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All Springer Statements

  • Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

    30 January 2020

    A novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, has been identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness that originated in Wuhan, China, and which has spread to several other countries around the world. As a leading research publisher, Springer Nature is committed to supporting the global response to emerging outbreaks by enabling fast and direct access to the latest available research, evidence, and data.

  • Retractions from Springer and BioMed Central journals

    London | Heidelberg, 1st November, 2016

    Retractions from Springer and BioMed Central journals

  • A few words on sound science, megajournals, and an announcement about SpringerPlus

    London | Heidelberg, 13 June 2016

     By Steven Inchcoombe (Chief Publishing Officer, Springer Nature) and Heinz Weinheimer (Managing Director, Springer Research Group)

  • Springer Nature makes Zika content freely available

    London | Heidelberg, 19 February 2016

    Journal articles, book chapters, news and expert commentaries now open to general public

  • Retraction of articles from Springer journals

    London | Heidelberg, 18 August 2015 

    Retraction of articles from Springer journals

  • Statement on Annals of Forest Science article

    Berlin, 6 May 2015

    Statement on Annals of Forest Science article

  • Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics on hold

    Berlin, 13 March 2015

    An internal review of the journal Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics has revealed a pattern of inappropriate and compromised peer review.

  • Important update from Springer for Swets customers

    Berlin, 25 September 2014

    After extensive discussions with Swets, it has become clear to Springer that our customers are exposed to a substantial risk if they continue to submit payments to Swets for any Springer content.

  • Springer final SCIgen report

    Berlin, 14 August 2014

    Springer final report on SCIgen-generated papers in conference proceedings

  • Discontinuation of SpringerImages

    Berlin, 27 May 2014

    Springer has come to the decision to discontinue the image database SpringerImages since it is not aligned with our strategy and long-term plans for image-related services and ...

  • Second update on SCIgen-generated papers

    Berlin, 14 April 2014

    As reported in the media, on 11 February 2014 we were alerted to 16 fake submissions that were published in conference proceedings in Springer publications, mostly in computer sciences and ...

  • Update on SCIgen-generated papers in conference proceedings

    Berlin, 20 March 2014

    As reported in the media, on 11 February 2014 we were alerted to 16 fake submissions that were published in conference proceedings in Springer publications, mostly in computer sciences and engineering ...

  • SCIgen-generated papers in conference proceedings

    Berlin, 27 February 2014

    As reported in the media, on 11 February 2014 we were alerted to 16 fake submissions that were published in conference proceedings in Springer publications, mostly in comp ...

  • The "Clearing House for the Open Research of the United States"

    New York,  6 June 2013

    Springer welcomes discussion around the Clearing House for the Open Research of the United States (CHORUS) and the involvement of publishers in debates around access to acade ...

  • ‘Delisted Titles’

    Heidelberg, 21 March 2013

    Provisional exclusion of books from Springer Book Archives Springer has been publishing since the mid-19th century, including during the National Socialist era in Germany, ...

  • Erroneous Reporting in The Hindu

    Berlin | New Delhi, 30 July 2012

    The article “Competition panel finds Springer guilty of unfair trade practices” written by Bindu D. Menon and published online in The Hindu Business Line on 5 July 2012 is incorrect.

  • Springer responds to issues around Springer Images

    Dordrecht, 12 June 2012

    We would like to thank the research community for drawing our attention to several defects in our Springer Images product.

  • US Research Works Act

    New York, 20 January 2012

    We do not think that the RWA will be successful, but we hope that it will generate measured, intelligent and constructive debate, which we greatly prefer to histrionics and ...

  • Debate on the NIH’s Public Access Policy

    Berlin, 14 September 2007

    Funding bodies, including government funding agencies, should leave it up to researchers to decide where to publish their results.