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About Springer Open

SpringerOpen, launched in June 2010, includes Springer’s portfolio of 200+ peer-reviewed fully open access journals across all areas of science.

In August 2012, due to the growing demand for open access and the success of our SpringerOpen journals, we expanded our offering to open access books. Published under the SpringerOpen brand they complement our established open access journal portfolio.

SpringerOpen journals and books are made freely and permanently available online immediately upon publication. They are subject to high-level peer review, author and production services ensuring quality and reliability of the work. Authors publishing with SpringerOpen retain the copyright to their work, licensing it under a Creative Commons license. To cover the cost of the publication process, all SpringerOpen journals and books charge an open access fee.

Publishing with SpringerOpen enables authors to widen their readership, comply with open access mandates, retain copyright, and benefit from Springer’s trusted brand!


What is open access?

Every article appearing in any Springer Open journal and any book published with Springer Open is 'open access', meaning that:

  • The article/book is universally and freely accessible via the Internet, in an easily readable format. All publications are deposited immediately upon publication, without embargo, in an agreed format - current preference is XML with a declared DTD - in at least one widely and internationally recognised open access repository.

  • The author(s) or copyright owner(s) irrevocably grant(s) to any third party, in advance and in perpetuity, the right to use, reproduce or disseminate the article/book in its entirety or in part, in any format or medium, provided that no substantive errors are introduced in the process, proper attribution of authorship and correct citation details are given, and that the bibliographic details are not changed. If the article/book is reproduced or disseminated in part, this must be clearly and unequivocally indicated.

Open access has gained tremendous support from both authors, who appreciate the increased visibility of their work, as well as science institutions and funders, who value the societal impact of freely available research results. Springer Open is permanently committed to maintaining this open access publishing policy, retrospectively and prospectively, in all eventualities, including any future changes in ownership.

  • Publishing open access makes your work freely and permanently available online for anyone, anywhere. Open access publishing allows free access to and distribution of published articles and books.

    • Publications are freely available online

    • High-level peer review, production and publishing processes

    • Authors retain copyright

    • High visibility

    • Citation tracking and inclusion in bibliographic databases

    • Take a look at Springer journal portfolio

    • See which journals have Impact Factors

    • Learn how to submit an article

  • Books

Publishing services

A substantial number of our Springer Open journals are published in collaboration with learned societies and institutions located around the world. These pages provide essential information about our publishing services and partners