1. A brief overview of
Springer Nature
In 2015 Springer Science+Business Media merged with
Nature Publishing Group, Palgrave and Macmillan Education to
form the new company Springer Nature.
•• Springer Nature is one of the leading international scientific
publishing companies.
•• Our publications cover a wide range of brands and subjects within
science, technology, medicine, the humanities and social sciences.
•• In this brochure we aim to give you a brief overview of our brands,
products and services.
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Springer
Established in 1842 and a leading global scientific, technical and medical publisher,
providing researchers in academia, scientific institutions and corporate R&D departments
with quality content via innovative information products and services. Springer has one of
the most significant STM eBook collections and archives, as well as a comprehensive
portfolio of open access journals.
Nature
Founded in 1869, Nature is the world’s most cited scientific journal, with over half a million
citations a year. It is the number one multidisciplinary science journal globally with an
Impact Factor of 41.456. Nature reaches millions of scientists and students at 4,000
institutions worldwide, each month 3.5 million unique users view more than 8 million pages
on Nature’s website.
Macmillan Education
Macmillan Education is the third largest global provider of English language publishing in
the world, a local K12 publisher and through Palgrave, a publisher and distributor of
renowned higher education titles.Together they serve customers in 50 markets and supply
high-quality content and innovative digital products and services to customers in 120
countries around the world.
BioMed Central
BioMed Central is an STM (science, technology and medicine) publisher with a large
portfolio of peer-reviewed open access journals. Journals span all areas of biology, medicine
and health, including broad interest titles alongside specialist journals. All original research
articles published by BioMed Central are made freely accessible online immediately upon
publication.
Apress
A technical publisher devoted to meeting the needs of those in the information technology
field.With more than 1,500 books in print and e-formats, Apress is the authoritative source
for IT professionals, software developers, programmers and business leaders around the
world.
Scientific American
Founded in 1845, ScientificAmerican is the oldest continuously published magazine in the
U.S. and the leading source and authority for science, technology information and policy for
a general audience.The print edition is read by 3.5 million worldwide consumers and
scientificamerican.com has an average of 5.5 million views every month.
Palgrave
A global academic and business publisher for the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS).
Palgrave is the first boundary-free HSS publisher, working at all lengths and across all
business models. It offers readers and authors a single source for the best in professional
learning and scholarship.
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Journals at Springer Nature
Adis Journals
Adis publishes a portfolio of more than 30 drug focused titles - including some open access
journals – to provide researchers with rapid access to important clinical research and time-
saving review articles.
Nature Journals
Nature Publishing Group brings you leading scientific and medical research from across the
globe.The portfolio combines the continued excellence of the weekly international flagship
journal Nature, and its associated high impact Nature research journals, and Nature review
journals. Site license access is available for all journals, including the recently launched
NatureEnergy,NatureMicrobiology and NatureReviewsMaterials.
Nature Archive
Since Nature’s launch, it has published many of the most significant and influential papers in
modern science. From research scientists to investigative journalists, the Naturearchive
provides users with an authoritative narrative through scientific history.
Currently there are 4 Nature archive collections available:Volumes 1-164 (Nov 1869-Dec
1949) /Volumes 165-324 (Jan 1950-Dec 1986) /Volumes 325-384 (Jan 1987-Dec 1996) /
Volumes 385-445 (Jan 1997-Dec 2006).
Palgrave Journals
Palgrave publishes academic and business journals, serving learning and scholarship in the
academic and professional worlds. Palgrave Journals publish cutting-edge academic
resources across all formats in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Business across core
areas such as Business Management, Economics Finance, Operational Research the
Management Sciences, Politics International Relations and Social Cultural Studies.
Scientific American
Founded in 1845, ScientificAmerican is the oldest continuously published magazine in the
U.S. and the leading authoritative publication for science in the general media.Together
with scientificamerican.com and 16 local language editions around the world it reaches
millions of consumers and scientists. Other titles include ScientificAmericanMind and
SpektrumderWissenschaft in Germany. ScientificAmerican is available for site license access
on the nature.com platform.
Springer Journals
The Springer online journal collection on SpringerLink includes more than 2,500 English
language journals, covering all of the academic disciplines.
SpringerLink is also home to the largest portfolio of open access journals, including the
journals from BioMed Central - part of Springer - and the SpringerOpen portfolio.
Springer Journal Archives
The Springer Journal Archives currently includes more than 2 million articles from over
1,000 journals, going back to volume 1, issue 1.
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eBooks at Springer Nature
Springer eBook Collections
As a result of the merger between Springer and Nature the Springer eBook collections will
change its package offering with 10 additional eBook packages; starting copyright year
2016, the Springer eBooks are grouped into 20 subject collections. All Palgrave titles avail-
able on Palgrave Connect will be migrated to SpringerLink.
The Springer eBook collections delivers complete access to the largest single publisher
collection of scientific, technical and medical publications available today, including mono-
graphs, textbooks, handbooks, atlases, reference works, book series and archives, making it
an unparalleled resource for scientific research.
The Springer eBook collections comprise of more than 210,000 titles and features research
from the world’s foremost scholars.The collection continues to grow as more than 12,000
new titles are added each year.
Springer Book Archives
The Springer Book Archives comprises of more than 110,000 high-quality eBooks dating
back as far as 1815, available on SpringerLink as well as in print by Print-on-Demand.
Visit springer.com/archives for more information.
Springer ReferenceWorks
Part of the Springer eBook collections, ReferenceWorks offer university faculty, staff and
students, as well as corporate researchers, premium reference materials that have been
authored by the leading scientists and practitioners from around the globe. By offering
digital versions of hundreds of reference works, Springer extends the reach and accessibility
of the latest in scientific research and publications to a global audience.
Springer eBook Series
The most current scientific research available in topical treatises Springer eBook Series is
another specialist subset of the Springer eBook collection. Springer currently offers 24
renowned eBook series for unbundled purchase, publishing more than 1,000 volumes per
year and delivering currency and immediacy and editorial consistency of scholarly journals.
eBook series include, among others, LectureNotesinComputerScience, andLectureNotesin
Mathematics.
Springer Book Series Archives
The Springer Book Series Archives is a cornerstone of our Springer Archives program.
Selected book series, like LectureNotesinComputerScience, are available back to volume 1
and include a number of award winning authors among the 7,500 volumes online.The Book
Series Archive is available for purchase on its own or as part of the Springer Book Archives
and shares the same robust, DRM-free features as all SpringerLink eBook content.
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Science,Technology Med. Coll.
•• Biomedical Life Science
•• Chemistry Materials Science
•• Computer Science
•• Earth Environmental Science
•• Energy
•• Engineering
•• Mathematics Statistics
•• Medicine
•• Physics Astronomy
•• Professional Applied
Computing
Humanities and Social Sc. Coll.
•• Behavioral Science
Psychology
•• Business Management
•• Economics Finance
•• Education
•• History
•• Literature, Cultural and Media
Studies
•• Political Science International
Studies
•• Religion Philosophy
•• Social Sciences
•• Law Criminology
The 20 subject collections are:
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Databases at Springer Nature
AdisInsight
Invaluable resources from a leading global provider of drug information.
With over 40 years’experience in providing independent and reputable content, Adis offers
trusted solutions for users across the health sciences.The easy-to-use AdisInsight database
brings together consolidated scientific and commercial information on drugs, clinical trials,
drug safety, and company deals, based on extensive monitoring and reviewing of multiple
full-text sources.
SpringerProtocols
The world’s most comprehensive collection of peer-reviewed life sciences protocols.
SpringerProtocols is the largest database of reproducible laboratory protocols in the
Biomedical and Life Sciences. SpringerProtocols offers researchers access to nearly 30 years’
worth of time-tested, step-by-step protocols for immediate use in their labs. All protocols
are written and reviewed by distinguished editors in their specific subject areas.
SpringerProtocols is an invaluable resource for the modern research laboratory.
SpringerMaterials
The world’s largest and most renowned physical and chemical properties database in
materials science.
SpringerMaterials is a database that allows you to identify materials and their corresponding
properties. It consists of 3 major peer-reviewed resources: Landolt-Börnstein New Series
volumes (an unmatched collection of critically evaluated data not available anywhere else),
Linus Pauling Files (the most comprehensive database on inorganic solid phases) and a
subset of Dortmund Databank which primarily focuses on organic liquids and water
mixtures.
SpringerMaterials also includes on the same platform Chemical Safety Datasheets from
safety standards including REACH, GHS, RoHS andWEEE.
Links to SPRESIweb, a property and synthesis reaction database of organic and
organometallic compounds, are also provided on the selected substance profile pages.
SpringerMaterials interface enable users to search much faster, more specifically and more
accurately.
SpringerReference
Reference works published at the pace of scientific discovery.
SpringerReference delivers access to the latest forthcoming living editions of Springer
ReferenceWorks, continuously updated through a dynamic new publishing model.
