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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