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A consortium of more than 700 German Research Institutions and Libraries \u2013 known as Projekt DEAL \u2013 have signed an agreement with Springer Nature<\/a> to make their research open access. This has turbocharged the open access movement. Imagine if all published research was open access? Free access to publications helps accelerate your research, enriches education, and allows you (taxpayer) to read the research you inadvertently funded. Does this sound important to you?<\/p>\n

Another recent initiative which you have already heard about is Plan S. Plan S intends to make research publicly available<\/a> as soon as possible to advance science. The deal with Springer Nature is another initiative of the same Open Access movement.<\/p>\n

What the Springer Nature Agreement Means<\/h2>\n

Projekt DEAL feels strong inclination towards open access. Hence, they have spent\u00a0 more than 3 years negotiating with major publishers. Their agreement with Springer Nature is applicable on German authors, working at institutions that are part of Projekt DEAL. According to the deal, they can publish \u201copen access\u201d in all of Springer Nature\u2019s journals. However, this agreement does not include\u00a0Nature<\/em> and its sister Nature<\/em> brand journals. It also excludes magazines such as Scientific American<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Although the Nature<\/em> brand journals have high impact factors and publication in them is highly prestigious, they\u00a0make up a small percentage of Springer Nature\u2019s<\/a> journals. Authors will still be allowed to publish their work in these journals; however, they will have to provide motivation to do so.<\/p>\n

In the Projekt DEAL agreement, Springer Nature will recoup costs through publication fees from the author, rather than subscriptions from readers. In addition, institutions that are members of Projekt DEAL will have online access to approximately 2,500 Springer Nature journals as well as archives going back to 1997.<\/p>\n

This deal is similar to the agreement that Project DEAL reached with Wiley<\/a> in February this year. Articles by German scientists, whose research institutions are part of Projekt DEAL, will be made freely available. In addition, Project DEAL members will have access to Wiley\u2019s journals going back to 1997, for an annual fee.<\/p>\n

Springer Nature Agreement Fine Print<\/h2>\n