In the final episode of this four-part series, Nicola Jones, Director of the Springer Nature SDG Programme, discusses the product development of Nature Journals and Books in support of the Sustainable Development Goals. Deviating from the traditional model, Nature Journals assembled multidisciplinary experts to work together in producing high-impact research on the same topic—such as, Nature Human Behaviour launched in 2017, and, more recently, Nature Mental Health (for an interview with Rebecca Cooney, PhD, Chief Editor of Nature Mental Health, click here). In addition, Nicola explains how, despite their individual identities and audiences, Springer and Palgrave Macmillan joined forces for a cross imprint related to the goals, which forged connections between the publishers and avoided saturating the market with SDG content. Last, she highlights the significant role open access plays in the SDG Programme, and the book publishing partnership with the Lyrasis consortium that supports this commitment to open research.

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