What authors need to know

• Articles eligible for publication under the Agreement: original research articles only (original articles reporting on primary research) in:
  Premier Collection, hybrid, journals; (SC for Lille)
  Gold (fully open access) journals, including The BMJ (Lyon, Côte d’Azur, Bordeaux, Toulouse only)
• You must be the corresponding author* of the article.
• You must be affiliated with an eligible institution, at the time at which your article is accepted for publication.
• Your institution’s OA Agreement with BMJ must be active, with sufficient funds, on acceptance of your paper.
• You must clearly state your primary affiliation in the published manuscript.
• You will need to verify your eligibility at submission using both your institution’s Ringgold ID and email 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. It is important you validate your funder correctly on submission, by selecting from the drop down list, and supplying details of funder name(s) and grant number(s).
• Some institutions have agreements that allow you to publish research, even if not covered by one of the eligible funders. In this case open access articles will be published allowing reuse under a CC-BY licence or CC-BY-NC in selected journals**.

*Acting as the main contact with us after editorial acceptance.
** Please check with your library administrator for licence details.