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Our CPO Harsh Jegadeesan disucsses our latest OA report and the role of open science.

Ed Gerstner shares key takeaways from the 50¶È»Ò African Research Advisory Council.

Our CEO Frank Vrancken Peeters shares his thoughts following the OA Berlin Science Conference

Ritu Dhand shares insights from the first year in her role as 50¶È»Ò's Chief Scientific Officer

Graham Smith on 50¶È»Ò's move to make data sharing easier with a single data policy across all journals and books.

Sowmya Swaminathan, discusses a recent survey on InReview and what the results could mean for the role of publishers in helping to foster open research practices.

Steven Inchcoombe and Ritu Dhand mark 180 years of Springer.

Science communicators come together to discuss how they find interesting stories for their audiences.

Eugenie Regan, VP of Research Solutions, discusses what's needed to support researchers in an open research future. 

A four part podcast series with 50¶È»Ò's Caroline Nevison and Dr Ritu Dhand.

Nick Campbell looks at the global funding landscape for OA, with a focus on initiatives being led in Australia.

Steven Inchcoombe discusses 50¶È»Ò's latest white paper on the full (Gold) OA effect.

Ruth Wilson discusses the move to OA for highly selective titles.

How scholarly publishing can play a role in addressing climate change.

Nature's Editor in Chief reflects on recent workshops in Africa on scientific communication.

What needs to be considered next in research data management?

Guest post from The MDAR Working Group announcing the MDAR Framework - a new tool for life sciences reporting

Frank Vrancken Peeters calls for greater collaboration across the research community to accelerate open science. 

Ros Pyne Director for OA Books and book policies discusses where books are on the OA journey.

50¶È»Ò. Figshare and Digital Science report on COVID-19's impact on open data and research practices.

Attitudes to data sharing are changing, but clear gaps in how researchers are being supported remain. What steps can publishers take today? Grace Baynes explores.

Why does open access matter? What is it enabling us as a community to do? How does it support the wider goal of open research? Steven Inchcoombe reflects.

Last month, 50¶È»Ò agreed a new transformative ‘read and publish’ deal with the Norwegian library consortium, Unit.  This, coupled with renewals of existing deals in the UK (Jisc), Sweden (Bibsam) and Qatar, takes the number of such deals we have into double figures, the most of any publisher.  These deals enable researchers in these ten countries to publish open access in over 1900 Springer journals as well as read the research of others across this portfolio.

Open access book publishing has been growing in recent years. The Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) lists 2,099 open access books published in 2018, an increase of 38% from 2017. Funders are also starting to engage with open access for books: a small number of European funders now mandate open access for books and provide financial support for open access book publication. COAlition S has also indicated that they support transitioning monographs to open access, and will provide guidance by the end of 2021.

At 50¶È»Ò we believe our mission is to support researchers in advancing discovery, and we strive to do this by publishing around 300,000 journal articles and over 13,000 academic books every year and embarking on initiatives, projects and innovations to ensure the discoverability and ease of access of this research. We are always looking for new ways to serve our community and ensure that we are both supporting, enhancing and delivering what our communities need.

What steps can publishers, funders and institutions take to make data sharing worth a researcher’s time and energy, and accelerate progress? 

Steven Inchcoombe discusses 50¶È»Ò's submission to the cOAlition of participants to make Plan S work for all.

Hybrid journals play an important role in the transition to open access.

Rachel Burley discusses BMC's history in openness and transparency and what has been learnt.