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data-track="click" data-track-label="/gp/advancing-discovery/opening-up-research" data-track-category="sn:content-page-mainnav" data-track-component="teaser-navigation-full - Other blogs - /gp/advancing-discovery/springboard/blog-network">Other blogs</a> </div> </div></div></li><li class="collection-navigation-header-level-3--listwrap" id=""><div id="c18848426" class="teaser teaser-navigation-full item-2 item-2-2 last-item end"><div> <div class="core"> <a href="/gp/advancing-discovery/springboard" class="link" data-track="click" data-track-label="/gp/advancing-discovery/opening-up-research" data-track-category="sn:content-page-mainnav" data-track-component="teaser-navigation-full - Springboard Home - /gp/advancing-discovery/springboard">Springboard Home</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="c23138142" class="teaser teaser-navigation item-3 item-3-4"><div> <div class="core"> <a href="/gp/advancing-discovery/spotlight-on" class="link" data-track="click" data-track-label="/gp/advancing-discovery/opening-up-research" data-track-category="sn:content-page-mainnav" data-track-component="teaser-navigation - Spotlight On - /gp/advancing-discovery/spotlight-on">Spotlight On</a> </div> </div></div></li><li class="collection-navigation-header--listwrap column" id=""><div id="c16132406" class="teaser teaser-navigation item-4 item-4-4 last-item end"><div> <div class="core"> <a href="/gp/advancing-discovery/opening-up-research" class="link" data-track="click" data-track-label="/gp/advancing-discovery/opening-up-research" data-track-category="sn:content-page-mainnav" data-track-component="teaser-navigation - Opening up research - /gp/advancing-discovery/opening-up-research">Opening up research</a> </div> </div></div></li></ul> </div> </div></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div> </div></div><div id="c-row-2" class="collection collection-page-grid-row 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/14971190/data/v2");" id="c16098442" class="has-background-image has-no-background-color has-no-icon teaser teaser-stage-2 item-1 item-1-9 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="16098442" class="text-group"> <div> <h1 class="headline stage-headline-style-default">Making research accessible and discoverable</h1> </div> <div class="richtext richtext-default"><p>How Springer Nature is opening up research</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div> </div></div><div id="c16098894" class="has-no-image collection collection-counter item-2 item-2-9 even-item section odd-item-custom"><div> <div class="row row-block-grid"><div class="column"><div data-setting-grid-columns-large="25" data-setting-grid-columns-small="100" data-setting-grid-columns-medium="50" class="core"> <h2 class="headline headline-h2">Facts & Figures</h2> <div class="richtext richtext-default"><h3><img alt="2023" title="2023" src="//media.springernature.com/full/springer-cms/rest/v1/content/17607762/data/v26" /></h3></div> <ul class="row row-block-grid small-up-1 medium-up-2 large-up-4"></ul> </div></div></div> </div></div><div id="c16098432" class="has-no-image collection collection-general-grid-75-25 item-3 item-3-9 odd-item section even-item-custom"><div> <div class="row row-block-grid"><div class="column"><div data-setting-hasHeadline="true" class="core"> <div class="row row-block-grid"><div class="column medium-8 large-9" id="-"><div id="c16098418" class="article article-default item-1 item-1-2"><div> <div class="core"> <div class=""> <div class="richtext richtext-default"><ul><li><strong>We are proud </strong>to publish the world's most comprehensive open access (OA) portfolio that accounts for 16% of all immediate OA articles published globally. </li><li><strong>We encourage</strong> preprint posting and self-archiving of author accepted manuscripts and have some of the most liberal policies of any publisher.</li><li><strong>We enable</strong> sharing of subscription content, and were the first major publisher to provide shareable links to view-only versions of papers in subscription journals through our free content-sharing initiative, SharedIt.</li><li><strong>We believe</strong> that data should be open, accessible and reusable and are committed to supporting researchers share their data. Our research data policies, products and services make data sharing faster, easier and more impactful.