Celebrating

1 Million
Submissions

Snapp - our next generation peer review system
Our mission is to make publishing research a simple and rewarding experience. That’s why wecreated Snapp, the Springer Nature Article Processing Platform. This month, we reached a key
milestone in its introduction – 1 million article submissions via the platform!
Snapp is part of our continued commitment to, andinvestment in, the needs of our research and editorialcommunities. Utilising AI and machine learningtechnologies we are building a publishing system forthe future – introducing enhanced integrity checks,
integrating tools to streamline workflow andpayment process – delivering on our commitment

to provide an intuitive, convenient and rewarding
publishing experience.
The result – publishing high quality trusted
research as efficiently as possible so that it reaches
the hands of those that can affect change on theworld’s biggest challenges.

Snapp is delivering greater benefits for our community1. It has

Supported

Worked withfromauthors2

editors

countries

5.6 million

OA

75%

55,000and over145

Enabling almost
a quarter of all SN
submissions to besupported by Snappin 20233

0.5 million

reviewers
publish their workto date

Up to75% of submissions through Snapphave been open access - driving
forwards our commitment toenabling and growing OA content.

70%

Snapp has Improved the author
publishing experience by reducing
turnaround time, from article
submission to acceptance by up to70%4

1. Data correct as of 27 November 2023 from Springer Nature’s business intelligence data. More detailed analysis can be provided on request if needed.
2. Including submitting and corresponding
3. As of November 2023
4. 30% of the journals that have been on Snapp for at least 10 months have seen their submission to accept TAT decrease by between 10-70% since 2022

Our authors, editors and peer
reviewers are fans of its progress

BMC Editor“What I appreciate about Snapp is how

comprehensive and self explanatory the system

Authoris when it comes to moving manuscripts through“The submission process is probably the most user

the various stages. Snapp lists the specific tasks

friendly, intuitive, helpful and simple that I have[..] and this is a big plus compared to previous

ever encountered [...] the way it should be.”systems I have worked with.”

Author on Twitter

Peer Reviewer

submissions to Springer Journals is a plus. Great

clear and enjoyable system!”“The ease of submission is superb. Ability to see all“It was a pleasant experience, they have an agile,work, listening to users.”

Our journey so far

2019

2019

Snapp goes live with
Scientific Reports

Reviewer Finder 1.0 tool is introduced- Powered by AI and machine learning,
editors can quickly find the mostsuitable peer reviewers (right) for eachpaper, freeing up time for other tasks

2020

2020

2020

Integrated way for authors
to identify relevant OA funding
or entitlements goes live

AI powered plagiarism
checking goes live

BMC Series
moves to Snapp

2021

2021

2022

First fully OA journals
join Snapp

Authors benefit from 1-clickrights transfers

First hybrid journals
move to Snapp

2023

2023

2022

1 Million
submissions reached

Over a third of Springer Nature
owned journals and nearly half of its
OA journals are now live on Snapp

Journal analytics dashboard
goes live for Editorsand 211,000 articles published

Innovations in technology have always
played an important role at Springer NatureSnapp is a part of our continued investment and innovation in, and for, our community, building on ourexperience in technologies and AI tools (alongside human intervention and oversight). Our aim - tomake publishing a rewarding, streamlined and effective experience for all in the academic community.
Across Springer Nature we are:

1. Accelerating discovery by helping researchers

find relevant information more quickly. We are curating
data that would have taken humans centuries to collate
and turn it into a book for academics to build upon. And weare providing intelligence to institutions to help them getbetter results.

2. Promoting equity by helping editors find theright peer reviewers from the vast scientific global networkof academics faster and helping non-native English
speaking scientists to improve their science communication
and reach new global audiences.

3. Protecting integrity and trust by increasing

our ability to spot fraudulent papers quicker and more
effectively. We are using AI to build ever more sophisticatedintegrity checks to safeguard the scientific record.

Learn more about Snapp and follow its progress at:> Learn more about Snapp on Springernature.com> Follow its progress by taking a look at live roadmap