What authors need to know

• Articles eligible for funded publication: original research articles only (original articles reporting on primary research) in our Hybrid journals. Your institution may have additional arrangements with us that also cover your Article Processing Charges in a range of other BMJ journals, including our fully open access titles (see your institution’s details below).
• 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 JISC/ BMJ Read and Publish Agreement runs until December 31st 2024).
• 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 funded** 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*** – unless your funder mandates reuse under the CC-BY licence.

*Acting as the main contact with us after editorial acceptance.
**Funders: UK Research and Innovation (Medical Research Council, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Arts and Humanities Research Council, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Economic and Social Research Council, Natural Environment Research Council, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Innovate UK, Research England), British Heart Foundation, Blood Cancer UK, Cancer Research UK, Parkinsons UK, Versus Arthritis or the Wellcome Trust
*** ADC, ARD, BJO, FG, GUT, HEART JMG, JNIS, JNNP, PN, THORAX