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Springer Nature champions inclusive leadership through Generation Valuable initiative

London | New York | Heidelberg, 2 December 2022

Springer Nature names the inaugural mentee/mentor partnership to take part in the new Generation Valuable initiative, which it was the first publisher to sign up to. 

Springer Nature completes acquisition of Research Square Company

London | New York 01st December 2022

Move will increase authors’ access to best-in-class research solutions.

Springer Nature continues open access drive in Latin America

London, 28th November 2022

Publisher agrees its first TA in Mexico with Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

Pioneering OA agreement in Asia signed between Springer Nature and Japanese universities

London | Japan - 21st November 2022

Springer Nature agrees largest OA agreement with Japan to date, marking milestone for region in transition to OA.

Extension of partnership with Code Ocean will help Springer Nature authors to better share their code and data

London | New York | Heidelberg, 16 November 2022

By integrating sharing and tracking of code and data, this multi-year agreement will also make code peer review easier for editors and reviewers, and improve the author experience.

Nature authors can now seamlessly share their data

London | 16 November 2022

 Following successful pilot, Figshare integration is rolled out across further titles in the Nature portfolio.

Springer Nature and The Lens partner to accelerate use of science to advance solutions to global challenges

London | Canberra, 10 November 2022

New agreement will provide richer data on impact of research on driving innovation and action.

Courageous researcher using scientific evidence to tackle pollution in Niger Delta awarded 2022 John Maddox Prize

London | New York | Heidelberg, 26 October 2022

Dr Eucharia Oluchi Nwaichi becomes the 11th recipient of the prestigious John Maddox Prize for her evidence-based approach to uniting conflicting communicates over pollution

Springer Nature marks new milestone with publication of its 2000th OA book

London | Heidelberg, 26 October 2022

Milestone comes less than two years after publishing its 1000th OA book and demonstrates the rapid growth of OA book publishing over the last 18 months

International journal of science Nature welcomes guest editors for the first time

London | New York | Heidelberg, 19 October 2022

A historic special issue on racism in science, the first guest-edited issue in Nature’s more than 150-year history, is published this week.

Congratulations to the 2022 Nobel Prize Laureates

London | New York | Heidelberg, 19 October 2022

Celebrating this year’s Nobel Laureates, Springer Nature creates a dedicated landing page to the work contributions through the publisher

Nationwide research integrity survey launched in the UK

London, 13 October 2022

Springer Nature launches national initiative to learn more about researchers' attitudes and understanding of issues around research integrity and the degree of institutional training provided.

The State of Open Data Report 2022: Researchers need more support to assist with open data mandates

London, 13 October 2022

New findings provide update on researchers’ attitudes towards open data.

Young scientists to benefit from extended association between Falling Walls Foundation and Springer Nature

London, Berlin - 13th October 2022

Publisher provides additional contribution to support young scientists through the Falling Walls Foundation

Springer Nature at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2022 - once again physically and virtually present

London | Heidelberg,  12th October 2022

Springer Nature will once again have a stand at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2022, offering live events and new videos online for the community.

Nature Awards announces 2022 Inspiring Women in Science winners

London | New York, 11 October 2022

Kizzmekia Corbett, whose work led to the development of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, and the Tem Menina no Circuito initiative named winners of this year’s Inspiring Women in Science Awards.

Springer Nature releases first Annual Progress Report demonstrating value provided to the research community

London | New York | Berlin 06th October 2022

Springer Nature shares key 2021 performance metrics from across its portfolio and platforms in new report.

Springer Nature Health acquires Austrian health tech start-up, Medbee

Heidelberg, 8th September 2022

App from leading online network for doctors to be expanded to German medical professionals.

Scientific American announces new VP Product and Technology, Dan Benjamin

New York | 7th September 2022

The new position will lead the product vision and digital roadmap for Scientific American.

Success of transformative agreement between Springer Nature and Projekt DEAL means 2019 partnership extended for fourth year

London | Berlin, 6 September 2022

Transformative Agreement led to 13% more articles published Open Access in 2021 than 2020; agreement will now run to at least the end of 2023

Springer Nature becomes first publisher to partner with CiteAb - helping researchers with their experiments by streamlining access to high quality life science data

London | Bath, 1st September 2022

Integrating its Protocols and Methods Portfolio data into the CiteAb platform will add to the resources already available to help researchers make more informed decisions in the planning and carrying out of their experiments 

Publisher announces fourth transformative agreement for its flagship Nature titles

London, 31st August 2022

FinELIb consortium authors become the latest to benefit from a TA for Nature and the Nature research journals

Springer Nature and Takeda’s Center of Health Equity and Patient Affairs (HEPA) establish new partnership to drive forwards research ideas and best practice to underpin health equity

London, UK | Cambridge, US 30th August 2022

Launching with a free panel event bringing together leading thinkers in health equity, the partners have established a programme of activity to enhance understanding of, and empower change around health inequities.

Martin Mos to retire from Springer Nature after nearly 20 years with the company. Marc Spenlé to join as new Chief Operating Officer.

London | New York | Berlin, 25th August 2022

Martin Mos retires after 30+ years in the publishing industry. Marc Spenlé joins as new Chief Operating Officer.

