A recent report on the next steps for increasing open access to UK research concluded that Green OA infrastructure (i.e. repositories) should be encouraged while an economically sustainable transition to Gold OA is worked through. ‘Heading for the open road: costs and benefits of transitions in scholarly communications’ by CEPA and Mark Ware Consulting, […]
Locked-in syndrome article coverage
A month after launch, some of our first papers are still being picked up in the media (see today’s Irish Medical Times for coverage of our paper on delays in recording diagnoses of ovarian cancer). The paper by Bruno et al. on self-assessed well-being of locked-in syndrome patients received considerable coverage, including this interview on BBC […]
BMJ Open and UK PMC
Confirmation that BMJ Open satisfies the open access criteria for the Wellcome Trust and other UK PMC funders (including Arthritis Research UK, British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, NIHR and MRC) can be found here, at the UK PMC blog. BMJ Open will automatically deposit published articles with PMC on authors’ behalf without embargo. […]
BMJ Open publishes first papers; coverage on BBC’s Today, Washington Post …
BMJ Open has published its first papers. You can visit the site here. If you are looking for the paper by Bruno et al. on locked-in syndrome, as covered by BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, the BBC News website, the Washington Post, Times of India, etc., you can find it here. […]
BMJ joins the ‘open’ debate
BMJ Open is the first BMJ Group journal to use fully open peer review Revealing to authors who has peer reviewed their article has helped to make the process fairer and increase the credit for reviewers, according to a recent editorial published by the BMJ. BMJ Deputy Editor, Trish Groves presents her perspectives on the […]
BMJ Open in PubMed Central
This week BMJ Open received confirmation the journal has been accepted for inclusion in the NLM collection and so may deposit articles in PubMed Central (PMC). This means that by publishing in BMJ Open authors will meet the requirements of major funders such as the Wellcome Trust by making their articles open access and ensuring their deposition in PMC. Another reason […]
Special launch offer
To celebrate 15 years of online and open access publishing at the BMJ Group, any articles submitted to BMJ Open before 31 January 2011 will have their article-processing charge waived at acceptance. In May 1995 the BMJ became the first general medical journal to launch itself into cyberspace – see the development of bmj.com here. […]
Review for BMJ Open
Keep your analytical skills sharp, receive public acknowledgement of your efforts and save money on publication charges! BMJ Open is now reviewing articles for publication. Peer reviewing is a good way to hone your analytical skills and to get a ‘first look’ at forthcoming research. Our system of open peer review – publishing reviewers’ comments – […]
BMJ Group at COASP 2010
The BMJ Group was represented at the 2nd Conference for Open Access Scholarly Publishers (COASP) by Dr Trish Groves of the BMJ. You can watch her presentation on open access at the BMJ Group here. […]
Have your research seen by the world!
BMJ Open is now welcoming submissions. Submit now – and your work could be included in the launch of our brand new open access journal. Instructions for authors are available here and you can read more about BMJ Open‘s aims and scope here. Open access has long been part of the BMJ Group ethos – BMJ research articles have been […]