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data-track-label="/gp/open-science/about/benefits" data-track-category="sn:content-page-mainnav" data-track-component="teaser-navigation-full - About overview - /gp/open-science/about">About overview</a> </div> </div></div></li></ul> </div> </div></div></li></ul> </div> </div> </div></div></li><li class="collection-navigation-header--listwrap column" id="OA Journals & books"><div id="c15005484" class="collection-navigation-header-level-2--style-default collection collection-navigation-header-level-2 item-3 item-3-7"><div> <div class="core"> <a href="#/gp/open-science/journals-books" class="link flap--mobile " data-section-link="/gp/open-science/journals-books" data-track-category="sn:content-page-mainnav">OA Journals & books</a> <div> <ul class="row row-block-grid small-up-1 medium-up-2 large-up-2"><li class="collection-navigation-header-level-2--listwrap column" id="" data-mh="15005484"><div id="c15005662" class="collection-navigation-header-level-3--style-one-title collection 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class="teaser teaser-navigation-full item-2 item-2-3"><div> <div class="core"> <a href="/gp/open-science/journals-books/books/publish" class="link" data-track="click" data-track-label="/gp/open-science/about/benefits" data-track-category="sn:content-page-mainnav" data-track-component="teaser-navigation-full - Publishing an OA book - /gp/open-science/journals-books/books/publish">Publishing an OA book</a> </div> </div></div></li><li class="collection-navigation-header-level-3--listwrap" id=""><div id="c15067144" class="teaser teaser-navigation-full item-3 item-3-3 last-item end"><div> <div class="core"> <a href="/gp/open-science/journals-books" class="link" data-track="click" data-track-label="/gp/open-science/about/benefits" data-track-category="sn:content-page-mainnav" data-track-component="teaser-navigation-full - Journals & books overview - /gp/open-science/journals-books">Journals & books overview</a> </div> </div></div></li></ul> </div> </div></div></li></ul> </div> </div> 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guidance - /gp/open-science/funding/book-oa-guidance">Book OA funding and policy guidance</a> </div> </div></div></li><li class="collection-navigation-header-level-3--listwrap" id=""><div id="c15067146" class="teaser teaser-navigation-full item-3 item-3-3 last-item end"><div> <div class="core"> <a href="/gp/open-science/funding" class="link" data-track="click" data-track-label="/gp/open-science/about/benefits" data-track-category="sn:content-page-mainnav" data-track-component="teaser-navigation-full - Funding & support overview - /gp/open-science/funding">Funding & support overview</a> </div> </div></div></li></ul> </div> </div></div></li></ul> </div> </div> </div></div></li><li class="collection-navigation-header--listwrap column" id=""><div id="c16818386" class="teaser teaser-navigation item-5 item-5-7"><div> <div class="core"> <a href="/gp/open-science/oa-agreements" class="link" data-track="click" data-track-label="/gp/open-science/about/benefits" 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item-2 item-2-3"><div> <div class="core"><div id="cmain" class="has-no-image collection collection-page-grid-placement item-1 item-1-1 last-item end"><div> <div class="core"> <div style="data-background-image:url("https://media.springernature.com/full/springer-cms/rest/v1/content/15086634/data/v2");background-color:#0070a8;" id="c14933288" class="has-background-image has-background-color has-no-icon teaser teaser-stage-3 item-1 item-1-4 odd-item section even-item-custom"><div> <div class="row row-block-grid"><div class="column"><div class="core"> <div class="row"> <div class="column small-12 large-8"> <div data-mh="14933288" class="text-group"> <div class=" link-button"><a href="/gp/open-science/about" class="link" data-track="click" data-track-label="/gp/open-science/about/benefits" data-track-category="sn:content-page-main-content" data-track-component="teaser-stage-3 - About - /gp/open-science/about">About</a></div> <div> <h1 class="headline stage-headline-style-default">Benefits of open research</h1> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div> </div></div><div id="c18176340" class="has-no-image collection collection-general-grid-75-25 item-2 item-2-4 even-item section odd-item-custom"><div> <div class="row row-block-grid"><div class="column"><div class="core"> <div class="row row-block-grid"><div class="column medium-8 large-9" id="-"><div id="c15126660" class="article article-default item-1 item-1-2"><div> <div class="core"> <div class=""> <div class="richtext richtext-default"><p class="intro--paragraph">Publishing open access offers a number of benefits</p><table><tbody><tr><td><ul><li><strong>Increased citation and usage</strong>: Studies have shown that open access articles are viewed and cited more often than articles behind a paywall.