Springer Nature - Open Access Agreement

 

Discount offered by the Library

100% coverage of APC

Entitled Authors

Corresponding authors who are students, faculty, researchers or staff of any institute of higher education or non-profit research institute within Qatar.

Journal Coverage

More than 600 fully OA journals; Click here for the full list. 
Eligible Article Types
  • Original Papers
  • Review Papers
  • Brief Communication
  • Continuing Education

Instructions for Authors

A complete author guide by Springer Nature can be downloaded from this link.

Once your article has been accepted for publication, as the corresponding author you will be sent a link to an eligibility checker, where you will be asked to confirm your institutional affiliation. To ensure rapid publication of your article, it is important to
confirm your affiliation as soon as possible. Once you have confirmed your affiliation, Springer Nature and the Library will confirm your article’s eligibility and you will be notified when your article has been approved. 

If you submit your manuscript from an IP address that has been registered by your institution, the membership discount will be automatically applied.

There are 3 ways that Springer Nature can recognize your eligibility for coverage under the agreement:

  1. Selected institution 
  2. Institutional email address
  3. IP recognition (if you are submitting from the institutional network)

Once the article has been accepted for publishing, the Library will then verify your eligibility. If confirmed, the APC will be paid by the Library. If the article is still under review, we ask you to please contact us once the article has been accepted.

 

Acknowledgment

Once the Library approves the funding request, authors should duly acknowledge the Library funding in the published article, using the following standard statement:

Open Access funding provided by the Qatar National Library.