Instructions on how to prepare a manuscript for submission to BMJ Open can be found here. Our manuscript submission site is in development; a notice will be posted on this site as soon as it is ready, so keep checking back. […]
Press release
The official press release announcing BMJ Open can be found here. It includes a comment from Dr Fiona Godlee, BMJ Editor-in-Chief, that helps set BMJ Open in the context of the BMJ Group’s history of open access, and its mission to help improve patient outcomes worldwide. […]
BMJ Open FAQs posted
A page that provides more specific information on BMJ Open has been added to the site here. Topics covered include BMJ Open‘s required reporting standards for submissions, data sharing policies, article processing charges, peer review and copyright agreement. We will be adding to this document but meanwhile you can click on the Contact us link with any […]
Wider open access developments at the BMJ Group
By adopting an open access policy for research articles, BMJ Open follows in the footsteps of the BMJ itself. All research articles published in the BMJ are available open access, a policy that dates from 1998. A recent editorial in the BMJ talks about the launch of BMJ Open and the BMJ‘s new policy on […]
BMJ Open: accessible medical research
Welcome to the BMJ Open blog, where we will be documenting our countdown to launch later this year. BMJ Open is an open access journal for general medical research. Using a continuous publication model the journal will provide rapid publication for research from any medical discipline or therapeutic area. Not only will the journal publish […]