Springer Nature signs transformative agreement with Cornell University
Springer Nature and Cornell University have signed a three-year transformative agreement that allows Cornell researchers to publish open access in Springer hybrid journals at no personal cost. The deal aims to increase the visibility of academic research and simplify the publishing process for scholars.
Why it matters
This agreement reflects the ongoing shift in academic publishing toward open access models, which aim to make scientific discoveries more accessible to the global public.
Springer Nature has reached a three-year transformative agreement with Cornell University Library. Consequently, the deal significantly expands open access publishing opportunities for the university’s research community.
The agreement enables Cornell-affiliated researchers to publish accepted articles in the Springer hybrid portfolio as open access. As a result, individual authors can make their work freely available at no personal cost.
The agreement covers the entire Cornell research community. Furthermore, it supports both institutional reading access and open access publishing across Springer Nature hybrid journals.
Titles included in the deal span several key imprints. These include Springer, Palgrave, Academic Journals on nature.com, and Adis journals.
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