Springer Nature seeks Views on new Approach aimed at accelerating the Transition to Open Access

Springer Nature sets out a new approach to research publishing with the goal of increasing the demand from authors to immediately publish their research open access (OA). The other goal is to increase the supply of journals able to publish OA, potentially enabling even highly selective journals such as Nature to transition to OA. The new approach would see publishers become active drivers of the transition to OA, with this demonstration of commitment increasing institutions and funding bodies’ confidence and support. This blog post describes a potential significant way to progress.