</li><li><strong>Greater public engagement</strong>: Content is available to those who can't access subscription content.</li><li><strong>Increased interdisciplinary conversation</strong>: Open access journals that cross multiple disciplines help researchers connect more easily and provide greater visibility of their research.</li></ul></td><td><ul><li><strong>Wider collaboration</strong>: Open access publications and data enable researchers to carry out collaborative research on a global scale.</li><li><strong>Faster impact</strong>: With Creative Commons licences, researchers are empowered to build on existing research quickly.</li><li><strong>Compliance with open access mandates</strong>: Open access journals and books comply with major funding policies internationally.</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div><div class="column medium-4 large-3" id=""><div id="c15094424" class="has-no-background-image has-background-color has-no-icon has-no-icon-fullsize has-no-copy-text teaser teaser-box item-2 item-2-2 last-item end"><div> <a href="/gp/open-science/journals-books" title="Open access journals & books" style="background-color:#0070a8;" data-mh="18176340" data-track="click" data-track-category="sn:content-page-main-content" data-track-component="teaser-box - Explore open access journals and books - /gp/open-science/journals-books" data-track-label="/gp/open-science/about/benefits" class="teaser-box__link js-match-height core"> <div class="text-group"> <h2 class="headline">Explore open access journals and books</h2> </div> <span class="teaser-box__arrow-icon"></span> </a> </div></div></div></div> </div></div></div> </div></div><div id="c14933290" class="article article-default item-3 item-3-4 odd-item section even-item-custom"><div> <div class="row row-block-grid"><div class="column"><div class="core"> <div class=""> <div class="richtext richtext-default"><h1>Visibility</h1><p>Open research is free to read, copy, reuse and distribute. Studies have shown that open access content attracts more attention than non-open access content.</p><p class="flapHead hideContent">Increased citation and usage</p><p class="flapContent">A number of research papers have shown that open access articles are viewed more often than articles that are only available to subscribers, and are cited more often.</p><p class="flapContent">Open access articles in hybrid journals attract more downloads, citations, and attention compared to those published behind a paywall. Our white paper, <a href="https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-research/about/oa-effect-hybrid" target="_self" class="is-external" data-track="click" data-track-label="/gp/open-science/about/benefits" data-track-category="sn:content-page-main-content" data-track-component="richtext-link - Assessing the open access effect for hybrid journals, - https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-research/about/oa-effect-hybrid"><em>Assessing the open access effect for hybrid journals</em>,</a> examines the relationship between open access (OA) and impact, demonstrating the wider value hybrid journals bring to researchers, funders, institutions, and society more broadly.</p><p class="flapContent">A <a href="https://www.nature.com/press_releases/ncomms-report2014.pdf" target="_self" class="is-external" data-track="click" data-track-label="/gp/open-science/about/benefits" data-track-category="sn:content-page-main-content" data-track-component="richtext-link - study carried out by the Research Information Network - https://www.nature.com/press_releases/ncomms-report2014.pdf">study carried out by the Research Information Network</a> looking at articles published in <em>Nature Communications </em>found that the open access articles were viewed three times more often than non-open access content.</p><p class="flapContent">The Wellcome Trust also reported that open access articles they have funded were <a href="http://image.slidesharecdn.com/creativecommonsapetalkjan2015-150224043812-conversion-gate02/95/why-the-wellcome-trust-supports-the-ccby-licence-9-638.jpg?cb=1424774413" target="_self" class="is-external" data-track="click" data-track-label="/gp/open-science/about/benefits" data-track-category="sn:content-page-main-content" data-track-component="richtext-link - downloaded 89% - http://image.slidesharecdn.com/creativecommonsapetalkjan2015-150224043812-conversion-gate02/95/why-the-wellcome-trust-supports-the-ccby-licence-9-638.jpg?cb=1424774413">downloaded 89%</a> more when compared with access-controlled content.