• Generate revenue to fund society activities.
  • Encourage early career investigators to publish and highlight them in every issue.
  • Featured articles on the APS issue of the year.
  • Offer Editorial Board membership to society members when positions are available.
  • Waive color figure charges in print issues for society members who are first or last authors.
  • Provide spots in the Editorial Apprenticeship program for society members.
  • Support early career faculty in writing reviews (SPR Perspectives).
  • Waive page charges for submissions to the annual review issue.
  • Highlight images from papers on the cover, often from society member papers.
  • Provide free graphic image development from professional illustrators.
  • Publish peer-reviewed articles beyond original research.
  • Promote diverse scientific fields within the societies, being the only pediatric journal that publishes basic science.
  • Enhance visibility of published articles through social media and Springer Nature press releases.
  • SharedIt content-sharing initiative means that links to view-only, full-text subscription research articles can be posted anywhere – including on social media platforms, author websites and in institutional repositories – so researchers can share research with colleagues and general audiences.