Springer Nature has announced its results for the financial year 2024. Revenue was €1,847 million, representing, on an underlying[1] basis, a 5% increase over the same period in 2023. Adjusted operating profit increased to €512 million, equating to underlying[1] growth of 7%.
Frank Vrancken Peeters, CEO of Springer Nature, said: “Our strong results demonstrate our ability to consistently deliver value for our communities while driving innovation in the academic publishing industry. We publish an ever-increasing amount of high-quality open access content and invest in technology and people to ensure we consistently outperform the market while growing responsibly and sustainably.”
Springer Nature says the research segment continues to be the main driver of its growth. Research saw a 6% underlying[3] revenue growth to €1,414 million, primarily due to the performance of the OA Journals portfolio. The company published 50% of its primary research articles OA for the first time.
The education segment supported overall growth, with revenue increasing 3% on an underlying[3] basis to €235 million. This was driven by strong sales in India and South Africa. The health segment’s revenue was €188 million, which was broadly stable on an underlying[3] basis compared to the previous year.
A decline in advertising revenue due to cautious spending from the pharma industry and the impact of changes in German health insurance legislation was offset by strong revenue growth in Cureus.
Springer Nature says it continued to make significant investments in technology and AI to improve and accelerate the publishing process and ensure that the research it publishes is robust and can be trusted. In 2024, technology-related investments totalled €177 million.
Alexandra Dambeck, CFO of Springer Nature, said: “We are pleased with our business and financial performance in 2024, which reflects our strategic focus on high-growth areas and operational efficiency. Our strong free cash flow and reduced financial leverage position us well for future growth and continued investment in innovation for our communities.”
On the basis of Springer Nature’s underlying performance in 2024 and updated foreign currency rates, the company says revenue for 2025 is expected in the range of €1,885 million to €1,935 million[2] and the adjusted operating profit margin at least at the level of 2024.
[1] Underlying change excludes effects from year-on-year changes in foreign currencies and portfolio. In reported terms, 2023 revenue was €1,853 million and adjusted operating profit was €511 million.
[2] Guidance compares with an underlying revenue figure of €1,835 million for 2024.
[3] Underlying change excludes effects from year-on-year changes in foreign currencies and portfolio.
A new AI tool to identify irrelevant references in submitted manuscripts has been launched across Springer Nature’s journals and books. The tool is the latest AI-driven tool that has been developed in-house at Springer Nature to weed out problematic submissions and ensure the veracity of the publication record.
The tool will be used by Springer Nature’s Research Integrity Group (RIG) to assess submissions to almost all journals and books published by Springer Nature, analysing the relevance of each reference used. If a number of references are identified as irrelevant, the submission will be flagged to RIG who will manually check the manuscript and decide whether the submission should be withdrawn.
The irrelevant reference checker tool has undergone multiple rounds of testing and validation to ensure it provides a precise and reliable assessment of references across academic disciplines, and training and development of the tool will be ongoing. Human oversight will always remain in place, in line with Springer Nature’s AI Principles.
Chris Graf, Director of Research Integrity at Springer Nature, commented: “As the use of AI to generate fake research papers becomes more effective, reference checking provides a key opportunity to identify these unethical efforts. The addition of this tool to our existing checks will help us to catch many unethical submissions that would otherwise progress to take up editors’ and peer reviewers’ time.”
The launch of the irrelevant reference checker tool comes just ten months after the launch of two other AI tools to detect problematic submissions that Springer Nature has developed in-house. The first, Geppetto, supports the identification of papers that contain AI-generated fake content, the second, SnappShot, those that contain problematic images.
Graf added: “Fake research is a challenge that affects the entire publishing industry and is something that Springer Nature will not tolerate. From creating AI tools, to building a now 50-strong expert research integrity unit, to developing our employees’ and editors’ expertise through training, we are absolutely committed to ensuring the robustness of published research for researchers to build upon.”
Authors are advised to use the here available journal's Word document template to prepare their manuscripts. All the info regarding on how to prepare the manuscript are given in the template.
The Scientific Journal of Maritime Research promotes science, profession, scientific thought, and a scientific approach in the multidisciplinary area of the technical, social, humanistic, and other sciences within the complex field of Maritime Studies.
[4] J. Jeevan, L.
Keng Bin, M. Rosni Othman, N.H. Mohd Salleh, R. Somu, S. Ming Ming (2021)
Cross-border freight movement between Thailand-Malaysia-Singapore: Utilising
border based dry ports for effective inland transaction, Pomorstvo, 35(2), pp.
341-352. https://doi.org/10.31217/p.35.2.16
MARTRA provides a forum for high quality research in maritime transportation, logistics and operations. Port and shipping research are particularly welcome.
Subject Area and Category:Social SciencesEducation. Very useful search feature on their website. Make sure you cite and reference other IJI papers in your submission.
Similarity threshold: “Papers
submitted to the International Journal of Instruction will be screened for
plagiarism using Turnitin/iThenticate plagiarism detection tools” (IJI does not state what the Turnitin cutoff score
is).
Submission process: An online submission but no tracking after that.