</li><li><strong>We produce</strong> award-winning journalistic content that brings research to a broad audience. Through our local language editions of Scientific American we are able to reach a wide geographic readership.</li><li><strong>We implement</strong> machine readable interfaces so that our references are available via reference lists and CrossRef, and broader open linked data are accessible via SciGraph.</li><li><strong>We support</strong> the rapidly evolving research ecosystem by providing innovative access models for scientific content, such as through our current partnership with ResearchGate.</li></ul></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div><div class="column medium-4 large-3" id="explore-our-journals-on-the-new-platform"><div id="c16098420" class="has-no-image collection collection-links-text-icon item-2 item-2-2 last-item end"><div> <div class="core"> <h3 class="headline headline-h3">Useful resources</h3> <ul class=""><li class="collection-links-text-icon--listwrap" id="open-access-fact-sheet" data-mh="16098420"><div id="c17740280" class="teaser teaser-link-text-icon item-1 item-1-5"><div> <div class="core"> <a href="/gp/open-access-fact-sheet/17740280" class="link" data-track="click" data-track-label="/gp/advancing-discovery/opening-up-research" data-track-category="sn:content-page-main-content" data-track-component="teaser-link-text-icon - Open Access Fact Sheet - /gp/open-access-fact-sheet/17740280">Open Access Fact Sheet</a> </div> </div></div></li><li class="collection-links-text-icon--listwrap" id="Timeline of open research" data-mh="16098420"><div id="c16098440" class="teaser teaser-link-text-icon item-2 item-2-5"><div> <div class="core"> <a href="https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-research/about/timeline" class="link" data-track="click" data-track-label="/gp/advancing-discovery/opening-up-research" data-track-category="sn:content-page-main-content" data-track-component="teaser-link-text-icon - Timeline of open research - https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-research/about/timeline">Timeline of open research</a> </div> </div></div></li><li class="collection-links-text-icon--listwrap" id="Open access support" data-mh="16098420"><div id="c16099018" class="teaser teaser-link-text-icon item-3 item-3-5"><div> <div class="core"> <a href="https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-research/funding" class="link" data-track="click" data-track-label="/gp/advancing-discovery/opening-up-research" data-track-category="sn:content-page-main-content" data-track-component="teaser-link-text-icon - Open access support - https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-research/funding">Open access support</a> </div> </div></div></li><li class="collection-links-text-icon--listwrap" id="assessing-the-open-access-effect-for-hybrid-journals" data-mh="16098420"><div id="c16462702" class="teaser teaser-link-text-icon item-4 item-4-5"><div> <div class="core"> <a href="/gp/assessing-the-open-access-effect-for-hybrid-journals/16462702" class="link" data-track="click" data-track-label="/gp/advancing-discovery/opening-up-research" data-track-category="sn:content-page-main-content" data-track-component="teaser-link-text-icon - Assessing the open access effect for hybrid journals - /gp/assessing-the-open-access-effect-for-hybrid-journals/16462702">Assessing the open access effect for hybrid journals</a> </div> </div></div></li><li class="collection-links-text-icon--listwrap" id="plan-s-submission-from-springer-nature" data-mh="16098420"><div id="c16462700" class="teaser teaser-link-text-icon item-5 item-5-5 last-item end"><div> <div class="core"> <a href="/gp/plan-s-submission-from-springer-nature/16462700" class="link" data-track="click" data-track-label="/gp/advancing-discovery/opening-up-research" data-track-category="sn:content-page-main-content" data-track-component="teaser-link-text-icon - Plan S submission from Springer Nature - /gp/plan-s-submission-from-springer-nature/16462700">Plan S submission from Springer Nature</a> </div> </div></div></li></ul> </div> </div></div></div></div> </div></div></div> </div></div><div id="c17617900" class="has-no-image collection collection-general-grid item-4 item-4-9 even-item section odd-item-custom"><div> <div class="row row-block-grid"><div class="column"><div data-setting-grid-columns-large="33" data-setting-grid-columns-small="100" data-setting-grid-columns-medium="50" class="core"> <h2 class="headline headline-h2">How are we opening up research?