BMJ Journals

Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
Term of the agreement: 01.01.2025–31.12.2027
In the last year of the agreement term, renewal negotiations are usually conducted by the office.
Type: Journals, Open Access
Discipline: Medicine

The BMJ Publishing Group and the Austrian Academic Library Consortium (KEMÖ) have concluded a Read and Publish agreement for the period from 2025 to 2027, enabling corresponding authors affiliated with the participating institutions to publish Open Access in Hybrid and Gold OA journals at no additional charge.

Open Access Publishing

Please note that further funding guidelines for Open Access publishing may be applicable at your institution. For more details about publishing options and this agreement, please contact your library or Scholarly Communication Office at your institution. Participating institutions of this agreement are listed below.

What journals are covered by this agreement?
See the list of eligible journals here:
BMJ Journals Collection (.XLSX) / (.PDF)

Authors of the following institutions are additionally eligible for OA publishing in
BMJ's fully open access journals (.XLSX) / (.PDF)

Medizinische Universität Wien | Open-Access-Info
Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität | Open-Access-Info

Who is eligible?
Authors affiliated with a participating member institution in the role of 'corresponding author' of the article. BMJ identifies eligible authors through their institutional email address or Ringold ID.

Which article types are eligible?
Including others, the following article types are eligible: Case Studies, Commentaries, Data Articles, Educations, Lectures, Methods and Protocols, Perspectives, Practices and Policies, Rapid Publications, Research Articles, Review Articles, Short Communications and Technical Notes

What license options are available?
Authors may choose between CC BY and CC BY-NC.

When do authors have to be affiliated with a participating member institution to be eligible for funding?
Authors must be affiliated with a participating member institution on the acceptance date.

What costs are covered by the agreement?
Article Processing Charges (APCs) are fully covered by the agreement; no additional charges for authors incurred.

Participating institutions

(in alphabetical order)

Note: If possible, the links refer to the institutional Open Access information. If one is not available, the link leads to the library of the participating institution (or to the homepage of the institution if no other link is available).

A list of participating institutions can be downloaded here (.XLSX).