BMJ

Umeå University researchers can publish open access at no cost in the majority of BMJ journals. Read more about the terms of our agreement with the publisher for 2025 and what it means for you here.

The open access publishing fee (APC, article processing charge) has been pre-paid through an agreement between the library and BMJ. The agreement applies to journals included in BMJ Premier Collection and BMJ Gold OA Journals.

Terms and conditions

You must be the corresponding author, i.e., the one handling communication with the publisher and journal.
Your Umeå University affiliation must be stated in the published article.
You must use your university email ending with @umu.se in order to be identified as an Umeå University affiliated author.
The agreement applies to research and review articles. For a detailed list of article types per journal see: BMJ title list and article types 2025.
Your article will be published under a CC BY or CC BY-NC license, depending on the journal. Use the open access discount search to see the license options for each journal.
The agreement does not cover additional charges, such as page charges or charges for colour illustrations.