Springer Nature is committed to accelerating the adoption of open access (OA) publishing and open research techniques. Having early and rapid access to research findings is fundamental to the advancement of science and discovery.
Springer Nature is committed to accelerating the adoption of open access (OA) publishing and open research techniques. Having early and rapid access to research findings is fundamental to the advancement of science and discovery.
Agreements that enable institutions and funders to cover open access publishing costs for Springer Nature's fully OA journals.
If your institution has a fully open access agreement with Springer Nature, you may publish your article open access - at no cost to you - in more than 600 fully OA journals from BMC, Nature Research, Palgrave, and SpringerOpen.
Over 500 institutions are part of Springer Nature’s membership program for journals in the BMC and SpringerOpen portfolios. Member institutions actively support open access by arranging fully-prepaid or discounted APCs for their affiliated researchers. To check if your institution is a member, please visit our membership pages for BMC and SpringerOpen.
Our transformative Read and Publish agreements enable participating institutions to combine journal subscription access along with OA publication costs (APCs).
In addition to managing the cost and administration of OA, transformative agreements offer authors an easy way to comply with funders’ OA requirements.
If your institution has a transformative agreement, you may publish your article open access - at no cost to you - in more than 1,850 Springer journals. You can also enjoy full access to all Springer subscription journal content.