New report shows publishing in Springer Nature’s fully OA portfolio delivers greater benefits for authors than its competitors

London | New York | Heidelberg, 11th August 2022

Analysis of Springer Nature’s fully OA portfolio shows tangible impact publishing in these journals has for authors and research communities.  

Mpox outbreak

4th August 2022

In response to the global Mpox outbreak, Springer Nature is making Mpox-related content free to access

Springer Nature expands AI-driven digital editing services to books authors and editors

London | Heidelberg, 28th July 2022

AJE (American Journal Experts) Language editing services are being piloted for Springer Nature book authors and editors to help speed up the publication and review process 

Springer Nature and University of California announce first Nature open access agreement in the Americas

New York, 27 July 2022

Agreement extends landmark 2020 deal, which has tripled open access articles from UC authors in Springer Nature journals.

Springer Nature welcomes extension of Journal Impact Factors to include arts and humanities titles

London, 26th July 2022

Springer Nature welcomes Clarivate’s decision to include all Web of Science humanities, arts and behavioural sciences titles in its Journal Citation Reports from 2023. 

Nature Awards competition aimed at enhancing scientific communication through video announces its first winners

London | New York | Darmstadt, 14 July 2022

Nature’s new competition, ‘Science in Shorts’, announces its ten finalists, with a public vote deciding on a favourite from among the winners.

Springer Nature launches new AI-led service to support research decision makers

London | Heidelberg, 13th July 2022

Nature Research Intelligence powered by Nature’s 150 years of editorial and research expertise putts real time data into the hands of those making research decisions.

Chinese institutions on the rise, but the United States holds its position at the top of the 2022 Nature Index Annual Tables

London | Heidelberg | Sydney, 16th June 2022

The 2022 Nature Index Annual Tables examine the institutions and countries that contributed most to high-quality natural-sciences research in 2021.

Make research integrity training mandatory say 73% of Australian researchers in first national survey

London | Canberra, 8 June 2022

Springer Nature and the Australian Academy of Science release first national survey on attitudes towards research integrity in Australia

Nature Masterclasses online training made free to access for researchers in lower income countries

London | New York | Berlin, 8 June 2022

Springer Nature makes training from Nature editors free to access via Research4Life. 

OA content up 40% across Springer Nature’s Transformative Journals

London | New York | Heidelberg, 1 June 2022

Data released from Springer Nature's first annual TJ report.

Springer Nature to sponsor six research scholars through In2scienceUK

London | New York | Berlin, 25 May 2022

Springer Nature has partnered with social mobility charity In2scienceUK to sponsor bursaries for six research students

Springer Nature and UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network white paper finds interdisciplinary knowledge exchange key to addressing crises

London | New York | Berlin, 12 May 2022

New white paper features the most compelling ideas from the recent Learning from Crises roundtable series.

Partnership with Max Planck Society marks Springer Nature’s largest open access book deal

London | Heidelberg, 11 May 2022

The second institutional OA book deal for the publisher will advance shared goals for open research driving forwards OA for the books market.

21 journals to be renamed as Springer Nature and Clarivate work together to enable titles to become gender neutral

London, 20 April 2022 

Publisher and Clarivate agree process to enable 21 Springer Nature German language medical portfolio titles to become gender neutral

Springer Nature and Figshare announce pilot to improve data sharing

London, 12 April 2022

Publisher extends its commitment to open science by offering authors first integrated route for data deposition 

Scientific journal Nature to expand presence at Hay Festival, bringing science communicators together to inspire and inform

London, 11 April 2022

Partnership to make science more accessible expands to include three sustainability-related events, as well as ongoing support for the John Maddox science lecture

Springer Nature Group sets out short-term targets to build on carbon-neutral achievement

London | New York | Berlin, 6 April 2022

Springer Nature Group launches its latest annual Sustainable Business report with a special focus on climate action.


Springer Nature expands fully OA portfolio with new medical technologies title

London | New York | Heidelberg, 5 April 2022

BMC Digital Health provides an outlet for cutting edge research exploring innovations and developments with digital technologies in medicine and public health

Macmillan Education stops all publishing projects in Russia and Belarus

5 April 2022

Macmillan Education joins others within academia in taking additional steps.

Springer Nature stops new sales in Russia and Belarus

31st March 2022

Springer Nature joins other academic publishers in taking additional steps.

Springer Nature and Université Grenoble Alpes release free enhanced integrity software to tackle fake scientific papers

London | Grenoble, 31 March 2022

PySciDetect builds on the original SciDetect open source software, to identify fake research and data at the point of submission

Applications open for The Spinoff Prize

24 March 2022

Applicants invited to nominate their spinoff companies for The Spinoff Prize

Nature Portfolio to expand with three new journals in 2023

London | New York | Berlin, 18 March 2022

Nature Mental Health, Nature Water and Nature Reviews Bioengineering will be added to the Nature Portfolio in January 2023

Springer Nature and Bibsam Consortium agree TA for Nature and the Nature Research journals

London, 14 March 2022

Publisher announces second Transformative Agreement for its flagship title Nature, now supporting over 2,650 institutions with OA publication across its whole portfolio

Springer Nature condemns Russian invasion

04 March 2022

Statement from Frank Vrancken Peeters, CEO, on the invasion of Ukraine

In Review extended across Springer Nature titles

London | New York | Heidelberg, 1 March 2022

In Review is now available in over 500 journals across Springer Nature's portfolio

Applications open for Nature Awards for Mentoring in Science 2022

1 March 2022

Former mentees invited to nominate mentors that have made a significant contribution to their careers.

