Oh this is very interesting, thanks for sharing. I wonder if this is a response to the push for diamond OA.

 

 

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Interesting development. Additional quote from the announcement:

 

"A key part of this initiative is that authors will not need to ask to benefit from the support. Corresponding authors from qualifying countries whose primary research papers are accepted in principle (AIP) for publication in these titles will be informed as part of the publishing process that their paper will be published gold OA, with the APC covered by Springer Nature. Authors can opt out if they do not wish their papers to be published OA."

 

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From:  Ann Shumelda Okerson <aokerson@ gmail. com> Date:  Tue, 10 Jan 2023 12: 02: 42 -0500 Authors from low-income and lower-middle income countries to be able to publish for free in Nature and the Nature research journals  London | Berlin

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From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]>

Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 12:02:42 -0500

Authors from low-income and lower-middle income countries to be able to publish for free in Nature and the Nature research journals 

London | Berlin | New York, 9 January 2023

From today, primary research from authors from over 70 countries classified by the World Bank as low-income (LIC) or lower-middle-income economies (LMICs) accepted for publication in either Nature or one of the Nature research journals (e.g. Nature Chemistry, Nature Sustainability) can now be published Gold open access at no cost. This move recognises that local funding is rarely available for publishing OA in specialist journals like Nature, whose characteristics such as in-house editorial teams and low acceptance rates make it difficult for authors from these countries who are less well-funded.  

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