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1. General overview

Publisher

SpringerNature

Type of agreement

Publish and read

Agreement period

1.1.2025 - 31.12.2027

Participants in the agreement

Participant list for the current year

Title list

Title list 2025 from the publisher

The title list for the publish and read agreement provides an overview of all included titles. 
Titles marked Hybrid and Fully OA are available for both reading and publishing. 
Titles marked Subscription only are available for reading access only.

License

Administrators at participating institutions can find the license in ConsortiaManager (Edvarda).

2. Publish through the agreement

Workflow for the researcher: Springer Nature Author Journey for Hybrid Journals

Participants in the agreement can publish an unlimited number of articles openly in hybrid journals without extra costs. It will be the date the article is accepted for publication that is relevant for when it is covered by the agreement. (Please note: Although the publisher is called SpringerNature, this agreement only applies to Springer journals, not Nature titles).

The institutions must themselves approve all the articles that are published through the publisher's workflow (see link above).

3. Reading access

The agreement provides access to the 2025 journal package for Springer journals. The package is upgraded annually.

There is permanent archive access to articles published in the package at the end of the agreement.

4. Springer Open

From 2024, Sikt has negotiated a framework agreement for discount and retrospective invoicing. Each individual institution wishing to participate in the agreement must also sign a license agreement with SpringerNature.

The agreement covers publishing in SpringerNature's gold journals. This includes gold journals from Springer, BMC, Nature, and Palgrave. The following applies:

• 10% discount on the publishing fee in Springer and BMC gold journals, no discount for Nature and Palgrave gold journals
• Retrospective invoicing (monthly) directly to the individual institution for all articles
• The articles enter the same workflow as the hybrid articles in the Compact agreement

Springer Open title list 2025

Springer Open participant list 2025

Springer Open workflow for the institutions

Contact

For researchers: Each institution's library manages the agreements. Contact your library if you have questions.                                                                                    

For research administrators: More information (prices, licenses, etc.) can be found in ConsortiaManager (Edvarda) or by contacting Sikt.