Springer Nature and the University of Tokyo partner to organize SDGs Symposium 2022 on energy systems for a sustainable future

1 March 2022

Springer Nature and the University of Tokyo partner to deliver Sustainable Development Goals symposium on 29 March

Nature to mark International Women’s Day with first conference on gender equity

London | 28 February 2022

Nature conference to spotlight women leaders and role models in academia, research and policy.

Springer Nature continues to lead drive for OA transition across Europe

London | Heidelberg, 23 February 2022

Publisher signs new transformative agreement with Italy and renews deals with Austria and the Netherlands

Springer Nature launches new book series that addresses major research pain points

Heidelberg | London, 21 February 2022

Developed with RWTH Aachen University, Crosstracts speeds up publication and encourages cross-disciplinary working

Springer Nature continues to support open access in the Americas with its first Transformative Agreements in Latin America and Canada

London | New York, 8 February 2022

Two new Transformative Agreements signal increased momentum and support for the Open Access movement in the Americas.

Springer Nature creates role of Chief Solutions Officer to accelerate knowledge discovery

London | New York | Berlin, 31 January 2022

Harsh Jegadeesan to translate company’s digital content expertise into platforms, products and solutions  to improve scientific research and discovery 

Nature Awards for Mentoring in Science recognise those that help shape careers of young researchers in Brazil

London, 28 January 2022

2021 winners announced for Nature Awards for Mentoring in Science

Applications open for women in STEM to apply for Inspiring Women in Science Awards 2022

London, 27 January 2022

Applicants invited to nominate themselves or recommend others for Inspiring Women in Science Awards 2022

Springer Nature launches 17th SDG content hub

London | New York | Berlin, 24 January 2022

New content hub launched for SDG4 to mark International Day of Education.


Springer Nature expands its partnership with the CLOCKSS digital archive

Heidelberg | London, 12 January 2022

Springer Nature, the world’s largest academic book publisher, will partner with CLOCKSS to ensure the long-term preservation of all books published since 1815.

Kimberly Lau joins Springer Nature as VP Consumer Media and President of Scientific American

New York | 10 January 2022

In this role, Kim will drive further growth of Springer Nature’s Consumer Media business.

Springer Nature to support fellowship awards for at-risk academics

London | New York | Berlin, 15 December 2021

Springer Nature to fund three fellowship awards with the Council for At-Risk Academics

Springer Nature and the Egyptian Government agree landmark deal to drive forward open research

London | Berlin | Heidelberg 14 December 2021

First Transformative Agreement for Egypt supports Government's 2030 goal for science and research.

Young universities share the secrets of their success

London | Sydney | New York, 8 December 2021

Nature Index of universities aged 50 and under finds fastest-growing institutions are characterised by sharply defined purpose and researcher independence.

Springer Nature to fund planting of 10,000 trees in celebration of OA milestone

London | New York | Berlin, 7 December 2021

Springer Nature will fund the planting of 10,000 trees to celebrate reaching one million open access articles. 

Springer Nature supports 'Scholarly Communication in Times of Crisis' project, led by RoRI

London | 06 December 2021

Report calls for more collaborative action to realise the benefits of open science.

Springer Nature expands its eBook portfolio in Artificial Intelligence, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science with the purchase of the Synthesis Digital Library

Berlin | London | New York, 03 December 2021 

Springer Nature has acquired the Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science from Morgan & Claypool Publishers, a pioneer in online publishing of concise  books on the newest areas of engineering and computer science. 

Scientific super-sleuth Dr Elisabeth Bik awarded 2021 John Maddox Prize

London, 2 December 2021

Microbiologist Dr Elisabeth Bik recognised for work exposing threats to research integrity in scientific papers.

Publisher reaches major milestone

London | New York | Heidelberg, 02 December 2021

Springer Nature becomes first publisher to immediately publish 1 million gold OA articles 

Conservation Scientist named as 2021 winner of the Nature Award for Driving Global Impact

London | New York, 30 November 2021

Zuzana Burivalova of the Sound Forest Lab recognised for her research into protecting biodiversity in tropical forests

The State of Open Data 2021 - Global attitudes towards Open Data

London, 30 November 2021

New report finds increasing concerns around the lack of credit for data sharing.

Lifting the lid on science - Nature Awards launches new competition to improve scientific awareness

London | New York | Darmstadt, 16 November 2021

Nature Awards launches competition to engage the public with science.

Winners announced for Inspiring Women in Science Awards

London | New York, 28 October 2021

Inspiring Women in Science Awards name 2021 award winners

New research from Springer Nature confirms value in ‘Going for Gold’

London | New York | Heidelberg, 27 October 2021

A new white paper from Springer Nature builds on the growing body of evidence that shows that Gold open access (OA) is best for authors and researchers.

