Springer Nature has created a new senior role to support its development of digital solutions and innovative platforms for the research community. Leading an expanded team, Harsh Jegadeesan will join the company from SAP on February 1, 2022, as Chief Solutions Officer, reporting to the Chief Executive. This forms part of the company’s wider commitment to advancing discovery and accelerating the transition to open research.
As well as driving Springer Nature’s digital product and platform growth, Harsh will use his 20 plus years of experience to develop broader AI-powered knowledge solutions utilizing the company’s databases, analytics, and market intelligence capabilities. He will also have responsibility for building partnerships and digital ecosystems to further aid the discovery of knowledge and make science more efficient and effective.
Springer Nature has been building successful digital products and platforms over the past 20+ years. SpringerLink, Biomedcentral , and Nature.com, attract over three million visits per day and over one billion downloads a year. Nature Research Editing Service and American Journal Experts (AJE) language editing services help researchers maximize the reach and accessibility of their research. In Review, developed in partnership with Research Square, supports researchers with early sharing of their research by offering preprint sharing with journal submission. Nature Masterclasses Online provides training for researchers throughout their career development. Protocols Exchange is the largest protocols repository and, with protocols.io, is now exploring ways in which platforms can support researchers with open science communication and drive innovation in content sharing.
More on Springer Nature’s research solutions portfolio can be found here .
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