This is included in the agreement
The open access publishing fee (APC, article processing charge) has been pre-paid through an agreement between the Library and the publisher. The agreement applies when the corresponding author (i.e., the person communicating with the publisher and journal) is affiliated with Umeå University.
The agreement does not cover additional charges, such as page fees or colour illustration fees.
The agreement applies to articles accepted by the publisher in 2026 (“acceptance date” in 2026).
Journals and publication types
The agreement applies to open access publishing in journals included in BMJ Fully Gold OA Journals and BMJ Hybrid Journals.
The agreement applies to research and review articles.
Choice of licence
Articles covered by the agreement are published with a CC BY licence.
Learn more about Creative Commons licences for researchers (Swedish National Library)
What you need to do
To use the agreement, you must:
- be the corresponding author;
- state a correct affiliation to Umeå University in the manuscript; and
- state Umeå University as your primary affiliation in the publisher submission system.
For the publisher to identify you as affiliated to Umeå University, you should use your university email address ending in @umu.se.
Good to know about the publishing process
Read more about the publishing process on the BMJ website:
Open access agreements for Sweden – information for authors
Always check the terms and conditions
It is crucial that you review the terms and conditions on the website of both the publisher and the journal in which you choose to publish.
Contact the library
Do you have a question about the open access publishing agreements? Contact the library for help. Select "Publishing, theses and research data" in the contact form:
