Springer Nature [academic journals on nature.com]

Green open access summary

This is a short summary of the green open access policy of Springer Nature [academic journals on nature.com].

Preprint: archiving allowed

Postprint: archiving restricted

Published version: archiving forbidden

Conditions

• Author's pre-print applies to research content only (excludes reviews)
• On authors personal webpage, institutional repository or funder repository
• Non-commercial use only
• Publisher's version/PDF cannot be used
• Authors retain copyright
• Published source must be acknowledged and DOI cited
• Must link to publisher version
• Author post-prints of subscription articles are subject to Springer Nature re-use terms
• Research content only

Policy details

• Self-archiving policy
• Pre-print policy
• Post-print re-use terms