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Discover Condensed Matter
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Discover Conservation
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Institutional Agreement
Fully Open Access journals are not included in our Springer Nature Open Access agreement.
Authors affiliated with The University of Manchester are eligible for a 10% discount on the cost of the Article Processing Charge (APC) for Springer Nature’s fully Open Access journals.
To access this discount state your affiliation as The University of Manchester, and use your @manchester.ac.uk email address when completing your publisher’s forms.
Fully OA journals are eligible for the use of our OA budgets. You can check your eligibility for these budgets in our Open Access funds available for University of Manchester researchers article:
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If you plan to publish in a fully Open Access Springer Nature journal, and do not have funding allocated to pay an APC, please contact us prior to submission using our OA enquiry form
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Authors should not submit papers to a fully Open Access journal, or request an invoice for Open Access fees from their publisher, before the Office for Open Research has approved your funding request.
Discover Data
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Institutional Agreement
Fully Open Access journals are not included in our Springer Nature Open Access agreement.
Authors affiliated with The University of Manchester are eligible for a 10% discount on the cost of the Article Processing Charge (APC) for Springer Nature’s fully Open Access journals.
To access this discount state your affiliation as The University of Manchester, and use your @manchester.ac.uk email address when completing your publisher’s forms.
Fully OA journals are eligible for the use of our OA budgets. You can check your eligibility for these budgets in our Open Access funds available for University of Manchester researchers article:
Open Access funds available for University of Manchester researchers - Library Help
If you plan to publish in a fully Open Access Springer Nature journal, and do not have funding allocated to pay an APC, please contact us prior to submission using our OA enquiry form
University of Manchester - Library Forms - Open Access enquiry form
Authors should not submit papers to a fully Open Access journal, or request an invoice for Open Access fees from their publisher, before the Office for Open Research has approved your funding request.
Discover Developmental Biology
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Discover Earth Observation
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Discover Ecology
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Discover Education
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Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
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Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Institutional Agreement
Fully Open Access journals are not included in our Springer Nature Open Access agreement.
Authors affiliated with The University of Manchester are eligible for a 10% discount on the cost of the Article Processing Charge (APC) for Springer Nature’s fully Open Access journals.
To access this discount state your affiliation as The University of Manchester, and use your @manchester.ac.uk email address when completing your publisher’s forms.
Fully OA journals are eligible for the use of our OA budgets. You can check your eligibility for these budgets in our Open Access funds available for University of Manchester researchers article:
Open Access funds available for University of Manchester researchers - Library Help
If you plan to publish in a fully Open Access Springer Nature journal, and do not have funding allocated to pay an APC, please contact us prior to submission using our OA enquiry form
University of Manchester - Library Forms - Open Access enquiry form
Authors should not submit papers to a fully Open Access journal, or request an invoice for Open Access fees from their publisher, before the Office for Open Research has approved your funding request.
Discover Electrochemistry
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Discover Electronics
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Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
Your funder’s grant conditions set out how you can retain sufficient rights to self-archive the Author Accepted Manuscript in any OA repository. Publishing fees do not apply with this route.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Institutional Agreement
Fully Open Access journals are not included in our Springer Nature Open Access agreement.
Authors affiliated with The University of Manchester are eligible for a 10% discount on the cost of the Article Processing Charge (APC) for Springer Nature’s fully Open Access journals.
To access this discount state your affiliation as The University of Manchester, and use your @manchester.ac.uk email address when completing your publisher’s forms.
Fully OA journals are eligible for the use of our OA budgets. You can check your eligibility for these budgets in our Open Access funds available for University of Manchester researchers article:
Open Access funds available for University of Manchester researchers - Library Help
If you plan to publish in a fully Open Access Springer Nature journal, and do not have funding allocated to pay an APC, please contact us prior to submission using our OA enquiry form
University of Manchester - Library Forms - Open Access enquiry form
Authors should not submit papers to a fully Open Access journal, or request an invoice for Open Access fees from their publisher, before the Office for Open Research has approved your funding request.
Discover Endocrinology and Metabolism
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Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
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Discover Energy
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Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
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Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Institutional Agreement
Fully Open Access journals are not included in our Springer Nature Open Access agreement.
