Healthcare knowledge provider BMJ and not-for-profit technology provider for research and education Jisc have agreed a ‘publish and read’ pilot as part of their commitment to enhance knowledge and speed-up discoveries to improve healthcare across the UK.
The 12-month pilot agreement builds on a long-standing collaboration between the two organisations.
The agreement provides Jisc members full read access to the BMJ’s standard collection of 28 specialist journals, and gives researchers at these member institutions the opportunity to publish funded articles on an open access basis in BMJ's Standard Collection of journals.
Under the agreement, research funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), Wellcome, and key medical charities in the UK can be published open access, helping to make UK research more accessible and sustainable.
As a global knowledge provider, BMJ has a long-standing reputation as a pioneering publisher and champion of open access research, while Jisc supports UK universities and research institutions in negotiating transformative agreements with publishers. Over half of all UK research output is covered by a Jisc-negotiated transformative agreement.
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