Journal Web Page Comments:
Handbook comments: What the journal says on their web page and what
they do are not the same. See the following: “We
don't normally ask any fee from international authors. The Journal
management has the right to change the article fee or not to charge articles
when it deems necessary.” So,
when you receive an email for 500 Swiss Francs, don’t be shocked. Also, IJI’s
journal template has little detail on how to prepare (except to say a maximum
of 17 pages is allowed - the web page says 15). On 2021.04.27 IJI stated they had received 7803 papers, from which, 1046 have been published (13.4%), with the same stat showing on 2021.06.14 unchanged.“Depending on the evaluation reports of the members of the
Editorial Advisory Board, articles are published or article evaluation
process takes approximately three months.” There is an online submission process, but you cannot track your paper
after that. However, email response is decent measured in less than 2 weeks.
Also note that the submission only allows one file so you cannot send them a
cover letter or your Turnitin report, with no verification email sent to the
submission account. Also, IJI now includes the following very strange
statement at the bottom of their emails: “Note: International
Journal of Instruction has a wide range of abstracting/indexing services.
However, the index services have the right of one-sided termination of the
contracts and not to publish any of the articles. Therefore, we do not accept
any responsibilities caused by indexing problems“. Overall, a very
strange journal to work with, with a difficult web site to use. There seems to also be a consistent pattern with IJI submission authors that
before their papers are accepted, the author will be sent 1-2 papers to review.
This journal practice is highly unique and rather odd in our opinion. Expect a
tall mountain to climb with your submission and over a year to see the final paper online. The following screen capture was taken 2021.06.14:
If you would like to be entertained, read the comments on the SJR/IJI portal.
Finally, Acceptance to publication is another 6 months. Therefore, if you require an acceptance letter, you must request an invoice, pay it, they they will send you the letter you need for your faculty.
Articles words should be over 6,000 but not exceed 9,000 inclusive of footnotes and bibliography. Book reviews should be less than 2500 words.
Authors should submit manuscripts together with these documents, including manuscript body, title page, a turnitin similarity rate report, and a turnitin AI writing rate report. Failure to meet any of these 2 requirements will result in automatic rejection: The turnitin similarity rate is above 20%; The turnitin AI writing rate is above 10%.
Contact Information: Avenida Carlos Bacelar 174, 4760 Vila Nova de Famalicao, Braga, PORTUGAL
E-mail: editor@jisem-journal.com
Reference Styles
Our preferred style for referencing is based on the APA Format (6th ed.). Please ensure that it is consistent throughout the notes, references and bibliography.
You are welcome to submit your manuscripts to Journal of Information Systems Engineering and Management (JISEM).
JISEM is an international peer-reviewed journal that publishes scientific articles on implementation and management of information systems by enterprises, citizens and society for the improvement of the socio-economic environment. The Journal is multidisciplinary, focusing on technological, organizational and social domains. Research published in the Journal focuses on relevant problems in the planning, analysis, design, implementation, exploration and management of information systems. The journal covers topics of relevant disciplines such as:
• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning • Autonomous Robotics • Big Data Analytics • Blockchain Technology • Cloud Computing • Computer Networks • Cybersecurity • Decisions and Risk Management • Digital Platforms and Services • Exploration of Information Systems • Human-Computer Interaction • Information Systems Development • Information Systems Planning • Information Technology Security • Management of Information Systems • Marketing and Information Technology • Mobility and Pervasive Systems • Multimedia Systems • Process and Knowledge Engineering • Requirements Engineering • Security and Privacy Engineering • Software Engineering
• Tourism and Information Technology
The journal applies a double-blind peer review and you may expect rapid peer-review and publication of your manuscript as long as academic standards are met. Please submit your papers as soon as possible to avoid any late submissions.
Publication fee 550 euro
Publication time one month
Kind regards,
Journal of Information Systems Engineering and Management (JISEM)
Articles should normally not exceed an all-inclusive MS-Word count of 8000 words, be written clearly and concisely, and avoid unnecessary jargon. Articles must be preceded by an abstract of not more than 200 words, and six keywords suitable for indexing and online search purposes.
Use UK spellings consistently throughout.
Cover Letter
Normally, it is against MEL policy to communicate with students, or to have students as corresponding authors. The reason for this is often a lack of publishing experience which leads to unnecessary communications. Unfortunately, MEL does not have the capacity to deal with these. In principle, the corresponding author must therefore be a senior coauthor/supervisor who fully endorses the paper in terms of readability (English and style); structure; methodology; and societal ramifications of the results; aspects that are often found challenging for students. MEL referees are fully committed colleagues but also very busy, and we wouldn’t want to burden them with papers of a high likelihood of rejection.
The template for the required Cover Letter can be downloaded here: Cover Letter Template
Reference StyleSubmissions should be emailed to the Editor-in-Chief at: haralambides@ese.eur.nl.
The journal uses Chicago Reference Style, which is based on the Chicago Manual of Style. Please follow these guidelines when preparing your manuscript:
1. Do not abbreviate journal names; they are always spelled out.
2. Do not abbreviate the authors’ first names if they are submitted in full.
[1]F. Bu and H. Nachtmann, "Literature review and
comparative analysis of inland waterways transport: 'Container on Barge,'"
Maritime Econ. Logist., pp. 1–34, 2021, doi:
10.1057/s41278-021-00195-6.
