Digital Science | Shaking Up Science -- ReadCube enables articles on nature.com to be made widely available to read and share to support collaborative research

"Digital Science’s parent company, Macmillan Science and Education, one of the leading publishing and technology companies in the world announces the launch of a groundbreaking publishing initiative, making it easy for readers to share an unprecedented wealth of scientific knowledge instantly with researchers and scientists across the globe.  The technology behind this initiative has been developed by our portfolio companyReadCube, who builds software to make research literature more accessible and connected for researchers, institutions and publishers.  Subscribers to 49 journals on nature.com can now legitimately and conveniently share the full-text of articles of interest with colleagues who do not have a subscription via a shareable web link on nature.com.  In addition, Macmillan Science and Education will take a lead on opening up public engagement with scientific knowledge to society at large by giving access to the same content to readers of 100 global media outlets and blogs.  This video details how the technology works in action ..."