Axios: Trump Admin Cuts Contracts with Springer Nature

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The Trump administration has terminated millions worth of funding for Springer Nature, a German-owned scientific publishing giant that has long received payments for subscriptions from National Institutes of Health and other agencies, Axios has learned.

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Earlier this year, the Justice Departmentsent a letter to a Springer publication questioning its editorial practices and accusing the publishing house of acting as a partisan in scientific debates, as well as wrongfully advocating for positions, according to a source with knowledge of the matter.

• The letter also posed questions about Springer’s alleged ties to China, CCP funding and related claims of censorship.
• At least one other scientific journal, Chest, also received a letter about taking sides in scientific debates, as the Washington Post reported in April.
• Springer Nature has more than 3,000 journals and publications, and its portfolio includes Nature and Scientific American. The editorial content ranges from science and medical news to peer-reviewed research papers written by scientists. The company went public last October.

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