Dear members of Istanbul Technical University,

Springer Nature AE agreement for the year 2025 in Turkey in general 2.711 open access publishing quota has been exhausted. Below we share with you the announcement text sent to us about the quota information of Springer Nature Publishing House, which is accessed with TÜBİTAK EKUAL national site license.

Best regards,

ITU Library and Documentation Department

"The Springer Nature OA Agreement for 2025 has exhausted the quota of 2.711 articles. As of today, the articles to be accepted by Springer Nature will not fall into our system, the processes will continue on the publisher side. Since only hybrid journals are covered by the agreement, authors will be able to publish their articles in closed access without any fee.

The quota for 2026 is 3,090 and will open on January 1, 2026. Since the quota is based on the acceptance date, authors who will submit new articles will be more likely to benefit from the quota if they prefer to submit towards the end of the year (considering that the acceptance process will take a few months). We will not be able to provide APC support for articles accepted after this time and between December 31, 2025, as the system will be closed. Sincerely."