Product review of Springer for R&D
Jinfo Report

27th March 2017

Abstract

Springer for R&D, from Springer Nature, is an online platform that provides access to high-quality scientific, technical and medical (STM) research for corporate researchers. Our review finds it "provides great value for R&D users in a wide variety of industries and disciplines".

This review:

• Introduces the platform's key advantages
  
  
• Looks at Springer for R&D's value and explains how the world's most complete online collection of STM books, journals and reference works, makes day-to-day research for corporate users more efficient
  
  
• Identifies how the 10 million plus documents available are broken down between areas such as ebooks, journals and reference works
  
  
• Explains how content is available in English or German
  
  
• Looks at how content can be displayed by industry sector (such as biotech, electronics or law) or discipline (such as architecture, medicine or statistics)
  
  
• Explores the platform's technology, particularly its search and user interactions as well as its product page functionality and colour-coding
  
  
• Highlights features such as altmetric scores and Book Metrics
  
  
• Looks at the outputs and the product administration
  
  
• Identifies competitors, including Elsevier's ScienceDirect platform, and Wiley
  
  
• Tests out the help and training available
  
  
• Explains the pricing model, from single-site licences to global agreements covering multiple locations.

Reviewed by Michelle Maxwell

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