Springer Nature launches COP26 climate research campaign

London | New York | Berlin, 26 October 2021

Springer Nature launches campaign to highlight the important role of research in climate policy ahead of COP26.

Springer Nature and the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) announce new partnership

London | Canberra, 20 October 2021

Springer Nature announces its first TA in the Asia-Pacific region. 

Springer Nature seeks to reduce language barriers by harnessing technology to offer free auto-translation service of books and manuscripts to all its book authors

Heidelberg | London, 18 October 2021 

Springer Nature is now offering researchers the opportunity to have their books and manuscripts auto-translated free of charge.

Springer Nature joins Business Ambition for 1.5 campaign

London | New York | Berlin, 5 August 2021

Springer Nature furthers commitment to climate action.

Congratulations to the 2021 Nobel Prize winners

London | New York | Heidelberg, 13 October 2021

In celebration of this year’s winners their contributions to Springer Nature publications have been made available on a dedicated landing page

Springer Nature announces Chris Graf as new Research Integrity Director

11th October 2021

Springer Nature announces the appointment of Chris Graf, a highly experienced integrity specialist who joins the publisher as its new Research Integrity Director, based in London.

Springer Nature reconnects physically and virtually at Frankfurt Book Fair 2021

Heidelberg | London, 07 October 2021 

Springer Nature has created a programme of virtual events on hot topics and trends facing the publishing industry and will also be present during the actual fair with a physical booth.

Shortlist announced for Inspiring Women in Science Awards

London | New York, 4 October 2021

Shortlist released for awards recognising the achievements of women in science.

Leading protocols publisher Springer Nature and protocols.io partner to better understand open research practices

London | New York | Berkeley, 21 September 2021

Year long pilot will provide a window into the use of protocols in lab experiments to better understand underlying methods and practices within the researcher workflow

Venkatesh Sarvasiddhi appointed as Managing Director of Springer Nature India

16th September 2021

Springer Nature Group announces the appointment of Venkatesh Sarvasiddhi as the new Managing Director of Springer Nature India.

Partnership with Pistoia Alliance opens up knowledge sharing within the life science

London | 16th September 2021

Springer Nature joins the Pistoia Alliance to advance discovery and research solutions for life sciences.

UN must explicitly recognise role of science in combating global challenges, according to Nature Editor in Chief

London, 14th September 2021

Editor in Chief, Nature, delivers speech at opening plenary of the Science Summit of the UN General Assembly.

Strong set of submissions show how Early Career Researchers are tackling world’s most pressing problems

London | New York, 14 September 2021

2021 Nature Research Award for Driving Global Impact shortlist released.

Winning titles of the 3rd "China New Development Awards" unveiled

14 September 2021

10 English-language academic books announced as winners of this year's China New Development Awards.

Springer Nature takes further action on diversity, equity and inclusion

London | Berlin | New York, 18 August 2021

Springer Nature signs Joint Commitment for Action on Inclusion and Diversity in Publishing

Springer Nature Group awards scholarship to Japanese university postgraduate students

August 6, 2021 | Tokyo

The Julius Springer Scholarships, presented at an award ceremony in July 2021, are intended to remove some of the financial barriers to study.

Springer Nature creates new Climate Action Officer role in industry-first move

London | New York | Berlin, 5 August 2021

Springer Nature steps up approach to climate action.

HighT-Tech’s innovative approach to catalyst development wins The Spinoff Prize 2021

London | New York | Darmstadt, 12 July 2021

HighT-Tech announced as winner of The Spinoff Prize 2021.

Dr. Laurencin, to be presented with prestigious Spingarn Medal

London | Baltimore  06th July 2021

NAACP will award world-renowned Engineer-Physician-Scientist, at it's 112th Annual Convention.


Springer Nature introduces trans inclusive name change policy

London | New York | Berlin, 29th June 2021

Publisher launches name change policy to enable transgender scholars and others to update their name on published works. 


Eight companies to compete in final rounds in bid to win The Spinoff Prize 2021

London | New York | Darmstadt, 24 June 2021

Shortlist announced for The Spinoff Prize.

Springer Nature, publisher of Nature and Scientific American, to build stronger understanding of US research needs with new US Research Advisory Council

New York, 10 June 2021

As part of its ongoing strategic intent to provide the best possible service to the US research ecosystem, Springer Nature is launching a US Research Advisory Council (USRAC).

BC Partners Announces Springer Nature Acquisition Fund, Led by Neuberger Berman

London, 10 June, 2021 

BC Partners, a leading international investment firm, has today announced a new Single Asset Acquisition Fund (the “Fund”), led by funds advised by Neuberger Berman, a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager.

Springer Nature and LYRASIS announce open access sponsorship agreement for books that support research and teaching aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Heidelberg | London, 20 May 2021 

New sponsoring partnership between LYRASIS and Springer Nature for a suite of open access books on climate change, equity, peace, and justice will advance global collaboration

Global publisher aims to support researchers and students with return to teaching and learning

Cape Town 21st May 2021

Global publisher aims to support researchers and students with return to teaching and learning

Springer Nature further supports the UN Sustainable Development Goals with a comprehensive publication on the impact of climate change in Africa

Heidelberg | London, 20 May 2021 

The African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation will be open access; immediately available to all to build on knowledge 

Institutions maintain positions in 2020 Nature Index Annual Tables, despite pandemic

London | Berlin | Sydney 20th May 2021

Nature Index Tables released today.

