Why publish OA with Springer Nature

Maximising reach while protecting integrity and maintaining trust

At Springer Nature, we know how important it is to be able to trust and rely on the research we publish. It plays a pivotal role in our daily lives and advances our understanding of how humankind will combat climate change, reduce inequality and solve its most challenging problems.

Springer Nature has a dedicated research integrity team who guide and support our over 90,000 academic editors. We do this by working with numerous sector bodies to drive better practice across publishing, protecting and advancing the academic record.

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Our authors’ papers receive widespread recognition supporting professional development

“I believe that all research should be available to the public, OA is my default option. It has wide ranging impact; for example, after I published in Nature Food, I was invited to several conferences and workshops as a plenary speaker. This has made my work much more interesting and increased global awareness.”

Ignacio Pérez Domínguez European Commission Joint Research

“Over the years I have increasingly published in open access journals and, as a consequence, the number of readers, citations, downloads and social media interactions has just increased. It’s had a great impact on my research development, and I doubt it would have happened this way had I not published OA.”