Springer Nature and Coordenação de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) recently formalized their commitment to enable the first Transformative Agreement (TA) for both in Brazil and committed to partnership on a pilot project in 2024 to facilitate the implementation of this transition to open access.
Approximately 20% of all articles published by Brazilian researchers in all hybrid journals published under the Springer, Adis, Palgrave, and Academic Journals of Springer Nature will be covered by this pilot project, which will start in 2024 and come at no additional cost to CAPES. With every effort made by CAPES, the coverage will be progressively increased in the upcoming years, with a target coverage of around 40% by 2026.
Historically, over 340 institutions have received reading rights to more than 1,800 diverse scientific publications published under the Springer name thanks to a commercial collaboration between CAPES and Springer Nature that spans more than 20 years. This has been a vital resource for Brazilian scholars looking to become part of the international community.
CAPES and Springer Nature will work together to address related procedures and legal and operational details while creating solutions appropriate to Brazilian realities. In order to further advance science in Brazil, the two organizations will also collaborate to establish public policies that will govern the use of resources to support the publication of open-access articles and guarantee democratic access to the collection of titles from Springer Nature's Academic Journals, Adis, Palgrave, and Springer.
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