Springer Nature has embarked on a new project to build the next generation in peer review platforms. Being designed in-house and in stages, adapting to user feedback as part of its ongoing development, it puts editors, authors, and reviewers firmly at the centre. Springer Nature’s Article Processing Platform (Snapp) aims to improve the publishing process and provide a more agile response to the growth in Open Access (OA). Its rollout marks a key investment from the company in the future of publishing.
Today marks a milestone of the platform’s rollout having now supported over 1 million submissions, 75% of which were OA. Since initial introduction in 2019, Snapp has supported over 5.6 million authors, 55,000 editors, and over half a million reviewers. Over a third of Springer Nature-owned journals and nearly half of its OA journals are now live on Snapp, with the rest of its portfolio to follow.
Using automation, AI, and machine learning (ML) technologies Snapp frees up time in the publishing process enabling authors and editors to focus on the research. It delivers a single login point for all submissions, regardless of journal, and 1-click transfers ensuring authors find the right home for their papers; an efficient peer review process via the unique reviewer tool, enabling editors to quickly find the most suitable peer reviewers (right) for each paper, and for reviewers to only be selected for relevant content for their expertise; a transparent publishing process where the status of a submission can be tracked in real-time; enhanced integrity checks using AI technologies to ensure the publication of high-quality research; and an integrated way to identify relevant OA funding, entitlements and support data sharing.
More on Snapp and the roadmap for its continued development can be found here and a summary of key outreach to date can be found here.
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