What authors need to know

• Articles eligible for funded publication: 
  • original research articles (original articles reporting on primary research) in our Hybrid journals (Standard and Premier collection)
• You must be the corresponding author* of the article.
• You must be a current staff member or student of an eligible institution at the time your article is accepted for publication.
• Your institution’s OA Agreement with BMJ must be active, with sufficient funds, on acceptance of your paper. (The current IReL/ BMJ Read and Publish Agreement runs until December 31st 2026).
• You must clearly state your primary affiliation in the published manuscript.
• You will need to verify your eligibility at submission using your Ringgold ID/ institution domain. Find out more about Ringgold IDs and why they are important.
• All open access articles will be published allowing reuse under a CC-BY licence, or CC-BY-NC in selected journals**, unless your funder mandates reuse under the CC-BY licence.

*Acting as the main contact with us after editorial acceptance.
** ADC, ARD, BJO, FG, GUT, HEART JMG, JNIS, JNNP, PN, THORAX