2020 - All Press Releases

London | Berlin | New York  21 December 2020

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

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

Beijing | Heidelberg, 18 Dezember 2020

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

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

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

Berlin | London | New York, 03 December 2020 

Nature Research renamed  ‘Nature Portfolio’

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

Heidelberg | London, 30th November 2020

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

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

London | Heidelberg 24th November 2020

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

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

Berlin | Munich | London  20th October 2020

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

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

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

London | New York | Heidelberg, 13 October 2020

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

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.

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. 

London | 19th September 2020

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

London | Heidelberg, 15 September 2020

London | Heidelberg, 10 September 2020

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

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

London 9th September 2020

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

September 2020

London | Berlin, 25 August 2020

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

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

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

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.

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

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

London | Heidelberg 23 June 2020

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

London | New York, 16 June 2020

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

London | Heidelberg, 15 June 2020

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

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.

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.

London | Heidelberg, 20 May 2020

Publisher becomes largest research publisher to sign DORA.

London | Heidelberg, 18 May 2020

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

London | 13th May 2020

First open access publisher, BMC celebrates its 20th Anniversary

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

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 

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

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

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

London 15 April 2020

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

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

London | Berlin 08  April 2020

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

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)

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

London | Berlin, 02 April 2020

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

London | Berlin, 26 March 2020

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

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

London, 13th March 2020

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

New York, 11 March 2020

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

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 

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.

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.

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

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  

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

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

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

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.