At BMJ we believe that making research articles widely available and free at the point of use is critically important to advancing medical research and enabling healthcare professionals to make better decisions.
Open access agreements
Open access at BMJ
At BMJ we believe that making research articles widely available and free at the point of use is critically important to advancing medical research and enabling healthcare professionals to make better decisions. We offer different types of open access agreements to help your researchers publish their work in leading scientific journals at a reduced cost while complying with open access mandates.
Benefits for institutions • Customised pricing packages that suit your institution’s needs • Reduces costs with generous discounts on open access article publishing charges (APCs) • Compliance with funders' open access mandates • Wider reach and increased visibility of your institution's research • User-friendly processes and reports - our system offers simple payment processes and regular institution-level reports.
Benefits for authors • Choice of over 50 peer-reviewed journals , including The BMJ and BMJ Open • Fast handling ―from submission to decision, from decision to publication • Compliance with funder’s open access mandates including NIH, RCUK and Wellcome Trust • Global visibility - indexing in major bibliographic databases such as PubMed and Web of Science ensures their research is easy to find and cite • Impact - Nearly half of our indexed journals rank within the top 10 of their category. Our journals publish some of the world’s most influential research affecting public discourse and policy making.
Source: Thomson Reuters 2019 citation data ®
Our account has proved extremely successful. As well as enabling UCL authors to choose Gold open access at a discounted rate, it removes much of the administrative burden of article publishing charges. Authors like the scheme and find it easy to use. BMJ's open access team has been very supportive and helpful. Catherine Sharp , Open Access Funding Manager, University College London
Choose the open access option that suits your institution
Publish and Read agreements Our tailored publish and read agreements are designed to support institutions transition to open access. These agreements remove the burden of publishing fees from individual authors, as well as providing read access to all existing and forthcoming BMJ journal content. Benefits • Supports a gradual transition to a ‘pay to publish’ model for research articles • Compliance with funders’ mandates • Provides quality production systems and automated open access workflows • Advanced and flexible reporting through dashboards – access your institution’s latest data anytime and from anywhere
• Touch-free payment workflow for authors means the agreement covers all publishing costs and eliminates the administrative burden for researchers Prepay account
This option is an advance payment system that allows institutions to deposit funds to cover the cost of open access publishing by their authors in any of BMJ’s journals. The article processing charge (minus your discount) is deducted from the account balance on acceptance of the article. Benefits • Institutions decide how much to pay upfront (£10k minimum) • Discount applied to APCs • Automated open access workflows and advanced reporting through dashboards – access your institution’s latest data anytime and from anywhere
• Automatic reminders if/when an account top-up is required • Unused funds automatically roll over to the following year
• Streamlines the administration of your institution’s open access output • Authors pay nothing – the agreement covers all publishing costs Membership Member institutions pay an annual fee (based on their Open Access output with BMJ journals in the previous year), which grants all authors at the institution a discount on the article publishing charge (APC) when submitting to any BMJ published journal. Benefits • Cost-effective Annual Membership fee • Discount on the APC • Automated open access workflows and advanced reporting through dashboards – access your
To discuss your requirements, please contact:
North America E: ussales@bmj.com Latin America & the Caribbean E: latamsales@bmj.com
institution’s latest data anytime and from anywhere • An affordable way to help support your researchers with open access publishing
We have a range of over 65 key titles available in various packages to suit your needs. The journals cover a range of specialties, including clinical, evidence-based and public health content, and represent an essential addition to your library.
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