online in multiple formats (HTML, PDF, ePub, and MOBI) and in print
- Publishing partner and/or authors retain copyright
- Compliance with funder OA mandates
- Publication under Creative Commons licences; the default is CC BY NC ND 4.0. Authors can also select CC BY 4.0.
- Range of attractive partnering options to fund publication of OA books
- Options to include funder/partner branding
