Webcasts offer partners an opportunity to engage directly with the global scientific community and generate leads. They connect viewers with our partner’s brand and raise their profile with highly targeted audiences.
Editorial Content
We welcome content that supports the integrity of Springer Nature brands and is consistent with the accepted principles of scientific accuracy and integrity.
All content should be aimed at a science-literate audience. Webcast examples can be found at here
All content will undergo editorial review to ensure it is relevant to our readers and in the style they expect.
Content based on editorially sensitive topics such as gene editing, COVID-19 and AI may require enhanced editorial review. Please notify your assigned Project Manager as early as possible if you plan to include it in your presentation.
You must obtain permission for any content that you did not create such as images, videos, animations etc. (third party content) included in the webcast.
All scientific research and data should be clearly cited on each slide the information appears.
Inclusion of unpublished material
The majority of a webcast should be supported by published data from peer-reviewed journals. Inclusion of any unpublished material including data deposited in a preprint such as arXiv or biorXiv, or presented at a conference in any form, must be presented and discussed as detailed below. Springer Nature has a right to veto any content that does not fulfil these principles. To avoid any issues, please get the presentation reviewed by our editorial team as early as possible.
The method, top-line outcomes, and high-level conclusions of unpublished studies can be discussed, but the actual results cannot be presented except in the case of application notes (see below).
Any unpublished studies discussed should be genuinely intended for publication in the near future.
The data from unpublished studies should be:
Any images that may form part of the eventual publication should not be used in the webcast.
Application notes
Application notes are documents that explain a technology, its performance and abilities. Though not published in a peer-reviewed journal, application notes or data from an application note can feature in a webcast provided the following rules are followed:
It should be made clear that the data come from an application note and not published literature.
Data should only reflect demonstration of the product being described, and not original research findings. Data should only be presented in summary form.
No competitor products may be mentioned by name. Alternative or competing systems should be described generically.
Acknowledgement on Promotional Materials and Springer Nature Platforms
Custom webcasts should be referred to as a ‘Nature Custom Media webcast’ or ‘Springer Custom Media webcast’.
Custom webcasts should be clearly labelled as ‘Produced by’ the partner and ‘Presented by’ our Custom Media team.
The webcast will also include the name or logo of the partner organization in a clear and transparent fashion and state that the partner ‘retains sole responsibility for the content’.
Springer Nature has a right to remove the webcast from our platform after its publication if the content is deemed to be in breach of these guidelines.
Accessibility
Springer Nature is committed to making its products as accessible to all as possible. To enable accessibility features in the webcast, the presentation must follow these guidelines:
Empty space should be left along the bottom of each slide to prevent content from being obscured by captions.
The speaker should verbally describe all content present on each slide. This task can be simplified by including only essential visual content.
Workflow & Schedule
Using the custom webcast set-up form, provide details of your webcast. Springer Nature will fine-tune the title and abstract and assign a Project Manager to coordinate the process.
You will also need to complete a marketing sheet to indicate your desired audience.
The process takes a minimum of 12 weeks from submitting a completed set-up form to broadcast date.
Your Project Manager will send you a schedule detailing each stage and checkpoint. If you are unable to meet any of the deadlines, you risk reduced marketing promotion time or postponement or cancellation of your webcast.