Springer Nature acquires British Journal of Cancer

London | May 13th, 2021

The academic publisher acquires full ownership of BJC enhancing its international growth and development.

Nature Africa launched to showcase science across the African continent and beyond

London | Berlin | New York  May 7, 2021

New digital magazine publishes freely accessible science news, research highlights and feature stories by African researchers

Springer Nature advances its machine-generated tools and offers a new book format with AI-based literature overviews

Heidelberg | London, 04 Mai 2021 

Climate, Planetary and Evolutionary Sciences: A Machine-Generated Literature Overview marks a further step in the innovation journey of publishing services at Springer Nature 

Springer Nature and The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Release Joint White Paper on How to Narrow the Policy, Research, and Community Divide

London | New York  May 3, 2021

Springer Nature and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) are pleased to announce the release of a new white paper

Springer Nature leads drive for Open Access across Europe with latest Transformative Agreement with Spain

London May 5, 2021

Publisher holds the highest number of national transformative agreements in Europe enabling researchers from over 2,100 affiliated institutions to publish OA

Springer Nature leads drive for Open Access across Europe with latest Transformative Agreement with Spain

London May 5, 2021

Publisher holds the highest number of national transformative agreements in Europe enabling researchers from over 2,100 affiliated institutions to publish OA

Springer Nature Group announces the sale of Red Globe Press to Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

London, 23 April 2021

Macmillan Education Limited, part of Springer Nature Group, announces the sale of Red Globe Press to Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

Springer Nature Group first publisher to sign The Climate Pledge and commits to net zero carbon emissions

London | Berlin | New York  21 April 2021

Springer Nature Group signs The Climate Pledge, committing to taking action on climate change. 

Springer Nature launches new publication portal for dissertations

London | Berlin | Wiesbaden, 19 April 2021

The BookSubMarine portal makes it easier for authors from all academic disciplines to submit their theses and provides comprehensive support throughout the publication process

Springer Nature and the University of California join together to better understand author attitudes to open research

London | New York 15th April 2021

Springer Nature and the University of California launch initiative to better understanding attitudes and motivations towards open research practices

Application period open -- Women in STEM encouraged to apply for Inspiring Women in Science Award 2021

London | New York, 12 April 2021

Nature Research Awards, part of Springer Nature, and The Estée Lauder Companies are now accepting applications from women researchers and those promoting STEM to girls and young women

Springer Nature Group is carbon neutral for emissions associated with its offices, fleet and flights

London | Berlin | New York 8th April 2021

Launching its latest Sustainable Business Report, Springer Nature shares how it is making a positive difference on diversity, climate and the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Nomination period now open for the 2021 John Maddox Prize for Standing up for Science

London, 6 April 2021

Researchers who have shown great courage and integrity in standing up for science and scientific reasoning can be nominated until 14 June 2021  

Springer Nature increases the number of its national TAs to 13

London | 1st April 2021

The publisher agrees TA with IReL deepening commitment to open science by supporting an increasing number of regions and researchers to publish OA

Springer Nature and UC Berkeley Library sign new open access book partnership

Berkeley | Heidelberg | London, 23 March 2021 

Agreement to publish open access books across all subject areas will increase the reach and impact of future publications.

Latest Nature Index supplement looks at research collaboration trends in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region

London | Sydney | Berlin, 17 March 2021

Sustainability, climate change and biomedical science are research areas of interest across the APAC countries

Nature Cardiovascular Research, Nature Synthesis and Nature Reviews Psychology to launch under the Nature Portfolio imprint in 2022

London | New York | Berlin, 11 March 2021

Two new transformative journals and a review journal provide a venue for cross-disciplinary research in the natural, applied and social sciences

Springer Nature strengthens its position in conference proceedings and driving OA publishing with purchase of Atlantis Press

Berlin | London | Paris | Amsterdam, 10th March 2021 

Springer Nature has acquired Atlantis Press, an open access (OA) publisher specialising in conference proceedings and journal publishing, founded in 2006 in Paris.

New research provides insights into which versions of articles researchers prefer

London | 18th February 2021

Data from Springer Nature shows majority of researchers want access to the ‘more credible’ final published version of articles, increasing support for immediate gold OA

Springer Nature continues to drive open access transition in Europe

London | 12th February 2021

Publisher signs its first transformative agreement in Southern Europe with CRUI-CARE in Italy

Springer Nature Group to distribute charitable fund to Japanese university students in need of financial aid to continue their studies

8 February 2021 | Tokyo

Applications are now open for the Julius Springer scholarship, which will fund the educational costs of a total of two university students in Japan with €12,500 (approx. 1.5 million JPY) each.

Springer Nature Group acquires specialist e-learning platform Dentallect

London | Dordrecht, 4 February 2021

Bohn Stafleu van Loghum (BSL), part of Springer Nature Group, has this week completed the acquisition of Dentallect a Netherlands-based e-learning platform that specialises in training for dental assistants.

