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Hybrid to Fully Open Access 2026
Title | Publishing Model | ISSN electronic | Imprint |
| Applied Physics B | Fully Open Access | 1432-0649 | Springer |
| Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery | Fully Open Access | 1434-3916 | Springer |
| Cognitive Computation | Fully Open Access | 1866-9964 | Springer |
| Discover Genetics and Evolution | Fully Open Access | 3091-3217 | Discover |
| Discover Metals | Fully Open Access | 2190-7579 | Discover |
| Drugs & Therapy Perspectives | Fully Open Access | 1179-1977 | Adis |
| Environmental Earth Sciences | Fully Open Access | 1866-6299 | Springer |
| International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy | Fully Open Access | 2210-7711 | Springer |
| International Journal of Information Security | Fully Open Access | 1615-5270 | Springer |
| International Microbiology | Fully Open Access | 1618-1905 | Springer |
| Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing | Fully Open Access | 1573-2614 | Springer |
| Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology | Fully Open Access | 1573-4846 | Springer |
| Lasers in Medical Science | Fully Open Access | 1435-604X | Springer |
| Metabolomics | Fully Open Access | 1573-3890 | Springer |
| Multiscale and Multidisciplinary Modeling, Experiments and Design | Fully Open Access | 2520-8179 | Springer |
| Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications | Fully Open Access | 1936-6450 | Springer |
Subscription to Hybrid 2026
Title | Publishing Model | ISSN electronic | Imprint |
| Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics | Hybrid | 1572-9052 | Springer |
| Astrophysics | Hybrid | 1573-8191 | Springer |
| Atomic Energy | Hybrid | 1573-8205 | Springer |
| Forum | Hybrid | 2190-9784 | SpringerMedizin |
| International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems | Hybrid | 2005-4092 | Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems and The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers, co-published with Springer |
| Japanese Journal of Mathematics | Hybrid | 1861-3624 | Springer |
| Journal of Applied Spectroscopy | Hybrid | 1573-8647 | Springer |
| Journal of Engineering Physics and Thermophysics | Hybrid | 1573-871X | Springer |
| Materials Science | Hybrid | 1573-885X | Springer |
| Power Technology and Engineering | Hybrid | 1570-1468 | Springer |
| Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry | Hybrid | 1573-935X | Springer |
Title changes 2026
New title | Publishing Model | ISSN electronic | Imprint | Comments |
| AI Flow | Fully Open Access | 3091-2873 | Springer | Prior to Volume 3 (2026) published as Vicinagearth |
| Biogeochemical Advances | Fully Open Access | 3091-4493 | BioMed Central | Prior to Volume 27 (2026) published as Geochemical Transactions |
| Developmental Biology Advances | Fully Open Access | 2041-9139 | BioMed Central | Prior to Volume 17 (2026) published as EvoDevo |
| Discover Genetics and Evolution | Fully Open Access | 3091-3217 | Discover | Prior to Volume 72 (2026) published as Current Genetics |
| Discover Metals | Fully Open Access | 2190-7579 | Discover | Prior to Volume 59 published as Gold Bulletin |
| Earth Systems Biochemistry | Fully Open Access | 3091-4493 | BioMed Central | Prior to Volume 27 (2026) published as Geochemical Transactions |
| ENGINEERING Chemical Engineering | Hybrid | 3091-5007 | Higher Education Press, co-published with Springer | Prior to Volume 20 (2026) published as Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering |
| ENGINEERING Energy | Hybrid | 3091-5023 | Higher Education Press, co-published with Springer | Prior to Volume 20 (2026) published as Frontiers in Energy |
| ENGINEERING Environment | Hybrid | 3091-5066 | Higher Education Press, co-published with Springer | Prior to Volume 20 (2026) published as Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering |
| ENGINEERING Management | Hybrid | 3091-5082 | Higher Education Press, co-published with Springer | Prior to Volume 13 (2026) published as Frontiers of Engineering Management |
| ENGINEERING Mechanical Engineering | Hybrid | 3091-4965 | Higher Education Press, co-published with Springer | Prior to Volume 21 (2026) published as Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering |
| Engineering Research | Hybrid | 3091-3306 | Springer | Prior to Volume 90 (2026) published as Forschung im Ingenieurwesen |
| ENGINEERING Structure and Civil Engineering | Hybrid | 3091-504X | Higher Education Press, co-published with Springer | Prior to Volume 20 (2026) published as Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering |
| EPJ Research Infrastructures | Fully Open Access | 3091-4566 | Springer | Prior to Volume 10 (2026) published as Computing and Software for Big Science |
| Ethics and Society | Fully Open Access | 3091-3322 | Springer | Prior to Volume 20 (2026) published as NanoEthics |
| Ethnobotany and Economic Botany | Hybrid | 3091-2911 | Springer | Prior to Volume 80 (2026) published as Economic Botany |
| Global Ethics | Fully Open Access | 3091-3322 | Springer | Prior to Volume 20 (2026) published as NanoEthics |
| Journal on Advances in Signal Processing | Fully Open Access | 3091-4507 | Springer | Prior to Volume 2026 (2026) published as EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing |
| Journal on Audio, Speech, and Music Processing | Fully Open Access | 3091-4523 | Springer | Prior to Volume 2026 (2026) published as EURASIP Journal on Audio, Speech, and Music Processing |
| Journal on Image and Video Processing | Fully Open Access | 3091-454X | Springer | Prior to Volume 2026 (2026) published as EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing |
| Journal on Information Security | Fully Open Access | 3091-4515 | Springer | Prior to Volume 2026 (2026) published as EURASIP Journal on Information Security |
| Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking | Fully Open Access | 3091-4531 | Springer | Prior to Volume 2026 (2026) published as EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking |
| MedScience | Hybrid | 3091-4981 | Higher Education Press, co-published with Springer | Prior to Volume 20 (2026) published as Frontiers of Medicine |
| Pädiatrie hands-on | Subscription | 2196-6443 | SpringerMedizin | Prior to Volume 38 (2026) published as Pädiatrie |
| Pneumo-News | Subscription | 2199-3866 | SpringerMedizin | Prior to Volume 18 (2026) published as Pneumo News |
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