Springer Nature Signs First “Pure OA” Deal

Springer Nature announced two new agreements with the Bibsam consortium in Sweden and Norway's Unit consortium. It signed a deal with Bibsam to allow Swedish researchers affiliated with institutions in the consortium to publish in over 570 of Springer Nature's open access journals without having to directly pay APC costs. Bibsam also renewed its read and publish agreement with Springer. Springer and Norway signed a read and publish deal that will allow Norwegian researchers to publish open access in over 2000 journals.