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5 author benefits from Springer Nature’s pilot with ResearchGate

Springer Nature is the first major publisher to reach an agreement with ResearchGate to provide greater access to their users, pioneering innovative access models for scientific content in the rapidly evolving research ecosystem. Read the full press release and learn more below about how this partnership benefits authors and how it’s helping the academic community advance discovery. 1. Full-text of select Nature articles published since November 2017 are automatically available via ResearchGate profiles during the pilot period. Springer Nature will upload all the necessary content, meaning that authors will not have to do anything to make their work available. 2. Select … Read more…

Piloting Without a Plane

By: Lucy Frisch You might have heard the term pilot used before in one of our many initiatives here at Springer Nature. For example, SharedIt began as a pilot with our Nature portfolio of journals. Pilots by definition are simply a test. Many times you probably won’t even know a pilot is taking place. An e-mail you receive or a new service you find through your MySpringer profile may seem like a regular addition, but you may just be one of the lucky ones included into a pilot project. We pilot because we are always looking for new ways to take … Read more…