ResearchGate, a leading professional network for researchers, and BMJ Group, a global healthcare knowledge provider and open access (OA) pioneer, have announced an expanded partnership to enhance the visibility and impact of BMJ's open access journals.
This development extends the existing Journal Home collaboration to include 15 additional BMJ OA journals, covering a wide range of medical disciplines. Additionally, the agreement incorporates the new Open Access Agreement Upgrade (OAAU), a feature designed to optimize open publishing opportunities and researcher engagement.
The expanded partnership offers significant advantages for participating journals and their authors:
• Broader Reach: Version-of-record content will be syndicated seamlessly to ResearchGate’s 25+ million active members.
• Increased Visibility: Each journal will have a dedicated profile on ResearchGate, enhancing brand awareness and fostering global engagement with potential authors and readers in the medical research community.
• Author Support: Authors benefit from automatic sharing of their articles and detailed insights into audience interactions with their work.
The innovative OAAU tool enhances the partnership by identifying and notifying researchers of their eligibility for open access funding support. This targeted approach ensures relevant researchers are informed about publishing opportunities, streamlining the open access process.
Recent adopters of the OAAU have reported success, with researchers at over 90% of covered institutions reached within six months. The upgrade enables BMJ to provide tailored publishing opportunities based on researchers' publishing history and focus areas.
The integration of additional journals and the OAAU also provides BMJ with in-depth analytics and reporting tools. These tools offer detailed insights into engagement levels throughout the publishing journey, from readership to authorship, helping to refine strategies and support researcher needs.
With this expanded partnership, ResearchGate and BMJ Group continue to advance open access publishing and enhance the global dissemination of medical research.
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