</h2> <div class="row row-block-grid small-up-1 medium-up-2 large-up-3"><div class="column" id=""><div id="c17613292" class="teaser teaser-default item-1 item-1-5" data-mh="17617900"><div> <div class="core"> <a href="https://www.springernature.com/gp/authors/campaigns/in-review" title="" data-track="click" data-track-category="sn:content-page-main-content" data-track-component="teaser-default - <img alt="InReview logo - OR © Springer Nature" title="InReview logo - OR © Springer Nature" src="//media.springernature.com/full/springer-cms/rest/v1/content/17618734/data/v4" />From Springer Nature and Research Square: opens up the submission, review and editorial process for authors and enables early sharing.&nbsp;<br /> - https://www.springernature.com/gp/authors/campaigns/in-review" data-track-label="/gp/advancing-discovery/opening-up-research" class="teaser-default__link"> <div class="text-group"> <div class="richtext richtext-default"><p><img alt="InReview logo - OR © Springer Nature" title="InReview logo - OR © Springer Nature" src="//media.springernature.com/full/springer-cms/rest/v1/content/17618734/data/v4" /></p><p>From Springer Nature and Research Square: opens up the submission, review and editorial process for authors and enables early sharing. </p><p><br /></p></div> <span class="teaser-default__arrow-icon"></span> </div> </a> </div> </div></div></div><div class="column" id=""><div id="c17618018" class="teaser teaser-default item-2 item-2-5" data-mh="17617900"><div> <div class="core"> <a href="https://www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/orcid" title="ORCiD" data-track="click" data-track-category="sn:content-page-main-content" data-track-component="teaser-default - <img alt="© Springer Nature" title="© Springer Nature" src="//media.springernature.com/full/springer-cms/rest/v1/content/17618888/data/v3" />Partnership with the open standard identifier, ORCiD, to ensure authors receive correct credit and recognition. Springer Nature were one of the two original founders, and have now rolled it our across all journals.<br /> - https://www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/orcid" data-track-label="/gp/advancing-discovery/opening-up-research" class="teaser-default__link"> <div class="text-group"> <div class="richtext richtext-default"><p><img alt="© Springer Nature" title="© Springer Nature" src="//media.springernature.com/full/springer-cms/rest/v1/content/17618888/data/v3" /></p><p>Partnership with the open standard identifier, ORCiD, to ensure authors receive correct credit and recognition. Springer Nature were one of the two original founders, and have now rolled it our across all journals.</p><p><br /></p></div> <span class="teaser-default__arrow-icon"></span> </div> </a> </div> </div></div></div><div class="column" id=""><div id="c17618026" class="teaser teaser-default item-3 item-3-5" data-mh="17617900"><div> <div class="core"> <a href="https://protocolexchange.researchsquare.com/" title="protocol exhange" data-track="click" data-track-category="sn:content-page-main-content" data-track-component="teaser-default - <img alt="protocol exchange © Springer Nature" title="protocol exchange © Springer Nature" src="//media.springernature.com/full/springer-cms/rest/v1/content/17618740/data/v3" />An Open Repository for the deposition and sharing of protocols for scientific research.<br /> - https://protocolexchange.researchsquare.com/" data-track-label="/gp/advancing-discovery/opening-up-research" class="teaser-default__link"> <div class="text-group"> <div class="richtext richtext-default"><p><img alt="protocol exchange © Springer Nature" title="protocol exchange © Springer Nature" src="//media.springernature.com/full/springer-cms/rest/v1/content/17618740/data/v3" /></p><p>An Open Repository for the deposition and sharing of protocols for scientific research.