This agreement is a three-year agreement (2023-2025) that commenced in 2023.
Institutions participating in the agreement have access to over 2,360 subscription-based journals in the Springer, Adis, Nature Academic, and Palgrave Macmillan collections. 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.
South African researchers will receive a higher discount when publishing in fully OA journals listed here - 64 journals : Country-tiered APC pricing pilot | Open science | Springer Nature
23 Gold/Fully OA journals from Springer (The Springer agreement covers 100% of the APC for hybrid journals, while gold/fully OA journals are not part of the agreement. However, for these 23 specific gold/fully OA journals, the APC will be fully covered at 100%.)
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 advancing 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 | Are APCs covered for articles in Hybrid Journals? | Are APCs covered for articles in Gold OA journals? | APCs covered for the following article types |
| Springer Nature | YES |
NO The Springer agreement covers 100% of the APC for hybrid journals, while gold/fully OA journals are not part of the agreement. However, for these 23 specific gold/fully OA journals, the APC will be fully covered at 100%. |
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