Springer Nature has now acquired the first position in the publication industry of being the largest publisher due to opening of its reference list in association with Crossref. The option of “link reference” tool can be used to view or cross examine any references available in the crossref domain. Open citation is believed to enhance the author’s experience through making literature search a bit easier for them and advance the dara discovery process.
Reference link: http://www.stm-publishing.com/springer-nature-becomes-largest-publisher-to-open-up-all-reference-lists/