SpringerReference innovative new process allows peer-reviewed updates to occur as
developments warrant, not just when they align with publishing schedules.This keeps
reference works current, comprehensive and provides researchers easy access to the latest
scientific developments.
zbMATH
The first resource for mathematics.
The most complete, most accurate and longest running abstracting and reviewing service in
pure and applied mathematics. zbMATH fosters the navigation of mathematics literature by
direct links to the full text of current and retro-digitized articles and features more books,
articles and journals than any other math reviewing service.
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Open Access at Springer Nature
Open Research is core to Springer Nature’s mission. Across Springer, BioMed Central and
Nature research journals, there are more than 550 fully open access journals available. As a
group, we continue to champion best practice and open policies, focusing on the needs of
our authors.
BioMed Central
For 15 years, BioMed Central has been making scientific research freely accessible and
discoverable through partnerships, innovation and collaboration with the scientific commu-
nity. Dedicated to open research, the portfolio now publishes over 290 peer-reviewed, open
access journals in biology, clinical medicine and health. All articles published by BioMed
Central are open access and freely available online, immediately upon publication.
SpringerOpen
SpringerOpen provides researchers from all areas of science, technology, medicine, the
humanities and social sciences with a place to publish open access in journals and books.
The SpringerOpen portfolio consists of over 230 journals covering 13 subject areas, and
offers high-level peer-review and production processes to guarantee the quality of the work.
Due to the growing demand for open access publication, there is also the option to publish
open access books and monographs with SpringerOpen.
Open Access Membership
Helping institutions support their researchers.
BioMed Central and SpringerOpen offer the Open Access Membership Program to enable
academic and research institutions, societies and funders to actively support open access in
scholarly publishing and help ensure the widespread dissemination of research published
by their investigators. Organizations can join our membership program and arrange to cover
some or all of the publishing cost for their researchers when they publish in any BioMed
Central or SpringerOpen journal.
Nature Publishing Group
NPG has consistently been an early mover in embracing open access.The portfolio offers
more than 40 fully open access journals and more than 80 have an open access option.
These range from multidisciplinary titles such as NatureCommunications – the most cited
multidisciplinary open science journal in the world – to highly specialized titles such as the
Nature Partner Journals series. Combining rigorous peer-review, editorial excellence and
technological innovation, NPG open access journals make the highest quality research more
visible, shareable and citable.
Palgrave Open
Palgrave offers authors and their funders the option to publish open access research across
all publication formats: journals, monographs, and Palgrave Pivots (mid form monographs)
via Palgrave Open.We were one of the first publishers to offer an open access option for the
humanities and social sciences, and remain an active participant in the development of
sustainable models for open access for these disciplines. Palgrave offers authors rigorous
and professional standards and broad dissemination.
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Open Access Funding Support Service
Global research funders have demonstrated their support for the widespread dissemination
of scientific research by creating open access policies and making funds available to cover
the cost of article processing charges (APCs).The open access funding support service from
NPG and Palgrave contains information about research funders and institutions that provide
funding for open access, as well as offering a personal service to authors to make it easier to
discover and apply for open access funding that is available to them, as well as providing
help in approaching funders and institutions.
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openresearch/funding
SpringerLink
Most of our content is accumulated on one single platform: SpringerLink.
The benefits of our award-winning platform include:
•• Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, on and off-campus
•• Access via IP recognition or username/password
•• Over 9.5 million contributions organized by subject
•• Responsive design allows for optimal browsing on a desktop, tablet or phone without
losing any essential functionality
•• Powerful search engine
•• Consistent, user friendly guided navigation
•• Includes electronic supplementary materials such as tables, graphs and videos
•• Reference linking cited by linking
•• Documents are searchable by subject area, publication title, topic, author citation or
keywords
•• Free access to tables of contents, detailed abstracts and editorial background for every
publication
•• Worldwide Helpdesk
•• SpringerLink development is ongoing and updates are rapidly released
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Springer For RD
With the creation of Springer for Research Development we have created a content
platform truly dedicated to corporate markets and their researchers needs. By analyzing
usage and search behavior of existing corporate researchers we have identified content
truly of interest to the community of research and development in the industry area.
A tailored content solution for every market:
•• Aerospace Aeronautics
•• Automotive
•• Chemical Manufacturing
•• Consumer Packaged Goods Food
•• Electronics
•• Energy, Utilities Environment Engi-
neering
•• Finance, Business Banking
•• Hospitals Health
•• IT Software
•• Law
•• Materials Steel
•• Oil, Gas Geosciences
•• Pharma Biotechnology
•• Telecommunications
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