{"id":1006,"date":"2024-09-24T15:27:24","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T19:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/scholarlycommunication\/?p=1006"},"modified":"2024-10-03T15:34:43","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T19:34:43","slug":"new-opportunity-to-publish-open-access-in-springer-nature-journals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/scholarlycommunication\/2024\/09\/24\/new-opportunity-to-publish-open-access-in-springer-nature-journals\/","title":{"rendered":"New Opportunity to Publish Open Access in Springer Nature Journals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Guest post by Rebecca Lloyd, Subject Librarian of History, Latin American Studies, Portuguese, and Spanish<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Temple University Libraries has signed a three-year agreement (2024-2026) with journal publisher Springer Nature that allows Temple-affiliated corresponding authors to publish open access articles at no cost in over 2,000 of their hybrid journals (i.e., subscription journals that offer authors the option to pay a fee to make their article open access). This agreement comes through Temple Libraries\u2019 membership in the NERL consortium<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Publishing open access allows anyone to read these scholarly works immediately upon publication, free of charge. This new agreement builds on Temple Libraries\u2019 ongoing efforts to support open access publishing<\/a>, making impactful research readily accessible to scholars worldwide. Making these papers openly accessible also benefits the authors by amplifying the reach of their work.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis Springer agreement represents yet another step in our long-term commitment to investing library resources in a diverse ecosystem for open scholarship and open access,\u201d says Joe Lucia, Dean of Libraries. \u201cTransformative agreements that provide faculty authors a clear path toward open access publishing help to broaden awareness of this important transition in publishing and create opportunities for institutions like Temple to evaluate the best paths towards a fully open scholarly publishing environment.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How does the Springer Nature transformative agreement work? <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After an article is accepted for publication by a hybrid Springer Nature journal, Temple authors will: <\/p>\n\n\n\n