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Springer Nature

This Read and Publish Agreement provides a pathway for Open Access (OA) publishing in selected Springer Nature journals by authors associated with The Claremont Colleges (TCC). TCC participates in this Agreement as part of our Library Consortium SCELC.

The list of eligible journals includes all hybrid journals contained within Springer, society-owned “Academic Journals on Nature.com”, Adis, and Palgrave collections included in our current subscription. It does not include open publishing in Nature-branded or Scientific American journals.

Type of publication licenses available: Closed (for hybrid journals only), Open CC-BY (least restrictive), and Open CC-BY-NC (most restrictive).

Eligibility

  • The corresponding author needs to be affiliated with one of The Claremont Colleges or TCCS - including faculty, researchers, adjunct faculty, lecturers, librarians, staff, graduate, or undergraduate students. 

  • The e-mail address used by the corresponding author must be associated with the institution’s organizational domain.

  • Eligible article types vary by journal and eligibility is determined by journal editorial staff.

  • Article Processing Charges (APC) are covered entirely for all eligible authors.

Submission Workflow

The process of identifying eligible authors and coordinating open-access publication is automated.

  • After article acceptance, the corresponding author will receive an invitation to complete the publication process for the article. The authors are able to identify themselves by Selected institution (the strongest parameter), Email domain recognition, or IP Recognition.
  • The author will be given information about the agreement and can opt-out if they wish to publish under a subscription/paywall instead.
  • After the author completes their publication agreement and coverage of the APC has been agreed upon by the institution or organization, the article will continue into the final stages of publication, where the author can complete their proofs.
  • Once the article is published online under the relevant open access license (CC-BY or CC-BY-NC), the author will receive an email containing information about the selected license, a link to the published version, and a PDF copy.

Please consult the publisher's OA Publishing workflow and the Springer Nature SCELC Agreement Author Information Page for additional information.

Acceptance dates: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2026