</p><p><br /></p></div> <span class="teaser-default__arrow-icon teaser-default__arrow-icon--external-link"></span> </div> </a> </div> </div></div></div><div class="column" id=""><div id="c17618032" class="teaser teaser-default item-4 item-4-5" data-mh="17617900"><div> <div class="core"> <a href="https://group.springernature.com/de/group/media/press-releases/springer-nature-and-researchgate-extend-content-sharing-pilot/16916562" title="ResearchGate" data-track="click" data-track-category="sn:content-page-main-content" data-track-component="teaser-default - <img alt="Research Gate OR © Springer Nature" title="Research Gate OR © Springer Nature" src="//media.springernature.com/full/springer-cms/rest/v1/content/17618750/data/v3" />Partnership with ResearchGate to enable seamless discovery and enhanced reading experience. - https://group.springernature.com/de/group/media/press-releases/springer-nature-and-researchgate-extend-content-sharing-pilot/16916562" data-track-label="/gp/advancing-discovery/opening-up-research" class="teaser-default__link"> <div class="text-group"> <div class="richtext richtext-default"><p><img alt="Research Gate OR © Springer Nature" title="Research Gate OR © Springer Nature" src="//media.springernature.com/full/springer-cms/rest/v1/content/17618750/data/v3" /></p><p>Partnership with ResearchGate to enable seamless discovery and enhanced reading experience.</p></div> <span class="teaser-default__arrow-icon teaser-default__arrow-icon--external-link"></span> </div> </a> </div> </div></div></div><div class="column" id=""><div id="c17618058" class="teaser teaser-default item-5 item-5-5 last-item end" data-mh="17617900"><div> <div class="core"> <a href="https://www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/sharedit" title="SharedIt" data-track="click" data-track-category="sn:content-page-main-content" data-track-component="teaser-default - <img alt="© Springer Nature" title="© Springer Nature" src="//media.springernature.com/full/springer-cms/rest/v1/content/17618766/data/v3" />Springer Nature's free content sharing initiative that enables authors, subscribers, media partners to create shareable links to content. Over 7.6&nbsp;million free links were&nbsp;created in 2019. - https://www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/sharedit" data-track-label="/gp/advancing-discovery/opening-up-research" class="teaser-default__link"> <div class="text-group"> <div class="richtext richtext-default"><p><img alt="© Springer Nature" title="© Springer Nature" src="//media.springernature.com/full/springer-cms/rest/v1/content/17618766/data/v3" /></p><p>Springer Nature's free content sharing initiative that enables authors, subscribers, media partners to create shareable links to content. Over 7.6 million free links were created in 2019.</p></div> <span class="teaser-default__arrow-icon"></span> </div> </a> </div> </div></div></div></div> </div></div></div> </div></div><div id="c16462656" class="has-no-image collection collection-general-grid item-5 item-5-9 odd-item section even-item-custom"><div> <div class="row row-block-grid"><div class="column"><div data-setting-grid-columns-large="33" data-setting-grid-columns-small="100" data-setting-grid-columns-medium="50" class="core"> <h2 class="headline headline-h2">Keep up-to-date with our latest OA blogs</h2> <div class="row row-block-grid small-up-1 medium-up-2 large-up-3"><div class="column" id="drive-transition-to-oa"><div id="c17589624" class="article-blogpost teaser-blog item-1 item-1-5"><div> <a href="/gp/advancing-discovery/springboard/blog/blogposts-open-research/drive-transition-to-oa/17589624" title="What is needed to drive the OA transition in 2020?" data-track="click" 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needs to happen in 2020 to make the OA transition a reality.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-meta"> <div class="blog-meta-chip style-theme-blue">R</div> <div class="blog-meta-published"> <div class="blog-meta-label">Research Publishing</div> <div class="blog-meta-published-on"> 23 Jan 2020</div> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div></div></div><div class="column" id="alternative-conditions-needed-for-transformative-journals"><div id="c17511190" class="article-blogpost teaser-blog item-2 item-2-5"><div> <a href="/gp/advancing-discovery/springboard/blog/blogposts-open-research/alternative-conditions-needed-for-transformative-journals/17511190" title="Alternative conditions needed for cOAlition S’s Transformative Journal proposal to succeed " data-track="click" data-track-category="sn:content-page-main-content" data-track-component="teaser-blog - Alternative conditions needed for cOAlition S’s Transformative Journal proposal to succeed - 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422.449214,471.597651 423.425781,472.574219 C424.402349,473.550786 425.606764,474.039062 427.039062,474.039062 L565.320312,474.039062 L470.300781,374.722656 C469.84505,374.266925 469.340498,373.925131 468.787109,373.697266 C468.233721,373.4694 467.664065,373.355469 467.078125,373.355469 C466.492185,373.355469 465.938805,373.485676 465.417969,373.746094 