</p><p class="flapHead hideContent">Greater public engagement</p><p class="flapContent">Open research means access to content is not limited to those with journal subscriptions. Many groups that miss out on subscription content - including researchers at institutions with limited access or funds, individual researchers not affiliated with an institution and the general public - find open access content not only available but valuable.</p><p class="flapContent">The impact of making research papers freely accessible from the moment of publication can be astonishing, particularly for research in which there is a strong public interest. For example, a <a href="http://http://www.nature.com/srep/2012/120809/srep00570/metrics" target="_self" class="is-external" data-track="click" data-track-label="/gp/open-science/about/benefits" data-track-category="sn:content-page-main-content" data-track-component="richtext-link - Scientific Reports paper - http://http://www.nature.com/srep/2012/120809/srep00570/metrics"><em>Scientific Reports</em> paper</a> exploring the biological impact of the Fukushima nuclear accident on the pale grass blue butterfly was accessed over a quarter of a million times during the first month after publication.</p><p class="flapContent">To further public engagement, each article published by a <a href="http://www.nature.com/partnerpublishing/" target="_self" class="is-external" data-track="click" data-track-label="/gp/open-science/about/benefits" data-track-category="sn:content-page-main-content" data-track-component="richtext-link - Nature Partner Journal - http://www.nature.com/partnerpublishing/">Nature Partner Journal</a> includes a plain English overview of the article’s key findings. Presented in a brief, digestible format, this allows researchers in other fields and the interested public to engage with research.</p><p class="flapHead hideContent">Patient outcomes</p><p class="flapContent">Patient involvement in research is now a well-accepted concept with a key emphasis in the community on how we can improve our methods and evidence base. Open access has enabled those outside of research to benefit from new findings. BMC journal <a href="https://researchinvolvement.biomedcentral.com/" target="_self" class="is-external" data-track="click" data-track-label="/gp/open-science/about/benefits" data-track-category="sn:content-page-main-content" data-track-component="richtext-link - Research Involvement and Engagement - https://researchinvolvement.biomedcentral.com/"><em>Research Involvement and Engagement</em></a> recently co-published Guidance for Reporting Involvement of Patients and Public (<a href="https://researchinvolvement.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s40900-017-0062-2?site=researchinvolvement.biomedcentral.com" target="_self" class="is-external" data-track="click" data-track-label="/gp/open-science/about/benefits" data-track-category="sn:content-page-main-content" data-track-component="richtext-link - GRIPP2 - https://researchinvolvement.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s40900-017-0062-2?site=researchinvolvement.biomedcentral.com">GRIPP2</a>) as a key way for for researchers and patient to understand how they should report involvement and engagement in research papers.</p><p class="flapContent">In 2017, BMC <a href="https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2017/08/24/bmc-medicine-becomes-the-first-medical-journal-to-accept-registered-reports/" target="_self" class="is-external" data-track="click" data-track-label="/gp/open-science/about/benefits" data-track-category="sn:content-page-main-content" data-track-component="richtext-link - announced - https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2017/08/24/bmc-medicine-becomes-the-first-medical-journal-to-accept-registered-reports/">announced</a> the introduction of Registered Reports in <a href="https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/" target="_self" class="is-external" data-track="click" data-track-label="/gp/open-science/about/benefits" data-track-category="sn:content-page-main-content" data-track-component="richtext-link - BMC Medicine - https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/"><em>BMC Medicine</em></a>. <em>BMC Medicine</em> publishes research articles and reviews in all areas of research and practice in medicine and global health. By pre-registering the rationale and proposed methodology behind a research study, research becomes more transparent and reproducible, and can have a direct, positive impact on patients and communities.</p><p class="flapHead hideContent">Policy impact</p><p class="flapContent">Over 38,000 Springer Nature open access articles have been cited in global policy documents by institutes including the United Nations, WHO, the IMF and the World Bank.