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CC BY / CC BY NC (Hybrid) sub/acc routes available

Publisher Policy Information

Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group
Internal Moniker
CC BY / CC BY NC (Hybrid) sub/acc routes available
Urls
  • http://journals.bmj.com/site/authors/openaccess.xhtml [Open access at BMJ]
  • https://www.bmj.com/company/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Non-Open-Access-Articles-July-2025.pdf [Non Open Access Articles]
  • https://authors.bmj.com/policies/copyright-and-authors-rights/ [Copyright and authors’ rights]
  • https://authors.bmj.com/policies/preprints/ [Preprints]
Policy Prohibits Open Access
No

Routes to OA

The Submitted version can be archived in:

  • Named Repository (arXiv, bioRxiv, medRxiv)
  • Preprint Repository

...with the following conditions:

  • Publisher copyright and source must be acknowledged
  • Must link to publisher version with DOI
  • Set statement to accompany deposit, upon publication of article

The Accepted version can be archived in:

  • Author's Homepage
  • Institutional Repository
  • Institutional Website

...with the following conditions:

  • Upon online publication
  • Publisher copyright and source must be acknowledged
  • Must link to published article with DOI
  • Set statement to accompany deposit

The Accepted version can be archived in:

  • Author's Homepage
  • Institutional Repository
  • Institutional Website

...with one of the following licences: CC BY-NC 4.0

...with the following conditions:

  • Upon online publication
  • Publisher source must be acknowledged with citation
  • Must link to published article with DOI
  • Set statement to accompany deposit

The Accepted version can be archived in: Named Repository (PubMed Central)

...with an embargo of 6 Months

...with one of the following licences: CC BY-NC 4.0

...with the following conditions:

  • Publisher copyright and source must be acknowledged
  • Must link to published article with DOI
  • Set statement to accompany deposit

The Accepted version can be archived in:

  • Named Academic Social Network (Mendeley, ResearchGate)
  • Named Repository (PubMed Central)

...with an embargo of 12 Months

...with the following conditions:

  • Publisher copyright and source must be acknowledged
  • Must link to published article with DOI
  • Set statement to accompany deposit

The Accepted version can be archived in:

  • Named Academic Social Network (Mendeley, ResearchGate)
  • Named Repository (PubMed Central)

...with an embargo of 12 Months

...with one of the following licences: CC BY-NC 4.0

...with the following conditions:

  • Publisher copyright and source must be acknowledged
  • Must link to published article with DOI
  • Set statement to accompany deposit

The Published version can be archived in:

  • Institutional Repository
  • Named Repository (PubMed Central)
  • Subject Repository
  • Journal Website

...with one of the following licences: CC BY 4.0

...with the following conditions:

  • Published source must be acknowledged with citation
  • Must link to publisher version

A fee must be paid to the publisher.

The Published version can be archived in:

  • Named Repository (PubMed Central)
  • Non-Commercial Website
  • Journal Website

...with one of the following licences: CC BY-NC 4.0

...with the following conditions:

  • Published source must be acknowledged with citation
  • Must link to publisher version

A fee must be paid to the publisher.

The Accepted version can be archived in:

  • Institutional Repository
  • Named Repository (PubMed Central)
  • Subject Repository

...with one of the following licences: CC BY 4.0

...with the following conditions:

  • Published source must be acknowledged with citation
  • Must link to published article with DOI
  • Set statement to accompany deposit (see policy)

Publications

Publications
  • Archives of Disease in Childhood
  • Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition
  • Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education & Practice
  • BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine
  • BMJ Innovations
  • BMJ Leader
  • BMJ Military Health
  • BMJ Quality & Safety
  • BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health
  • BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
  • British Journal of Ophthalmology
  • British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Considerations in Medicine
  • Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
  • Emergency Medicine Journal
  • European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy
  • Evidence-Based Nursing
  • Frontline Gastroenterology
  • Gut
  • Heart
  • Injury Prevention
  • Journal of Clinical Pathology
  • Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
  • Journal of Medical Ethics
  • Journal of Medical Genetics
  • Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery
  • Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
  • Medical Humanities
  • Occupational & Environmental Medicine
  • Practical Neurology
  • Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections
  • Student
  • Thorax
  • Tobacco Control

Record Information

ID
25
Date Last Reviewed
20 February 2025
Date Created
10 January 2004 00:00:00 UTC
Last Modified
20 February 2026 08:17:38 UTC
URI
https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publisher_policy/25
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Contact
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License
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