As such, we wish to inform SU researchers that the 2025 national allocation for OA publishing in Springer Nature hybrid journals has now been fully used<\/strong>. Of the 1,074 articles allocated for South African institutions, SU researchers contributed 96 articles<\/strong> (approximately 9% of the national total).<\/p>\n As a result, Springer Nature has deactivated the no-fee OA publishing option for SU authors in hybrid journals with immediate effect<\/strong>. Any new OA submissions to Springer Nature hybrid journals will now incur APCs, which will be invoiced to authors or their departments, as they are no longer covered by the agreement. Researchers may still publish in Springer Nature hybrid journals without paying APCs<\/strong> if they choose the standard (paywalled) publication route<\/strong>. <\/strong><\/p>\n Despite the latest developments, the 15% discount for BioMed Central (BMC) fully OA journals<\/strong> remains in place. Researchers will continue to be responsible for the full APCs when publishing in other fully OA Springer Nature journals<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n We understand that this change may affect research publication planning. We encourage researchers to consider other OA options available through SANLiC\u2019s remaining \u201cRead and Publish\u201d agreements, which still provide no-fee OA publishing in hybrid journals from several other publishers<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n For more information, please consult the Library\u2019s Open Access Publishing LibGuide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/libraryresearchnews\/files\/2025\/11\/Springer-nature.png\")
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