Medical journal Bahrain Medical Bulletin (BMB) has reportedly converted to open access (OA). The journal will now be free to read online, and is published under a progressive copyright that allows readers to reuse the articles provided they cite them correctly. This conversion is funded by grants from the Kuwait Finance House and the Ministry of Health.
Starting with the December 2008 issue, all BMB articles are freely available online and deposited in a public archive immediately upon publication. Anyone is free to copy, distribute, and reuse BMB content provided the original author and source are cited. Published every three months, BMB is indexed in the World Health Organization Index Medicus for Eastern Mediterranean Region (IMEMRI), Extramed of the United Kingdom and International Serial Data System of France.
Although some journals in the region already allow readers free access to their journal website, BMB is the first to allow readers to reuse the content in other ways through the open access license.
