Biomed Central
Biomed Central is a publisher of open access journals in the areas of Science, Technology and Medicine. All original research articles are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately. BioMed Central views open access to research as essential in order to ensure the rapid and efficient communication of research findings.
The Library has arranged for the University of St Andrews to have Prepay Membership of BioMed Central. This means that St Andrews researchers will have their publishing charges paid from our membership account, with a 10% discount. (See full details below.)
Publishing with BioMed Central
With our Prepay Membership, you can publish in BioMed Central, Chemistry Central and SpringerOpen journals without having to make a direct payment. From January 2013, our BMC membership is being paid from central funds to support a transition to open access. Your Article Processing Charge (APC) will therefore be covered in full by our membership account. In some cases we may reclaim the funds from a separate Wellcome Trust Open Access grant (see section on Wellcome Trust)
You will be automatically recognised as a member of BioMed Central when you log in to submit an article, saving you from dealing with payment at that time. You will find full instructions on submitting your manuscript online. Please note that the Library will receive notification of your submission and before agreeing that the University will incur costs, we will verify that the submission is elligible to be covered by our membership.
You retain copyright on articles published in BioMed Central, using a Creative Commons licence; therefore you are free to use your article wherever you choose. Publication under a CC-BY licence also allows you to comply with the new RCUK policy on open access. We will deposit a copy of your article in our repository Research@StAndrews: Full Text on your behalf.
