*With apologies for cross posting*

 

Dear All,

 

We thought the members of this group may be interested in the following announcement, regarding the transformative agreement reached between Springer Nature and the University of California. The agreement is the first US agreement for Springer Nature, and currently the largest for Northern America. It will enable all US researchers to publish OA in Springer Nature’s portfolio of over 2200 hybrid journals as well as in over 500 Springer Nature fully OA journals, including those in the BMC portfolio.  It also provides reading access to all journals in the Springer portfolio which represents over 1000 additional new titles. The MOU also commits both parties to the following:

 

·         Expanding support for the fully OA portfolio to include the Nature Research fully OA titles including Nature Communications and Scientific Reports in a next phase as funding allows.

·         Launching a joint pilot project with Nature Research to explore the impact and scope of open science content which will provide insight and learnings that can be exported elsewhere in the US, and beyond.

·         Developing a transformative path for the Nature Research subscription journals including Nature, to be fully operational in the third year of the agreement.

 

This specific arrangement provides a multi-payer workflow which allows greater flexibility for funds supporting the APC cost.  The agreement aims to support and accelerate OA research in the US ensuring that US-funded research is more visible, reusable and reproducible around the world more quickly. The full announcement can be accessed here and should you require any further details, please get in touch.

 

Katie

 

 

Katie Baker

SpringerNature

Katie.baker@springernature.com

 

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