« The burden on the peer review community is increasing as the volume of published research articles grows. Research output is rising exponentially and this is putting pressure on the system, with many academics inundated with requests to peer review. The recent Global State of Peer Review report…
« Springer Nature and Project DEAL of the Alliance of Science Organisations in Germany have made considerable progress in their negotiations on a groundbreaking model for publishing and reading scientific literature, as the project’s negotiation leader Prof. Dr. Horst Hippler, and Dagmar Laging, Vice President Institutional Sales Europe at Springer Nature…
« Au terme de 21 mois de négociation, le consortium Couperin.org et l’éditeur Springer Nature sont arrivés à trouver un accord. Les négociateurs du consortium étaient notamment mandatés pour obtenir une offre qui prenne en compte les dépenses d’ APC réalisées par établissements afin de sortir du dispositif de double paiement…
« A new landmark agreement ensures scientists at all academic and governmental scientific organizations in Russia have access to Springer Nature publications (…) »
« Earlier this year the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU) reached an agreement on the main issues with Springer Nature and Taylor & Francis. In the past months details have been fleshed out in the contract. Both publishers have now agreed to publish their contract.
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« A new report outlines how Springer Nature has been able to deliver rapid growth in gold open access (OA) articles in the UK. (…)
The rapid growth in UK articles published via the gold OA route has been driven by a number of factors:
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« As part of Academic Book Week 2018, last week Springer Nature hosted an event exploring open access books featuring representatives from the researcher, funder, and publisher communities. Mithu Lucraft reports on the presentations and panel discussions which revealed that the benefits of publishing open access books are clear, with more…
« En 2018, Les chercheurs français ne liront plus les revues SpringerNature : le consortium Couperin.org ne renouvelle pas l’accord national passé avec cet éditeur
Les chercheurs des organismes de recherche et universités de France ne seront plus abonnés en 2018 aux revues Springer. Les accès jusque-là maintenus seront coupés le 1er…
« Springer Nature publie dans un livre blanc, Practical Challenges for Researchers in Data Sharing, les résultats d’une enquête menée auprès de plus de 7 000 chercheurs, dans des disciplines scientifiques et des pays différents. L’objectif était d’étudier leurs comportements vis-à-vis du partage des données au moment de la publication d’un article.…
« (…) To further support the uptake of ORCID, in 2017 Springer Nature engaged in a trial mandating ORCID identifiers for corresponding authors of primary research manuscripts at 46 journals across our portfolios.
The trial ran from April 27 for 6 months and the mandate was applied at…
