Press Releases
Nature Research periodically issues press releases related to news and events in the Asia-Pacific region. Press releases are also available in Japanese.
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13 July
The Spinoff Prize 2020 is awarded to Sibel Health
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30 June
Twelve companies pitch for a chance to win The Spinoff Prize
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23 June
Springer Nature continues to drive OA with launch of brand new OA journal series
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16 June
Landmark Transformative Agreement reached between Springer Nature and University of California
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15 June
More Springer Nature authors to benefit from support for early sharing with further roll out of In Review
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11 June
A message from Frank Vrancken Peeters, our CEO
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2 June
An International Source of COVID-19 content from across Scientific American’s International Network
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20 May
Springer Nature extends commitment against the misuse of impact factors to its entire journal portfolio
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29 April
Nature Index Annual Tables celebrate institutions and countries producing high-quality natural sciences research
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24 April
New Nature Research journals reflect ever-changing and multidisciplinary research communities
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17 April
Women in STEM invited to apply for the 2020 Nature Research Award for Inspiring and Innovating Science
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16 April
Revised ‘Transformative Journal’ criteria from cOAlition S are “challenging” but Springer Nature commits to transition majority of journals, including Nature
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13 April
A better understanding of APC funding sources could accelerate the transition to open access
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2 April
Springer Nature Group's Responsible Business report shows progress: lower carbon footprint and greater diversity in leadership
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23 March
Springer Nature achieves new milestone in 2019 in publishing over 100,000 OA articles in one year, and is the largest OA publisher of primary research
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16 March
Springer Nature Group will be carbon neutral in 2020
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11 March
Scientific American appoints Laura Helmuth Editor-in-Chief
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11 March
Nominations now accepted for the 2020 John Maddox Prize for Standing up for Science
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25 February
Springer Nature expands open access portfolio with two new high-quality journals from Nature Research
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17 February
Nature Research Award for Driving Global Impact to focus on researchers addressing global challenges
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3 February
Springer Nature response to novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV
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31 January
Novel Coronavirus - (2019-nCoV) - Springer Nature content
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16 January
Springer Nature and Germany's Projekt DEAL Finalise World's Largest Transformative Open Access Agreement
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12 December
Nature Research and Merck establish The Spinoff Prize to celebrate early stage university spinoff companies
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26 November
Springer Nature first publisher to implement SeamlessAccess.org service
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25 November
Despite political turmoil, international collaboration continues to flourish
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20 November
Nature PhD survey puts spotlight on mental health, harassment and student debt
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24 October
Young universities in Asia are strongly represented in rankings for high-quality research output
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15 October
Springer Nature supports the 2019 Three Minute Thesis competition at Hiroshima
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9 October
Two thirds of academics think that training on collaboration will benefit their career
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30 August
Projekt DEAL and Springer Nature reach understanding on world's largest transformative open access agreement
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11 July
Springer Nature and ResearchGate extend content sharing pilot following positive feedback
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20 June
Size is not everything according to latest Nature Index annual tables
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19 June
The future of scholarly books is open (access)
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23 May
Moving towards open science needs extensive collaboration and best practice data sharing in Japan
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26 April
Dialogue on diversity and inclusion: showcasing the latest technology of wheelchairs at CYBATHLON Series
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25 April
Content sharing at Springer Nature goes from strength to strength
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25 April
With over 50% take-up Springer Nature’s new author service rolled out early after response exceeds expectations
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28 March
Celebrating Nature’s 150th Anniversary at the University of Tokyo
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20 March
Growing international collaboration not yet enough to halt decline in Japan’s research output
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19 March
Applications now open for Inspiring and Innovating Science Awards 2019
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18 March
ResearchGate and Springer Nature embark on pilot to deliver seamless discovery and an enhanced reading experience
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14 March
Three new Nature Research journals address some of humanity’s greatest challenges
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15 May
Springer Nature commits to support collaborative solutions to society’s grand challenges
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2 May
Dr Magdalena Skipper appointed new Editor-in-Chief of Nature
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9 April
Nature Research and The Estée Lauder Companies launch global awards to celebrate inspirations for women in science
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30 January
Springer Nature seeks early adopter institutions and funders to shape new research data services
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14 June
Nano: making a big deal out of the very small
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19 April
Movers and shakers in the world of high-quality scientific research
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21 March
Springer Nature to extend content sharing to whole Springer Nature-owned journal portfolio
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9 March
Announcing five new Nature titles: Nature Astronomy, Nature Biomedical Engineering, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Nature Human Behaviour and Nature Reviews Chemistry
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10 February
RESPONSE TO 'OPEN ACCESS TO RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS' FROM SPRINGER NATURE
