Nature Research

Green open access summary

This is a short summary of the green open access policy of Nature Research.

Preprint: archiving allowed

Postprint: archiving restricted

Published version: archiving forbidden

Conditions

• Research articles only
• On author's personal website, institutional repository and funder designated repository
• Publisher's version/PDF cannot be used
• Authors retain copyright
• Must link to publisher version
• Published source must be acknowledged and DOI cited
• Post-prints are subject to Springer Nature re-use terms
• Applies to Research articles only

Policy details

• Pre-print policy
• Self-archiving policy
• Post-print re-use terms