Open access publisher Springer Nature has achieved a milestone in advancing discovery through open research, with over 70% of corresponding authors from four European countries now publishing via gold open access. This includes over 77% of corresponding authors based in the UK; over 90% of corresponding authors based in Sweden; over 84% of corresponding authors based in the Netherlands; and over 73% of corresponding authors based in Austria.
This achievement has been made possible through a unique environment in these markets, with support from governments and institutions who back open access, funders who fund APCs, authors who are willing to publish via open access, and a publisher providing authors with a range of publishing options, making open access a reality. Globally, 27% of all research published by Springer Nature is now published under an immediate gold open access model. Most of this is in pure OA journals. However, increased hybrid OA take-up in the UK, Sweden, the Netherlands and Austria means that offsetting is occurring in these countries while more generally more article growth is being funded outside of library budgets.
Springer Nature is home to some of the industry leaders in open access including Nature Research, BMC, Springer and Palgrave Macmillan, offering a total of over 630 fully open access journals and more than 1800 Springer Open Choice (hybrid) journals.
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