Report Summary

  • 20

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    37% of other websites

  • 93

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 82% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    56% of websites

  • 69

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    28% of websites

springer.jp

Springer Nature | Springer Nature Japan

Page Load Speed

6.7 sec in total

First Response

905 ms

Resources Loaded

5.5 sec

Page Rendered

303 ms

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About Website

Click here to check amazing Springer content for Japan. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about springer.jp

シュプリンガー・ネイチャーは、世界的な学術出版社として研究コミュニティー全体に最良のサービスを提供することを目指します。著者が発見した知見を共有し、また他の研究者の研究成果を見つけ、アクセスし、理解できるようにすること、図書館員や研究機関をテクノロジーやデータのイノベーションを通して支援することなどがあります。 研究コミュニティーにとっての重要な課題に真摯に取り組み、科学のために立ち上がり、オープ...

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Key Findings

We analyzed Springer.jp page load time and found that the first response time was 905 ms and then it took 5.8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 75% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

springer.jp performance score

20

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.0 s

49/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value13.0 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value11.2 s

5/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value11,580 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.065

97/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value18.0 s

3/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

springer.jp

905 ms

styles.css

523 ms

mt.js

711 ms

jsapi

18 ms

reflection.js

356 ms

Our browser made a total of 87 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 59% of them (51 requests) were addressed to the original Springer.jp, 23% (20 requests) were made to Static.xx.fbcdn.net and 5% (4 requests) were made to Scontent.xx.fbcdn.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (2.3 sec) belongs to the original domain Springer.jp.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 109.1 kB (31%)

Content Size

354.3 kB

After Optimization

245.2 kB

In fact, the total size of Springer.jp main page is 354.3 kB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 45% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 244.4 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-71%

Potential reduce by 10.4 kB

  • Original 14.7 kB
  • After minification 12.5 kB
  • After compression 4.3 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 2.2 kB, which is 15% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 10.4 kB or 71% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-14%

Potential reduce by 34.2 kB

  • Original 244.4 kB
  • After minification 210.2 kB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Obviously, Springer needs image optimization as it can save up to 34.2 kB or 14% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-42%

Potential reduce by 15.9 kB

  • Original 38.2 kB
  • After minification 32.0 kB
  • After compression 22.3 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 15.9 kB or 42% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 48.6 kB

  • Original 57.0 kB
  • After minification 43.2 kB
  • After compression 8.4 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Springer.jp needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 48.6 kB or 85% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 40 (47%)

Requests Now

86

After Optimization

46

The browser has sent 86 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Springer. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 18 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 15 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

springer.jp accessibility score

93

Accessibility Issues

ARIA

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

[aria-hidden="true"] elements contain focusable descendents

Contrast

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Impact

Issue

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Some elements have a [tabindex] value greater than 0

Best Practices

springer.jp best practices score

83

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

springer.jp SEO score

69

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Links do not have descriptive text

High

Document doesn't have a valid hreflang

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

Mobile Friendly

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

Impact

Issue

High

Document uses legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    JA

  • Language Claimed

    JA

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Springer.jp can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that Japanese is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that Springer.jp main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Springer. Lack of Open Graph description can be counter-productive for their social media presence, as such a description allows converting a website homepage (or other pages) into good-looking, rich and well-structured posts, when it is being shared on Facebook and other social media. For example, adding the following code snippet into HTML <head> tag will help to represent this web page correctly in social networks: