Springer Nature has been asked to revise and resubmit an application for its Nature Research Journals and Palgrave Journals to become Jisc-approved transformative journals.
In its application, made on 14 April 2022, Springer Nature offered deposit of an author’s accepted manuscript (AAM) under CC-BY terms to authors funded by UKRI for a temporary period.
Following a review by the content expert group against the sector’s requirements it was agreed that the application did not currently meet the sector’s criteria. This is because the information presented to authors does not equally signpost the option to deposit the AAM alongside the option to publish the Version of Record and pay an article processing charge (APC).
Following receipt of the group’s feedback, Springer Nature has indicated it will be revising its application before it is again considered by the content expert group.
