This agreement commenced in 2023. it is a three-year agreement (2023-2025).
Institutions participating in the agreement have access to over 2,360 subscription-based journals in the Springer, Adis, Nature Academic, and Palgrave Macmillan collections, and affiliated authors can publish their articles open access in the hybrid titles without paying article processing charges (APCs). Nature Research journals and all fully open-access journals are, however, excluded.
Read more about this agreement HERE.
Springer Nature is committed to accelerating the adoption of open access (OA) publishing and open research techniques. Having early and rapid access to research findings is fundamental to the advancement of science and discovery. Many funders and institutions now cover OA publishing costs for affiliated researchers as part of an OA agreement with Springer Nature. You can find out more about OA agreements and whether you may be entitled to publish OA with your fees covered.
| NWU-Transformational Read and Publish deals | APCs covered for articles in Hybrid Journals? | APCs covered for articles in Gold OA journals? | APCs covered for Conference Proceedings? |
| Springer Nature (BioMedical Central) | YES | YES | YES |