</p><h2>Make new discoveries</h2><p>Open research accelerates the pace of scientific enquiry.</p><h3 class="flapHead hideContent">Faster impact</h3><p class="flapContent">By opening up research with Creative Commons licenses, researchers are empowered to build on existing research quickly. A study of articles published in PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences between June 8, 2004, and December 20, 2004 supported the view that open access accelerates the process by which researchers built upon existing research, showing that open access articles are cited earlier and are, on average, cited more often than non-open access articles.</p><h3 class="flapHead hideContent">Wider collaboration</h3><p class="flapContent">Open access publications and data enable researchers to carry out collaborative research on a global scale, with the <a href="https://www.genome.gov/10001772/" target="_self" class="is-external" data-track="click" data-track-label="/gp/open-science/about/benefits" data-track-category="sn:content-page-main-content" data-track-component="richtext-link - Human Genome Project - https://www.genome.gov/10001772/">Human Genome Project</a> often cited as an example of the ability of open access to transform publications and data “into a much more powerful resource for research, education and innovation” (<a href="https://oaspa.org/why-cc-by/" target="_self" class="is-external" data-track="click" data-track-label="/gp/open-science/about/benefits" data-track-category="sn:content-page-main-content" data-track-component="richtext-link - OASPA - https://oaspa.org/why-cc-by/">OASPA</a>). This international, collaborative research project was enabled by the use of open data, with all the sequence data made openly available for other researchers to reuse.</p><h3 class="flapHead hideContent">Increased interdisciplinary conversation</h3><p class="flapContent">Interdisciplinary publications foster greater dialogue across discipline boundaries, and often find novel approaches to traditional problems. Open access journals that cross multiple disciplines, such as the <a href="https://www.biomedcentral.com/p/the-bmc-series-journals" target="_self" class="is-external" data-track="click" data-track-label="/gp/open-science/about/benefits" data-track-category="sn:content-page-main-content" data-track-component="richtext-link - BMC-series journals - https://www.biomedcentral.com/p/the-bmc-series-journals">BMC-series journals</a> and <em><a href="https://www.nature.com/srep/" target="_self" class="is-external" data-track="click" data-track-label="/gp/open-science/about/benefits" data-track-category="sn:content-page-main-content" data-track-component="richtext-link - Scientific Reports - https://www.nature.com/srep/">Scientific Reports</a>,</em> are helping researchers connect more easily by providing greater visibility of their research. Open research also means that researchers can discover relevant research and data outside their main field via search engines, repositories, social media and a variety of other channels. </p><h2>Comply with funder mandates</h2><p>Many funders, institutions and governments around the world require open access.</p><p class="flapHead hideContent">Meet policy requirements</p><p class="flapContent">Increasingly, the funders of scholarly research (funding bodies or institutions) are requiring their grant holders to make publications related to their research available to the public, free and without restrictions on re-use. 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But it also provides you with additional, individual benefits.</p><p class="flapHead hideContent">Greater opportunity for collaboration</p><p class="flapContent">When data is openly shared it enables greater collaboration between researchers and also creates new research opportunities, as exemplified in the case of the <em><a href="http://studyforrest.org/" class="is-external" data-track="click" data-track-label="/gp/open-science/about/benefits" data-track-category="sn:content-page-main-content" data-track-component="richtext-link - studyforrest - http://studyforrest.org/">studyforrest</a> </em>project in which a single dataset has generated multiple studies from different labs and resulted in 19 different publications so far.</p><p class="flapHead hideContent">Increase in citations</p><p class="flapContent"><a href="https://peerj.com/articles/175/" class="is-external" data-track="click" data-track-label="/gp/open-science/about/benefits" data-track-category="sn:content-page-main-content" data-track-component="richtext-link - 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