Berlin, 29  August 2017 Senior publishing executive Frank Vrancken Peeters is to join Springer Nature as Chief Commercial Officer on September 4th. This newly created Management Board level appointment has been established to support the future growth and strategy of the group. Frank will report in the short term to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Derk Haank and then from October 1st, he will report to the new CEO of Springer Nature, Daniel Ropers.

London, 1 November 2017 Springer Nature is joining with the Economic and Social Research Council to explore the role social science research is playing in tackling some of the global grand challenges. At an event to mark the launch of the 15th annual ESRC Festival of Social Science, a high-profile panel of social science experts will look at the important role research plays beyond academia, discussing how research can address issues such as climate change, economics, race, migration, health and interdisciplinarity.

London, 22 March 2017 According to the Nature Index, Japan's scientific output has failed to keep pace with other leading nations over the past decade, risking its position among the world's elite if renewed government efforts fail to reverse a downward trend in its performance.

New York, 18 October 2017 The Nature Index 2017 Science Cities supplement, published today, reveals that New York is poised for a boom in the life sciences.

London, 21 December 2017 Syed Hasan, President Global Sales, will be leaving Springer Nature at the end of January 2018 to take advantage of a sabbatical period and subsequently pursue new challenges outside of Springer Nature.

Heidelberg | Singapore, 14 June 2017 PhD students from four universities in Singapore compete at Nanyang Technological University for popular science communication award

Berlin, 12 October 2017 Project DEAL of the Alliance of Science Organisations in Germany and the publisher Springer Nature are negotiating a forward-looking model for publishing and reading scientific literature.

London, 27 November 2017  Over 3.25 million articles accessed in SharedIt’s first year Articles have been successfully shared by authors, subscribers and media outlets over 3.25 million times during the first year of SharedIt, Springer Nature’s free content sharing initiative.

London, 30 November 2017 Dr Riko Muranaka has been awarded the international 2017 John Maddox Prize1 for promoting science and evidence on a matter of public interest, despite facing difficulty and hostility in doing so.

First female editor in its nearly 150 year history London, 2 May 2018 Following a lengthy selection process, Dr Magdalena Skipper, Editor-in-Chief of Nature Communications, has been appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief of Nature.