BMJ OA Author guide-institutions w/read & publish agreement

Read and Publish and Prepay Agreements Step 1 Visit our Author Hub to fi nd out more about publishing with BMJ. authors.bmj.com Find information on whether your institution is part of an open access agreement with BMJ and the discounts you may be entitled to. https:/ authors.bmj.com/open-access/oa-agreements/

Step 2 Choose the journal relevant for your research Visit the journal’s website journals.bmj.com . Review our ‘Instructions for authors’ and prepare your manuscript for submission according to these instructions. Click ‘Submit a paper’ and get started with your publication journey. Ready to submit your article? Our BMJ Journals tutorial will show you how Step 3 Before you start your submission it is important that • Your ScholarOne user account is up to date • You are using your academic email rather than a personal email • Your institution is connected to Ringgold. You will see a yellow exclamation mark if you fail to connect to Ringgold. During submission you will be prompted to select your open access agreement a ffi liation, your ‘agreement name’ or ‘Institution’ will be available to select in the dropdown options. You will also be asked to con fi rm the publication licence, please make sure to select the one required by your institution or funder.

Upon acceptance, RightsLink ® will automatically notify your institution and the institution funder will be able to review and approve or deny the request from their central dashboard.

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