Springer Open Search Get published Explore Journals Books About Login SpringerOpen The SpringerOpen portfolio has grown tremendously since its launch in 2010, so that we noW offer researchers from all areas of science technology; medicine, the humanities and social sciences a place to publish open access in journals. Publishing with SpringerOpen makes your work freely available online for everyone, immediately upon publication; and our high-level peer-review and production processes guarantee quality and reliability of the work: Open access books are published by our Springer imprint: Find the right journal for you Explore our subject areas Learn all about open access Your privacy We use cookies to ensure the functionality of our website, to personalize content and advertising; to provide social media features, and to analyze our traffic. If you allow us to do SO we also inform our social media, advertising and analysis partners about your use of our website. You can decide for yourself which categories you want to deny or allow: Please note that based on your settings not all functionalities of the site are Manage Settings Accept All Cookies available_ View our privacy policy the