Springer Nature signs joint letter with over 50+ other publishers

London | 03 February 2021

Signatories publish statement on Rights Retention Strategy.

Springer Nature takes action on disability inclusion by signing up to the Valuable 500

London, 29 January 2021

Springer Nature Group signs up to The Valuable 500, committing to do more to make a positive difference to disability inclusion.

Jisc and Springer Nature extend commitment to open access publishing

London | 20th January 2021

UK Springer Compact Agreement extends to 2022 and will now include the AJs on nature.com.

Springer Nature Group announces new Chief Commercial Officer 

Berlin | London | New York, 12 January 2021

Springer Nature Group’s Chief Executive Officer Frank Vrancken Peeters has announced changes to the company’s Management Board and Executive Team. 

Springer Nature CEO calls for greater collaboration across the research community to accelerate open science

London | Berlin, 12 January 2021

Springer Nature CEO, Frank Vrancken Peeters outlines fundamental role of partnerships and collaboration in achieving open science.

Springer Nature joins SDG Publishers Compact

London | Berlin | New York  21 December 2020

The Compact aims to accelerate progress to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.


Winners announced: 2020 Nature Research Awards for Mentoring in Science -- Israel

London, 21 December 2020

Computational biologist, Hanah Margalit, is the winner of the lifetime achievement award, while cancer researcher Neta Erez and molecular biologist Tal Pupko jointly receive the mid-career award

Dr. Niels Peter Thomas receives Special Book Award of China

Beijing | Heidelberg, 18 Dezember 2020

The award reflects his efforts to promote academic and scientific books from China to the global academic community.

Anthony Fauci and Salim Abdool Karim awarded John Maddox Prize 2020 for standing up for science during the coronavirus pandemic

London, 14 December 2020

The 2020 John Maddox Prize for standing up for science has been awarded to Anthony Fauci and Salim Abdool Karim for their communication of accurate medical advice to the public in the US and South Africa respectively | Additional prize for an early career researcher goes to Anne Abbott

Machine-generated summaries of three articles are published for the first time as part of a Nature Index supplement

London | Sydney | Berlin, 9 December 2020

Nature Index Artificial Intelligence (AI) supplement investigates emerging trends in AI research output alongside an experiment in AI-powered curation

A new name for Nature Research

Berlin | London | New York, 03 December 2020 

Nature Research renamed  ‘Nature Portfolio’

The State of Open Data 2020 - Global Attitudes towards Open Data

London, 1 December 2020

New report outlines the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on research and how this has influenced researchers' data sharing behaviour

Gold Open Access research has greater societal impact as used more outside of academia

Heidelberg | London, 30th November 2020

Joint study by  Springer Nature, VSNU and UKB, tracks wider impact of SDG related content when published Gold OA 

Germany maintains position as research giant, but gender equality and diversity are still a challenge

London | Sydney | Berlin, 25 November 2020

The Nature Index Germany supplement finds that strong and steady science funding and long-term investment in basic research are key to Germany’s success

Springer Nature announces gold open access options for Nature journals from January 2021

London | Heidelberg 24th November 2020

APC rolled out across all Nature research journals, plus new experimental guided pilot

Doctor and public health researcher wins the Nature Research Award for Driving Global Impact 2020

London | New York | Berlin, 7 November 2020

Joshua Vogel is honoured for his research and vision which could lead to the prevention of newborn deaths due to premature births, especially in low- and middle-income countries

German institutions to benefit from first Transformative Agreement for Nature

Berlin | Munich | London  20th October 2020

Landmark agreement between Springer Nature and MPDL creates a route to OA for Nature research journals.

Nature Italy launches to give Italian scientists a voice among politicians and the public

Milan | London | New York, 19 October 2020

New digital magazine will bring scientific research and issues of science policy in Italy to the wider research community and general public

Winners announced – Nature Research Award for Inspiring & Innovating Science 2020

London | New York | Berlin, 14 October 2020

Samira Asgari, an Iranian computational biologist, and Chicas en Tecnología , an Argentinian non-profit organisation, have been selected as the winners of this year’s award, organised by Nature Research and The Estée Lauder Companies

Congratulations to this year’s Nobel Prize winners!

London | New York | Heidelberg, 13 October 2020

Publications from the 2020 Nobel Prize winners are accessible through a specially dedicated landing page

Springer Nature extends digital flexibility in its new eBook offers

London | Heidelberg, 06 October 2020

Libraries and research institutions to have more choice and greater flexibility in order to access digital book content in ways that work for them.

Springer Nature launches its first virtual hub at Frankfurt Book Fair 2020

London | Heidelberg, 29 September 2020

With the Frankfurt Book Fair not taking place as a physical event this year, Springer Nature is instead opening its doors to its first virtual hub. 

Changing patterns in global research collaboration push forwards the path for an open future as cities aspire to ‘scientific excellence’

London | 19th September 2020

Beijing, New York and Boston lead scientific research according to Nature Index 2020 Science cities.

Palgrave Macmillan 2020: Celebrating purpose, passion and transformation in HSS publishing

London | Heidelberg, 15 September 2020

Diversifying Readership through open access: A usage analysis for open access books

London | Heidelberg, 10 September 2020

New Springer Nature white paper analyses geographical diversity and usage of OA books.