Authors affiliated with The University of Manchester are eligible for a 10% discount on the cost of the Article Processing Charge (APC) for Springer Nature’s fully Open Access journals.
To access this discount state your affiliation as The University of Manchester, and use your @manchester.ac.uk email address when completing your publisher’s forms.
Fully OA journals are eligible for the use of our OA budgets. You can check your eligibility for these budgets in our Open Access funds available for University of Manchester researchers article:
Open Access funds available for University of Manchester researchers - Library Help
If you plan to publish in a fully Open Access Springer Nature journal, and do not have funding allocated to pay an APC, please contact us prior to submission using our OA enquiry form
University of Manchester - Library Forms - Open Access enquiry form
Authors should not submit papers to a fully Open Access journal, or request an invoice for Open Access fees from their publisher, before the Office for Open Research has approved your funding request.
Discover Environment
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Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
Your funder’s grant conditions set out how you can retain sufficient rights to self-archive the Author Accepted Manuscript in any OA repository. Publishing fees do not apply with this route.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Institutional Agreement
Fully Open Access journals are not included in our Springer Nature Open Access agreement.
Authors affiliated with The University of Manchester are eligible for a 10% discount on the cost of the Article Processing Charge (APC) for Springer Nature’s fully Open Access journals.
To access this discount state your affiliation as The University of Manchester, and use your @manchester.ac.uk email address when completing your publisher’s forms.
Fully OA journals are eligible for the use of our OA budgets. You can check your eligibility for these budgets in our Open Access funds available for University of Manchester researchers article:
Open Access funds available for University of Manchester researchers - Library Help
If you plan to publish in a fully Open Access Springer Nature journal, and do not have funding allocated to pay an APC, please contact us prior to submission using our OA enquiry form
University of Manchester - Library Forms - Open Access enquiry form
Authors should not submit papers to a fully Open Access journal, or request an invoice for Open Access fees from their publisher, before the Office for Open Research has approved your funding request.
Discover Epidemics
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Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
Your funder’s grant conditions set out how you can retain sufficient rights to self-archive the Author Accepted Manuscript in any OA repository. Publishing fees do not apply with this route.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Institutional Agreement
Fully Open Access journals are not included in our Springer Nature Open Access agreement.
Authors affiliated with The University of Manchester are eligible for a 10% discount on the cost of the Article Processing Charge (APC) for Springer Nature’s fully Open Access journals.
To access this discount state your affiliation as The University of Manchester, and use your @manchester.ac.uk email address when completing your publisher’s forms.
Fully OA journals are eligible for the use of our OA budgets. You can check your eligibility for these budgets in our Open Access funds available for University of Manchester researchers article:
Open Access funds available for University of Manchester researchers - Library Help
If you plan to publish in a fully Open Access Springer Nature journal, and do not have funding allocated to pay an APC, please contact us prior to submission using our OA enquiry form
University of Manchester - Library Forms - Open Access enquiry form
Authors should not submit papers to a fully Open Access journal, or request an invoice for Open Access fees from their publisher, before the Office for Open Research has approved your funding request.
Discover Fluid Mechanics
Discover Fluid Mechanics is a fully open access, peer-reviewed journal that supports multidisciplinary research and policy developments across all fields relevant to fluid science and its applications. The journal aims to be a resource for researchers, policy makers and the general public for recent advances in fluid mechanics, and its uses in research development and society. As a fully open access journal, we ensure that our research is highly discoverable and instantly available globally to everyone. The journal particularly welcomes work that aims to address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, especially Affordable and Clean Energy; Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure; and Climate Action.
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Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
Your funder’s grant conditions set out how you can retain sufficient rights to self-archive the Author Accepted Manuscript in any OA repository. Publishing fees do not apply with this route.
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Discover Food
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Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
Your funder’s grant conditions set out how you can retain sufficient rights to self-archive the Author Accepted Manuscript in any OA repository. Publishing fees do not apply with this route.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Institutional Agreement
Fully Open Access journals are not included in our Springer Nature Open Access agreement.
Authors affiliated with The University of Manchester are eligible for a 10% discount on the cost of the Article Processing Charge (APC) for Springer Nature’s fully Open Access journals.
