FAIRsharing record for: Springer Nature Research data policy

This FAIRsharing record describes: At Springer Nature we advance discovery by publishing trusted research, supporting the development of new ideas and championing open science. We also aim to facilitate compliance with research funder and institution requirements to share data.
To help accomplish this we have established a standard research data policy for our journals, based on transparency around supporting data. This policy applies to all datasets that are necessary to interpret and replicate the conclusions reported in a research article. This policy mandates the use of a data availability statement, and endorses (but does not mandate) submission into an appropriate domain-specific repository except under certain conditions. A large number of our journals already support this policy, including Nature Portfolio, BMC and many Springer and Palgrave titles. They are in the process of implementing this policy across the remainder of our portfolio, in stages.

For information on a journal’s specific policies, please consult the journal submission guidelines.

Please note: This policy supersedes Springer Nature's (legacy) tiered research data policy, which can be viewed here: https://www.springernature.com/gp/authors/research-data-policy/research-data-policy-types .