Scientists at several federal agencies are losing access to scientific literature published by Springer Nature, which produces the prestigious journal Nature among many other high-profile titles.
几个联邦机构的科学家正在失去对斯普林格自然界发表的科学文献的访问，该文献在许多其他备受瞩目的头衔中产生了享有声望的期刊。
That's according to a report Monday by Nature's news team, which is also published by Springer Nature, but is editorially independent.
这是根据自然新闻团队周一的一份报告，该报告也由Springer Nature发表，但在编辑上是独立的。
According to the news outlet, spokespeople for NASA and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed that agency scientists would no longer have access to Springer Nature journals. A USDA spokesperson said that it"has cancelled all contracts and subscriptions to Springer Nature. The journal [sic] is exorbitantly expensive and is not a good use of taxpayer funds." A government spending database also shows the Department of Energy (DOE) has dropped contracts with the publisher.
根据新闻媒体的说法，美国宇航局的发言人和美国农业部（USDA）证实，机构科学家将不再可以使用Springer自然期刊。美国农业部发言人说，“已取消了施普林格自然的所有合同和订阅。《杂志》（SIC）高昂昂贵，并且对纳税人的资金不利。”政府支出数据库还显示能源部（DOE）已与出版商签订合同。
When Nature news first reached out to the National Institutes of Health (NIH)—which is the top funding agency for biomedical research in the world—it appeared that its access to Nature journals was not on the chopping block. But, hours later, Andrew Nixon, the top spokesperson for the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which oversees the NIH, said:"All contracts with Springer Nature are terminated or no longer active. Precious taxpayer dollars should be [sic] not be used on unused subscriptions to junk science."
当Nature News首次接触到美国国家卫生研究院（NIH）时，这是世界上最重要的生物医学研究资金署 - 似乎它的访问自然期刊并不是在斩波街上。但是，几个小时后，负责NIH的美国卫生与公共服务部（HHS）的最高发言人安德鲁·尼克松（Andrew Nixon）说：“与施普林格的所有合同均终止或不再活跃。珍贵的纳税人美元不应用于[sic]不适用于junk Science的未使用订阅。”
