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This white paper summarises findings from a joint project between Springer Nature, the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU) and the Dutch University Libraries and the National Library consortium (UKB), exploring how research content is being used outside of academia. It draws together findings from a bibliometric analysis of nearly 360,000 documents published in 2017 (book chapters, journal documents and proceedings), and a survey of nearly 6,000 readers on Springer Nature websites, putting a spotlight on the potential impact of immediate Gold OA publishing on societal impact: who uses research content where this relates to the SDGs, and for what purpose? Our results show a strong OA advantage, with a high volume of readers from non-academic communities.

This report forms the first part of a three-part summary of the findings of a global survey with more than 9,000 researchers, conducted in June 2019. This section explores: 1) how important is societal impact to researchers? 2) how do funder or institutional requirements on societal impact affect researcher behaviours? Read Part 2 and Part 3.

This report forms the first part of a three-part summary of the findings of a global survey with more than 9,000 researchers, conducted in June 2019. This section explores: What support is received with regards to societal impact? Who is providing the support? What types of support are reported? Read Part 1 and Part 2.

This report forms the second part of a three-part summary of the findings of a global survey with more than 9,000 researchers, conducted in June 2019. This section explores: What consideration of impact occurs ahead of research? What activities are undertaken to increase societal impact? How much time is spent on generating societal impact? Read Part 1 and Part 3.

An individual profile on the behaviours of researchers with a focus on SDG12.

An individual profile on the behaviours of researchers with a focus on SDG10.

An individual profile on the behaviours of researchers with a focus on SDG13.

An individual profile on the behaviours of researchers with a focus on SDG4.

An individual profile on the behaviours of researchers with a focus on SDG9.

An individual profile on the behaviours of researchers with a focus on SDG17.

An individual profile on the behaviours of researchers with a focus on SDG15.

An individual profile on the behaviours of researchers with a focus on SDG 3.

An individual profile on the behaviours of researchers with a focus on SDG6.

An individual profile on the behaviours of researchers with a focus on SDG7.

An individual profile on the behaviours of researchers with a focus on SDG2.

An individual profile on the behaviours of researchers with a focus on SDG5.

An individual profile on the behaviours of researchers with a focus on SDG11.

An individual profile on the behaviours of researchers with a focus on SDG14.

An individual profile on the behaviours of researchers with a focus on SDG 1.