To access this discount state your affiliation as The University of Manchester, and use your @manchester.ac.uk email address when completing your publisher’s forms.
Fully OA journals are eligible for the use of our OA budgets. You can check your eligibility for these budgets in our Open Access funds available for University of Manchester researchers article:
Open Access funds available for University of Manchester researchers - Library Help
If you plan to publish in a fully Open Access Springer Nature journal, and do not have funding allocated to pay an APC, please contact us prior to submission using our OA enquiry form
University of Manchester - Library Forms - Open Access enquiry form
Authors should not submit papers to a fully Open Access journal, or request an invoice for Open Access fees from their publisher, before the Office for Open Research has approved your funding request.
Discover Forests
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Discover Genetics and Evolution
Discover Genetics and Evolution (formerly Current Genetics) is a fully open access, peer-reviewed journal that supports multidisciplinary research across all fields relevant to genetics and evolution.
The journal aims to be a resource for researchers, policy makers and the general public for recent advances in genetics and evolution science and its uses in research development and society. As a fully open access journal, we ensure that our research is highly discoverable and instantly available globally to everyone. The journal particularly welcomes work that aims to address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, especially Life Below Water; Life on Land; Good Health and Wellbeing; and Zero Hunger.
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Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
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Discover Geoscience
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Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
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Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Institutional Agreement
Fully Open Access journals are not included in our Springer Nature Open Access agreement.
Authors affiliated with The University of Manchester are eligible for a 10% discount on the cost of the Article Processing Charge (APC) for Springer Nature’s fully Open Access journals.
To access this discount state your affiliation as The University of Manchester, and use your @manchester.ac.uk email address when completing your publisher’s forms.
Fully OA journals are eligible for the use of our OA budgets. You can check your eligibility for these budgets in our Open Access funds available for University of Manchester researchers article:
Open Access funds available for University of Manchester researchers - Library Help
If you plan to publish in a fully Open Access Springer Nature journal, and do not have funding allocated to pay an APC, please contact us prior to submission using our OA enquiry form
University of Manchester - Library Forms - Open Access enquiry form
Authors should not submit papers to a fully Open Access journal, or request an invoice for Open Access fees from their publisher, before the Office for Open Research has approved your funding request.
Discover Global Society
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Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Institutional Agreement
Fully Open Access journals are not included in our Springer Nature Open Access agreement.
Authors affiliated with The University of Manchester are eligible for a 10% discount on the cost of the Article Processing Charge (APC) for Springer Nature’s fully Open Access journals.
To access this discount state your affiliation as The University of Manchester, and use your @manchester.ac.uk email address when completing your publisher’s forms.
Fully OA journals are eligible for the use of our OA budgets. You can check your eligibility for these budgets in our Open Access funds available for University of Manchester researchers article:
Open Access funds available for University of Manchester researchers - Library Help
If you plan to publish in a fully Open Access Springer Nature journal, and do not have funding allocated to pay an APC, please contact us prior to submission using our OA enquiry form
University of Manchester - Library Forms - Open Access enquiry form
Authors should not submit papers to a fully Open Access journal, or request an invoice for Open Access fees from their publisher, before the Office for Open Research has approved your funding request.
Discover Green Chemistry
Discover Green Chemistry is an open access journal publishing research on all aspects of chemistry and chemicals related to sustainable practices and reducing the use of hazardous products. The journal covers all stages of the lifecycle from design to application and disposal.
Publication costs for Discover Green Chemistry are covered by Springer Nature until 31 December 2026. Authors whose articles are accepted for publication in Discover Green Chemistry up to and including that date will not need to pay an article-processing charge. Note that the APC-free period does not apply to any journal to which your article may be transferred if not accepted in Discover Green Chemistry. Current charge: £0/$0/€0 Standard charge: £1490.00/$1990.00/€1690.00.
- Considers articles from a broad range of green chemistry disciplines.
- Topics include chemical recycling, safer chemicals, green catalysis, and more.
- A journal in Springer Nature’s Discover Series: Rigorous, representative and wide-reaching.
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Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
Your funder’s grant conditions set out how you can retain sufficient rights to self-archive the Author Accepted Manuscript in any OA repository. Publishing fees do not apply with this route.