C464.897133,374.006512 464.408856,374.364581 463.953125,374.820312 L421.960938,421.011719 L421.960938,469.058594 Z M602.039062,469.058594 L602.039062,299.039062 C602.039062,297.671868 601.550786,296.500005 600.574219,295.523438 C599.597651,294.54687 598.393236,294.058594 596.960938,294.058594 L427.039062,294.058594 C425.606764,294.058594 424.402349,294.54687 423.425781,295.523438 C422.449214,296.500005 421.960938,297.671868 421.960938,299.039062 L421.960938,406.070312 L456.53125,368.082031 C457.898444,366.584628 459.477205,365.429041 461.267578,364.615234 C463.057952,363.801428 464.962229,363.361979 466.980469,363.296875 C468.998708,363.296875 470.902986,363.687496 472.693359,364.46875 C474.483733,365.250004 476.095045,366.356764 477.527344,367.789062 L579.089844,474.039062 L596.960938,474.039062 C598.393236,474.039062 599.597651,473.550786 600.574219,472.574219 C601.550786,471.597651 602.039062,470.425788 602.039062,469.058594 Z' id='%EE%9C%8E' fill='%238FAEC1' fill-rule='nonzero' opacity='0.5'></path></g></svg>" alt="Alternative conditions needed for cOAlition S’s Transformative Journal proposal to succeed " data-src="https://media.springernature.com/full/springer-cms/rest/v1/img/17033628/v3/height/320" style="max-height: 320px" title="Alternative conditions needed for cOAlition S’s Transformative Journal proposal to succeed | © Shutterstock" /></span></div> <div class="teaser-content "> <div class="text-group"> <div class="caption richtext-default text-tag"> <p>Plan S</p> </div> <div class="teaser-link"><h3 class="headline">Alternative conditions needed for cOAlition S’s Transformative Journal proposal to succeed </h3></div> <div class="blog-description"> <div class="richtext richtext-bullet-1"><p>Springer Nature's response to latest consultation published by cOAlition S</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-meta"> <div class="blog-meta-chip style-theme-blue">R</div> <div class="blog-meta-published"> <div class="blog-meta-label">Research Publishing</div> <div class="blog-meta-published-on"> 17 Dec 2019</div> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div></div></div><div class="column" id="why-being-open-matters"><div id="c17307540" class="article-blogpost teaser-blog item-3 item-3-5"><div> <a href="/gp/advancing-discovery/springboard/blog/blogposts-open-research/why-being-open-matters/17307540" title="Why being open matters" data-track="click" data-track-category="sn:content-page-main-content" data-track-component="teaser-blog - Why being 'open' matters - /gp/advancing-discovery/springboard/blog/blogposts-open-research/why-being-open-matters/17307540" 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L579.089844,474.039062 L596.960938,474.039062 C598.393236,474.039062 599.597651,473.550786 600.574219,472.574219 C601.550786,471.597651 602.039062,470.425788 602.039062,469.058594 Z' id='%EE%9C%8E' fill='%238FAEC1' fill-rule='nonzero' opacity='0.5'></path></g></svg>" alt="Why being 'open' matters" data-src="https://media.springernature.com/full/springer-cms/rest/v1/img/15853594/v1/height/320" style="max-height: 320px" /></span></div> <div class="teaser-content "> <div class="text-group"> <div class="caption richtext-default text-tag"> <p>Community</p> </div> <div class="teaser-link"><h3 class="headline">Why being open matters</h3></div> <div class="blog-description"> <div class="richtext richtext-default"><p>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.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="blog-meta"> <div class="blog-meta-chip style-theme-blue">R</div> <div class="blog-meta-published"> <div class="blog-meta-label">Research Publishing</div> <div class="blog-meta-published-on"> 24 Oct 2019</div> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div></div></div><div class="column" id="a-faster-path-to-an-open-future"><div id="c16705466" class="article-blogpost teaser-blog item-4 item-4-5"><div> <a href="/gp/advancing-discovery/springboard/blog/blogposts-open-research/a-faster-path-to-an-open-future/16705466" title="A faster path to an open future" data-track="click" data-track-category="sn:content-page-main-content" data-track-component="teaser-blog - A faster path to an open future - /gp/advancing-discovery/springboard/blog/blogposts-open-research/a-faster-path-to-an-open-future/16705466" data-track-label="/gp/advancing-discovery/opening-up-research" class="teaser-blogpost__link core"> <div class="image"><span><img 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