British Medical Journal Group (BMJ) - Czech National Library of Technology

Free, unlimited Open Access (hereinafter “OA”) publishing for corresponding authors from institutions that are members of the CzechELib consortium:

Masaryk University (Read & Publish + Gold)
University of Ostrava
Palacky University Olomouc

Eligible journals:

University of Ostrava and Palacky University Olomouc: hybrid journals (list of journals)
Masaryk University: hybrid journals + Gold OA journals including research papers in The BMJ journal (list of journals)

Publication types (important):

BMJ titles contain a wide variety of article types. To determine an article's eligibility, you need to select the correct publication type.

Contract duration: 1. 1. 2026 - 31. 12. 2028

How does an author publish an Open Access article?

It is important to request Open Access when submitting the article.

Article submission:
Manuscripts are submitted directly via the online editorial system of the selected journal (ScholarOne). Authors must:

have a current ScholarOne account
use their institutional email address. Without this, BMJ will be unable to verify the author's eligibility.

The CC licence is selected at the submission stage. Please note that BMJ only offers the CC BY-NC licence. Authors requiring a CC BY license for grant purposes must contact the publisher's editorial team.

After the article has been accepted for publication:
The publisher will then review and approve the OA request under the transformative agreement (approval is automatic).

Detailed Instructions from the publisher:

Author workflow
Information on the publisher's website - in preparation