WHY PUBLISH OPEN ACCESS?
Wider reach and greater impact Articles are free to access anytime, anywhere and by anyone, including patients, policy makers and the general public. This makes research more visible, leading to increased usage and citations. In 2023, BMJ Group published 21,086 open access articles , with 11,603 citations achieved (Dimensions 2024) 5.8M Altmetric mentions of open access articles (Altmetric mentions of all open access articles published by BMJ Group, Altmetric 2024) Most of our journals are indexed in major bibliographic databases such as PubMed, MEDLINE and Web of Science
Advances discovery Unrestricted access to output and data allows researchers to build on existing findings and carry out collaborative research, paving the way for important discoveries and breakthroughs. BMJ Group publishes some of the world’s most important and widely discussed research that influences health policy worldwide More than a third of our indexed journals rank within the top 10 of their category (2023 JCR year, Clarivate 2024) 9 th most cited publisher in Clinical Medicine, 12 th in Public Health, and 8 th in Health Services Research (Analysis of most cited publishers ranked by total citations in 2021, 2022, 2023, Broad Research Areas, Dimensions 2024)
Compliance with open access mandates Publishing in a fully open access journal, a transformative journal, a hybrid journal, or self- archiving in an institutional repository complies with policies set by funders, institutions and governments. Our gold open access titles are fully compliant with major funders policies such as the NIH, UKRI and Wellcome Trust BMJ Group’s green open access policy allows authors to deposit their manuscripts in an institutional repository with zero embargo and under a CC-BY-NC licence All of BMJ Group’s journals comply with Plan S requirements for publishing research AUTHOR HUB Learn about how we can help to get your research published, discovered and cited PLAN S COMPLIANCE AT BMJ GROUP Find out how Plan S affects research authors and how we can help them comply with it FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Find the answers to the most frequently asked questions about open access CONTACT US Please contact our customer services for general inquires. support@bmj.com, +44 (0) 207-1111-105 Visit bmjgroup.com
Learn about the benefits of publishing open access
Open access at BMJ Group 9-24
Powered by FlippingBook