Open access for authors in all disciplines
SpringerOpen makes it easier than ever for authors to comply with open access mandates, retain copyright and benefit from Springer's trusted brand.
SpringerOpen is a forthcoming series of open access journals. The first titles will be open to receive submissions soon and start publishing in early 2011.
Announcing
SpringerOpen features
- Rigorous peer review.
- E-only and continuous publication.
- No page budgets or restrictions on color, multi-media, or other supplemental elements.
- Considered by ISI and other abstracting & indexing services; the services apply the same standards as they do for traditional journals.
- Thumbnails of additional files (e.g. embedded movies) shown in the article.
- Quick navigation in article HTML | XML can be downloaded.
- See 'most viewed' articles and articles citing an article.
SpringerOpen articles will also be freely available at Springer's award-winning platform, SpringerLink.
Springer offers more open access options
"We are seeing an increasing interest from our authors and from funders in all areas for open access publishing options and have responded to a need in the current market," said Wim van der Stelt, EVP Business Development, Springer. "We are happy to serve our authors and editorial boards with the publishing options they want and are also pleased to supply universities, research institutions and our other patrons with the ability to use this content online freely and conveniently."
Wim van der Stelt
Executive Vice President Business Development
SpringerOpen Journals
Featured journal
Journal of Mathematics in Industry
The Journal of Mathematics in Industry is a high-quality journal that brings together research on developments in mathematics for industrial applications, including both methods and the computational challenges they entail.
Welcome SpringerOpen authors
- Authors retain copyright under the Creative Commons Attribution License.
- Articles freely available online and can be freely redistributed and reused.
- Easy to use submission system allows the upload of manuscripts in various formats as well as multimedia and datasets.
- Personalized website allows users to track manuscripts they are working on as authors, editors or reviewers and even pause and return to task later.
- Authors can supply information about payment by invoice or credit card or indicate their eligibility for waivers.
- Articles by authors from a member institution enjoy centralized payment and/or a discounted fee as well as promotion on a special member page.
- Use of blogs, tweets and social networking for promotion and visibility.
Meet our partner
SpringerOpen complements the successful portfolio of open access journals of BioMed Central (acquired by Springer in 2008). BioMed Central will continue to grow its portfolio of more than 200 open access journals while providing its expertise and infrastructure to SpringerOpen. Furthermore, Springer and BioMed Central are happy to extend the journal offerings covered by the more than 300 institutional open access memberships arrangements that are currently in place.
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