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Innovative Silicon Valley-based medical journal, Cureus, becomes part of Springer Nature as company expands its health division

London | Berlin | San Francisco, 7 December 2022

Acquisition is an important addition to Springer Nature’s leading OA portfolio.

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.

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.