Springer Nature and ResearchGate to move forward with long-term content-sharing partnership

London | Berlin 09 September 2020

Following positive feedback from the pilot phases, an expanded cooperation will see articles from all Springer Nature-owned journals syndicated to ResearchGate

Nature Postdoc survey hints at long-term impact of pandemic on the development of science

London 9th September 2020

 International postdoc survey from Nature shows  impact of pandemic on postdoctoral-researchers

Supporting researcher needs in a global pandemic

September 2020

Springer Nature’s Transformative Agreements enable country level transition to open access

London | Berlin, 25 August 2020

New data demonstrates Springer Nature’s national TAs increase number of authors publishing OA to over 70%.

Response to article published in Society

A statement from Springer Nature in response to an article published in Society.

The Spinoff Prize 2020 is awarded to Sibel Health

London | New York | Darmstadt, 13 July 2020

Company working on flexible devices to monitor heart rate and blood pressure in premature babies wins award created by Nature Research and Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Springer Nature Group opens new IT hub in Lisbon

Lisbon | London | Berlin, 1 July 2020

Springer Nature welcomes its first employees in Lisbon where it will create more than 30 new jobs this year. This will be the first stage in a longer-term development of a larger office.

Twelve companies pitch for a chance to win The Spinoff Prize

London | New York | Darmstadt, 30 June 2020

Young science-based university spinoff companies showcase their visions and strategies in the final rounds of a new award created by Nature Research and Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Springer Nature finalises transformative agreement with swissuniversities

Springer Nature and the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries have now concluded the final agreement for a new transformative read and publish deal with swissuniversities.

Springer Healthcare Independent Medical Education (IME) launches new website

London, 29 June 2020

Healthcare professionals (HCPs) worldwide are able to maximize their learning and make measurable changes to their own practice through new website

Springer Nature continues to drive OA with launch of brand new OA journal series

London | Heidelberg 23 June 2020

Discover Journal series from largest OA publisher enables swift route to OA through enhanced author services.

Landmark Transformative Agreement reached between Springer Nature and University of California

London | New York, 16 June 2020

First transformative agreement in North America for Springer Nature and largest in the United States.

More Springer Nature authors to benefit from support for early sharing with further roll out of In Review

London | Heidelberg, 15 June 2020

Nature Research authors latest to benefit from free integrated preprint sharing service.

An International Source of COVID-19 content from across Scientific American’s International Network

2 June 2020 | New York

Scientific American’s international network of magazines has launched a public webpage that combines COVID-19 stories from five of its publications.

South Korea becomes global leader in innovation through investment in research, systemic reform and talent mobility

Seoul | Sydney, 27 May 2020

Nature Index 2020 South Korea, published in the May 28 issue of Nature, investigates South Korea’s strategy to become a “first mover” by investing in basic research grants and original discoveries.

Springer Nature extends commitment against the misuse of impact factors to its entire journal portfolio

London | Heidelberg, 20 May 2020

Publisher becomes largest research publisher to sign DORA.

Springer Nature reaches new milestone with publication of 1000th open access book

London | Heidelberg, 18 May 2020

Open access book output has doubled in two years, supporting Springer Nature’s commitment to open research

Pioneering OA publisher turns 20

London | 13th May 2020

First open access publisher, BMC celebrates its 20th Anniversary

Nature Index Annual Tables celebrate institutions and countries producing high-quality natural sciences research

London | Berlin | Sydney, 29 April 2020

The 2020 Nature Index Annual Tables show strong performances from institutions with considerable funding and reputation as well as rising stars

Springer Nature and UNESCO sign new open access books partnership

Paris | Heidelberg | London, 23 April 2020 

Springer Nature and UNESCO have signed an agreement to publish open access books on a range of issues cutting across major research areas such as education, culture, the natural sciences, the human and social sciences and communication and information 

Cancer research output continues to increase with most high-quality papers coming from institutions in the US and China

London | Berlin | Sydney, 22 April 2020

The Nature Index 2020 Cancer supplement tracks trends in cancer research output and collaboration, as well as research funding and progress in the prevention, treatment and survival rate for different forms of the disease

New Nature Research journals reflect ever-changing and multidisciplinary research communities

London | New York | Berlin, 21 April 2020

Nature Aging, Nature Reviews Methods Primers and Nature Computational Science will join Springer Nature’s portfolio starting January 2021

Springer Nature partners with Research Solutions to bring comprehensive journal and book content to small and medium-sized enterprises

London | New York | Heidelberg, 16 April 2020 

New partnership allows small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) cost-effective access to Springer Nature’s full collection of journals and ebooks

Springer Nature reach understanding on a new transformative agreement with Swissuniversities

London 15 April 2020

Springer Nature has reached an understanding on a new transformative read and publish deal with swissuniversities. 

Women in STEM invited to apply for the 2020 Nature Research Award for Inspiring and Innovating Science

London | New York | Berlin, 9 April 2020

Application period now open for award programme that acknowledges and celebrates outstanding women working in STEM research and outreach

Springer Nature commits to ‘Transformative Journal' criteria from cOAlition S

London | Berlin 08  April 2020

Springer Nature's response to revised criteria and targets from cOAlition S.

