Presentation by Springer Publishing House (Singapore) expert

Springer is a global publishing company founded in 1842 as Springer-Verlag. In 2015, Springer merged into Springer Nature. With a staff of over 13,000 people from 50 countries around the world, Springer publishes 8,500 books and 2,500 journals every year, providing an open-source scientific database with over 550 journals, through two platforms SpringerLink and Nature.com to more than 250 million researchers/year. Most Nobel Prize-winning scientists have had their work published in Springer journals.

Mrs. Alexandra Westcott Campbell

Springer publishes many different types of works such as: monographs - books on a topic or group of topics with a length of about 200 pages; thematic collections - a collection of many book chapters on the same topic and of an interdisciplinary nature; book series - a collection of monographs or thematic collections; key reference works - encyclopedias, handbooks, atlases reviewed by reputable experts; as well as textbooks and handbooks. In particular, Springer also publishes a specialized publication called SpringerBriefs, which is a collection of book series in a specific scientific field, short in length (about 50-125 pages) and using paperback.

The works accepted by Springer should be groundbreaking and original, have a solid theoretical foundation and regional/international reach, be relevant to a debate in the field, be carefully proposed and have a clear target audience. Above all, the author should have a convincing introduction, in which the aims of the work are made clear.

The presentation was attended by many staff and lecturers of the School.

The process of registering to publish a book at Springer is thorough and detailed. The author will come up with an idea, write a book review proposal (about 2 months) and wait for the review results from Springer (2 weeks). If accepted, the author will sign a publishing contract with Springer and write a book manuscript. The manuscript, when sent to Springer, will go through a rigorous review process (usually lasting 2 months) until the final version is completed by the author and sent to the publisher. Springer will edit and complete the publishing process in about 4 months (for electronic versions) or 6 months (for printed versions).

Ms. Alexandra Westcott Campbell encourages scholars and researchers to choose Springer for publishing. Springer offers many benefits such as allowing publishing in both print and electronic forms (with many rich formats such as PDF, HTML and ePub), the ability to store data safely and effectively, the ability to publish in many different languages, wide coverage (through Springer's channels such as SpringerLink and Springer's partners such as Amazon, Google Books), the ability to cite and list details for each book chapter, high compatibility with many electronic devices such as Ipad, Nook, Sony Reader. In addition, Springer will also support authors to promote their works through seminars, talks, press conferences to introduce books; book reviews and evaluations in newspapers and magazines; online summary videos.

Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Kim encourages scientists of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities to boldly publish international works.

At the presentation, Ms. Alexandra Westcott Campbell also reviewed Springer's work review process, gave some suggestions for writing book manuscripts, provided guidance on how to optimize titles to increase citation index (BCI), introduced open source publishing options, answered some questions about language and translation, and shared some experiences on international publication and publication.