
Springer 2020-2024 agreement is renewed from 1 July 2025 and the new 2025-2029 Springer agreement is currently being defined.
The publishing component waives APCs again for articles with an acceptance date from 1 July 2025.
Additional titles to the existing agreement are the Nature Academic Journals.
Duration of the agreement: 2025-2029 (5 years).
More details on the Springer read and publish agreement for Italy - CRUI
Check EUI Library historical updates on the Springer agreement.
Check the list of hybrid journals that are included in the agreement here Springer - Publishing open access in a hybrid journal (see file at the bottom of the page) and Academic journals on nature.com'
To be eligible, articles must:
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