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10 January
Three new Nature titles: Nature Energy, Nature Microbiology and Nature Reviews Materials
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6 January
Springer Nature hits milestone of 200,000 ORCID identifiers
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10 November
Latest Nature Index supplement provides unique insight into extent of international collaboration on high-quality research
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19 October
Over 60% of 2015 research articles on nature.com are open access
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12 August
Perceptions of open access publishing are changing for the better, a survey by Nature Publishing Group and Palgrave Macmillan finds
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23 June
Nature Publishing Group cements leadership in multidisciplinary sciences, expands interdisciplinary publishing
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16 June
Emerging nations closing gap on established leaders, Nature Index shows
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5 May
Springer Nature created following merger completion
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25 March
Nature Index 2015: Asia-Pacific consolidates reputation as high-quality scientific research power house
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17 February
Double-blind peer review for Nature journals
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28 January
npj Science of Learning - a new open access journal launched by Nature Publishing Group and The University of Queensland
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25 January
Nature Publishing Group moves to CC BY 4.0 as default for open access journals
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12 November
Nature Index: A new global indicator for high quality science shows growing strength of China
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5 June
JAAM to partner on open access Nature Partner Journal, npj Aging and Mechanisms of Disease
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1 April
Nature Partner Journals, a new brand of open access journals
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26 March
China and Japan battle for science lead in dynamic Asia-Pacific region
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27 November
Nature Communications editors join Macmillan office in Shanghai
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24 October
Article level metrics on nature.com
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4 July
Nature Communications #4 in multidisciplinary sciences with first Impact Factor
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23 May
China on track for #2 most influential country in science publishing by 2014
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20 March
Japanese science leads strong Asia-Pacific performance in 2011 rankings
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15 September
Nature Publishing Group introduces open access options to Japanese titles
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1 August
Nature Publishing Group expands open access publishing in China
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5 July
Nature articles cited half a million times in 2010
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13 June
Scientific Reports publishes first articles
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12 April
Hospitals in Japan offered free journal access by Nature Publishing Group
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10 April
Nature Publishing Group to publish Genetics in Medicine in 2012
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23 March
Five institutions from Asia in Nature Publishing Index Global Top 50
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1 March
Pediatric Research moves to Nature Publishing Group in 2012
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23 January
NPG launches a nature.com iPad app
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10 January
NPG expands support for Creative Commons
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5 January
Announcing Scientific Reports, a new open access publication
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4 January
NPG introduces mobile and article 'rental' access options
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21 September
Nature unveils redesign, expanded content in print and online
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2 August
NPG's annual letter to customers (2010)
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23 June
Nature most cited journal with record Impact Factor
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9 March
Japan, China and Australia shine in Nature Asia-Pacific Publishing Index
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31 January
Nature launches iPhone App, signals EPUB support next
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20 January
Polymer Journal relaunches on nature.com
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30 November
Japanese mentors excel in Nature awards
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21 September
Announcing Nature Communications — a multidisciplinary, online-only journal with an open-access option
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6 July
Bright start for Nature Photonics with first Impact Factor
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27 May
World Scientific and Nature Publishing Group's first book collaboration
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7 January
NPG to co-publish Polymer Journal with the Society of Polymer Science, Japan
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25 June
NPG Nature Asia-Pacific launches podcast for RIKEN, one of Japan's leading research organizations.
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9 June
NPG launches English language editing service
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17 April
NPG announces six new publishing initiatives in the Asia-Pacific region
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16 April
NPG to co-publish with the Japanese Society of Hypertension
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10 April
NPG to partner with the Japan Society for Human Genetics
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7 April
NPG to partner with the Japan Antibiotics Research Association
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3 April
NPG and Tokyo Institute of Technology launch materials website for Asia
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1 April
NPG to co-publish two top-quality international journals based in China
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31 January
NPG launches Nature India
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21 December
NPG announces the launch of Nature Photonics
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3 October
Nature Publishing Group announces the launch of Nature Nanotechnology
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6 August
Nature Publishing Group launches its first all Japanese language publication
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26 June
Macmillan Medical Communications (MMC) launches the first collaborative medical news website
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19 June
Macmillan launches Macmillan Medical Communications (MMC)
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10 April
NPG announces new editor for Cell Research
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2 April
NPG expands into India, Latin America and Spain
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26 February
NPG to publish Immunology and Cell Biology
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8 January
NPG expands STM Publishing in Asia-Pacific region
