Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has agreed to a membership arrangement with the publisher to support publication of research articles in BioMed Central’s OA journals. The NIHR is part of the Department of Health, which is a strong advocate of access to the results of research and a partner in the UK PubMed Central open access digital archive project.
Under the terms of the NIHR's Supporter Membership arrangement, all NHS researchers supported by the NIHR and its partners will benefit from a 15 percent discount on publication fees when publishing in any of BioMed Central’s 200 peer-reviewed open access journals. Researchers are expected to acknowledge NIHR support.
With support from NIHR, researchers already publish hundreds of open access articles each year in BioMed Central’s journals. The Supporter Membership seeks to will further encourage open access publication, increasing public access to the results of taxpayer funded research whilst saving money.
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