We are also pleased that cOAlition S is clear that where immediate open access to the final published version exists as an option then their authors will be encouraged to select that route as it is their preferred option that the version of record is made open access, not least because “it is.the version maintained and curated by the publisher, who has the responsibility to ensure that any corrections or retractions are applied in a timely and consistent way.' Gold OA is also needed to deliver the broader transition to open research. The majority of Springer Nature hybrid journals are covered by Transformative Agreements. Transformative Agreements: collaborating with funders/institutions to enable centralised funding for OA payments for authors in participating/eligible institutions. Transformative Journals: enabling immediate gold OA options for primary research in over 1,700 titles, including Nature and the Nature research journals. Fully OA journals: Springer Nature publishes over 600 fully OA journals that publish all research via the immediate gold OA route.We are delighted that a gold OA option now exists in all of our research journals and that we have a number of agreements in place to support authors with OA publishing: How can I comply when publishing in a Springer Nature journal?Īt Springer Nature, we are enabling our authors to comply with the requirements of Plan S through gold OA publication, which means that the published version of record will be immediately accessible on publication under a CC BY licence.

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