Springer is a leading global academic and scientific publisher, providing researchers and professionals in academia, scientific institutions, and corporate R&D departments with quality content through innovative information, products, and services.
Springer offers one of the world’s most extensive collections of eBooks covering science, technology, medicine, humanities, and social sciences, and a comprehensive range of over 220,000 books and more than 2,700 journals.
Supporting the research community
Springer is part of Springer Nature, a global publisher that serves and supports the research community. Springer Nature aims to advance discovery by publishing robust and insightful science, supporting the development of new areas of research and making ideas and knowledge accessible around the world.
180 years of community-focused innovation
Springer has been at the forefront of scholarly publishing for nearly two centuries — supporting authors and pioneering digital access and open science.
We led the way in digitisation and discoverability, launching one of the earliest online platforms dedicated to academic research. Springer was also the first publisher to digitise its entire back catalogue, making over 100,000 titles — dating back to the 1840s — accessible to researchers worldwide.
Our commitment to innovation continued with the introduction of new models for eBooks and access, and the launch of many Springer open access titles following the acquisition of BMC in the mid-2000s. This positioned Springer as the largest open access publisher at the time, and a trailblazer in creating sustainable routes to open access publishing for all.
Springer’s legacy is rooted in a strong social mission — from Julius Springer’s advocacy for copyright reform in the 1840s to our ongoing engagement with communities, policymakers, and organisations to champion open access and sustainable publishing today.
