Open access agreements for Sweden 2022: information for authors

Open access

Welcome

Under the terms of BMJ’s open access agreement with Bibsam Konsortium (Bibsam), corresponding authors* affiliated to a large number of Swedish universities and research institutions are eligible to publish open access (with fees covered by the agreement) in a range of BMJ journals.

You will also find information here if your institution is part of EiRA, the Swedish consortium for hospitals/healthcare, where a membership agreement entitles you to a discount on your APC in our fully open access journals. EiRA members are listed by region, if you have any queries as to your organisation’s membership please contact EiRA directly.

*Acting as the main contact with us after editorial acceptance.

What authors need to know

Articles eligible for funded publication:
– original research articles (original articles reporting on primary research) in our Transformative Journals (Standard Collection);
– original research articles in our fully open access journals.
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. (The current Bibsam/ BMJ Publish and Read Agreement runs until December 31st 2022).
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, 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

To find out if you are entitled to institutional funding, where your fees will be covered by the Agreement, please follow our simple steps below. If you're ready to submit your paper you can do so straightaway by clicking on the relevant journal from the drop down menu in step 2 below.

Useful resources

Find out if you are entitled to institutional funding

1. Select your institution

2. How you can publish with fees covered by your institution

3. Ready to submit?

Authors

Ready to go? Then head straight to the journal’s drop down opposite. Any journal you select will have a clear “Submit” button on its home page.

Need a bit more help? You may find this guide useful when submitting your article:

Download OA at BMJ author guide

In addition, this video gives you an overview of publishing your article OA with us:

You may also find the accompanying infographic useful:

Downlo ad “How to publish your article open access with BMJ” infographic

Librarians
Learn how to access and use the RightsLink® institutional portal to manage your open access business.

Consortia Manual Approval CCC Portal Guide, 2022