Springer Nature and Jisc have renewed their Open Access (OA) agreement, extending a partnership that began in 2016 and has contributed to significant growth in UK‑authored OA publishing.
Since the first agreement, OA uptake among UK researchers has risen to nearly 80% in 2025. More than 46,000 UK‑funded articles have been published under the deal, with content downloaded over 231 million times worldwide.
Carolyn Honour, Chief Commercial Officer at Springer Nature, noted that the collaboration with Jisc began more than a decade ago, when OA agreements were still a new concept. She emphasized that the partnership has been important for the UK research community and highlighted the publisher’s ongoing commitment to advancing open research and responsible publishing. Honour added that working with organizations such as Jisc allows Springer Nature to continue evolving publishing models that expand access, support reuse, and increase the global reach of research.
The renewed agreement, running from 2026 to 2028, provides Jisc‑affiliated authors from more than 120 UK institutions with:
Continued access and uncapped OA publishing options across over 2,000 hybrid journals, along with reading access to more than 2,300 Springer journals.
Uncapped OA publishing in 41 Nature Portfolio journals, broadening opportunities to publish openly in high‑impact titles.
Continued reading access to Nature Reviews, Nature Protocols, and Scientific American.
Extended full OA options with flexible funding routes.
The agreement also supports participating institutions by offering clear, institutionally backed pathways to OA publishing. This is intended to broaden participation across disciplines, simplify workflows, and reduce administrative burden.
Further details on Springer Nature’s OA agreements and its approach to open science are available in its annual OA report and latest annual report.
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