A better understanding of APC funding sources could accelerate the transition to open access

London | New York | Heidelberg, 6 April 2020

New white paper analyses data from Springer Nature authors and interviews with institutions to better understand the fragmented and varied funding currently available for article processing charges (APCs)

Springer Nature agrees its first transformative agreement within Asia

New transformative read and publish deal agreed with Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India

Springer Nature makes key textbooks freely accessible for educators, students and academics affected by coronavirus lockdown

London | Berlin, 02 April 2020

A range of essential textbooks from all disciplines will be freely available to support higher education institutions worldwide 

Springer Nature Group's Responsible Business report shows progress: lower carbon footprint and greater diversity in leadership

London | Berlin, 26 March 2020

Springer Nature Group publishes its annual Responsible Business report on its environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance.

Springer Nature partners with PubChem to improve accessibility to material and property data

New York | London | Heidelberg, 19 March 2020 

Open access chemistry database PubChem will now include thousands of links to chemical and physical properties of materials from the SpringerMaterials database

Springer Nature achieves new milestone in 2019

London, 13th March 2020

In publishing over 100,000 OA articles in one year, Springer Nature is the largest OA publisher of primary research.


Scientific American appoints Laura Helmuth Editor-in-Chief

New York, 11 March 2020

Helmuth becomes the ninth Editor-in-Chief in the nearly 175-year history of the magazine.

Nominations now accepted for the 2020 John Maddox Prize for Standing up for Science

London | New York | Berlin, 9 March 2020

Researchers who have shown great courage and integrity in standing up for science and scientific reasoning can be nominated until 11 May 2020 

Springer Nature Group will be carbon neutral in 2020

London | Berlin, 5 March 2020

Springer Nature Group commits to be net carbon neutral this year, as part of an ongoing reduction in emissions and broader responsible business programme.

Pleiades Publishing and Springer Nature announce a new phase of their long standing partnership

London, 26 February 2020 

Under the new arrangement, the companies will now offer a full selection of transformative opportunities to maximize their customers’ researchers’ options in the emerging world of Open Access and Big Data.

Springer Nature expands open access portfolio with two new high-quality journals from Nature Research

London | New York | Berlin, 12 February 2020

Communications Materials and Communications Earth & Environment join Springer Nature’s comprehensive portfolio of around 600 open access journals

Nature Research Award for Driving Global Impact to focus on researchers addressing global challenges

London | Beijing, 10 February 2020

The application period for this year’s Nature Research Award for Driving Global Impact, in partnership with Tencent, is now open  

Springer Nature’s research sharing initiative SharedIt expanded to include conference proceedings

Heidelberg | London, 04 February 2020

Springer Nature continues its commitment to opening up research and enabling the advancement of discovery with the rollout of the SharedIt initiative to proceedings books.

Springer Nature response to novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV

Springer Nature signs the consensus statement related to the outbreak of coronavirus and has created a live research hub relevant to coronavirus research.


Springer Nature and the Materials Research Society (MRS) enter publishing alliance

New York | Warrendale, 30 January 2020

All journals and books in the MRS portfolio will be published in partnership with Springer Nature from January 2021

Springer Nature and OpenAIRE collaborate to further Open Science

Heidelberg | London | Athens, 27 January 2020 

Springer Nature and OpenAIRE have signed an agreement to build an Open Science-driven scholarly communication record that brings research and data closer together

Novel Coronavirus - (2019-nCoV): Live resource hub

In response to the Coronavirus outbreak, Springer Nature has created a resource hub, that is being continually updated, to collate resources relevant to coronavirus research.


Springer Nature and Germany's Projekt DEAL Finalise World's Largest Transformative Open Access Agreement

Berlin 9th January 2020

Springer Nature and MPDL Services GmbH on behalf of Projekt DEAL announce that the formal contract for the world’s largest transformative OA agreement to date has been signed.

Alternative conditions needed in order for cOAlition S’s proposal for Transformative Journals to succeed

London, 17 December 2019 

As the largest OA publisher, and the publisher that first floated the idea of Transformative Journals, Springer Nature is appealing to cOAlition S in an open letter not to lose the opportunity Transformative Journals offer to speed up the transition to OA.

Digital Science partners with Springer Nature on Nature Index

London | Sydney, 12 December 2019 

Springer Nature is collaborating with Digital Science, a leader in scholarly technology, on the compilation of the Nature Index

Springer Nature and the Association of Universities in the Netherlands partner to explore how open research can accelerate progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals

London, 12 December 2019

Springer Nature and VSNU partnership to explore societal impact of academic and open research and its influence on acceleration of the global SDGs

Springer Nature commended for sustainability efforts at NYC office

New York, 5 December 2019

Springer Nature's NYC office was honored by Oceanic Global for its commitment to sustainability.

New Springer Nature Group CEO Vrancken Peeters completes Executive Team

Berlin | London, 4 December 2019

Springer Nature Group Chief Executive Officer Frank Vrancken Peeters has announced two new appointments, completing the line-up of his Executive Team.