BMJ Authors Self-Archiving Policy, September 2018
Non Open Access Articles
These terms are applicable to authors of BMJ Case Reports and BMJ Journals, which are wholly owned or co-owned by BMJ and which are subject to the BMJ Journals Author Licence Terms or BMJ Case Reports Author Agreement agreed and as specified at http://authors.bmj.com/policies/copyright-and-authors-rights/. The rights granted to authors of non BMJ owned journals may or may not be as per below and author must check the relevant author licence also specified at http://authors.bmj.com/policies/copyright-and-authors-rights/.
Definitions Author’s Original Version (Preprint) (AOV) - the pre-review manuscript that is submitted to a journal, or any earlier draft. Author’s Accepted Manuscript (AAM) - the final draft of a manuscript: post peer review, before the article is copyedited, typeset, and published. Version of Record (VOR) - the final published article. This is the version of the article that states "first published". Preprint Server - a dedicated not-for-profit preprint server or subject repository, for example, ArXiv or BioRxiv.
Location What Can Be Posted? Embargo Period Conditions
Preprint Server Author’s Original Version None Upon publication of the Version of Record we require that authors add the following text to the first page of deposited AOVs.
“This is a pre-review version of [Title, Journal, Year, Volume, Issue (where available)]. The peer-reviewed Version of Record can be accessed online at [insert full DOI eg. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/xxxxx].”
BMJ will consider for publication articles that have previously had a Creative Commons licence assigned to their AOV.
Institutional Repository (such an Author’s Accepted None A link to the Version of Record on the Publisher’s site must be included institution must be established for Manuscript along with the following text: academic or scholarly purposes) “This article has been accepted for publication in [Journal, Year] following peer review, and the Version of Record can be accessed online at [insert full DOI eg. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/xxxxx].”
“© Authors (or their employer(s)) OR “© BMJ Publishing Group Ltd” ( for assignments of BMJ Case Reports) “
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/”]
Should a retraction, expression of concern, or significant correction be applied to the Version of Record, the AAM must state this and link clearly to the published notice.
Any permitted translations of this manuscript must state: “This is an unofficial translation of a manuscript that has been accepted for publication by BMJ. Neither BMJ or its licensors have endorsed this translation.”
All BMJ trademarks (and co-owner trademarks - if applicable) must be removed.
Author’s Website Author’s Accepted None AAMs must not be deposited on any website or be used for any use that Manuscript could constitute *Commercial Use.
A link to the Version of Record on the Publisher’s site must be included along with the following text:
“This article has been accepted for publication in [Journal, Year] following peer review, and the Version of Record can be accessed online at [insert full DOI eg. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/xxxxx].”
“© Authors (or their employer(s)) OR “© BMJ Publishing Group Ltd” ( for assignments of BMJ Case Reports) “
Should a retraction, expression of concern, or significant correction be applied to the Version of Record, the AAM must state this and link clearly to the published notice.
Any permitted translations of this manuscript must state: “This is an unofficial translation of a manuscript that has been accepted for publication by BMJ. Neither BMJ or its licensors have endorsed this translation.”
All BMJ trademarks (and co-owner trademarks - if applicable) must be
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removed.
PubMed Central and its mirror sites Author’s Accepted 12 months from AAMs may be posted on PMC after 12 month embargo from Issue (“PMC”) Manuscript Issue Publication (or Publication (the date the article is ‘published online’) if required by earlier if required by funder as stated on http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/juliet/index.php. Earlier funder). deposit in PMC (i.e. pre 12 months) is allowed if such a funder listed on http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/juliet/index.php requires this. Deposit by authors not available for BMJ BMJ deposits the AAM of all NIH-funded research to NIHMS upon Case Reports - BMJ acceptance. The content remains embargoed until 12 months from Issue makes the deposit of Publication (the date the article is ‘published online’). the VOR after 24 months - see Author A link to the Version of Record on the Publisher’s site must be included Agreement. along with the following text:
“This article has been accepted for publication in [Journal, Volume, Issue] following peer review, and the Version of Record can be accessed online at [insert full DOI eg. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/xxxxx].”
“© Authors (or their employer(s))” “
Should a retraction, expression of concern, or significant correction be applied to the Version of Record, the AAM must state this and link clearly to the published notice.
Any permitted translations of this manuscript must state: “This is an unofficial translation of a manuscript that has been accepted for publication by BMJ. Neither BMJ or its licensors have endorsed this translation.”
All BMJ trademarks (and co-owner trademarks - if applicable) must be removed.
Scholarly Collaboration Networks Author’s Accepted 12 months from Content must not be posted until 12 months from Issue Publication. (This (“SCN”) that have signed up to the Manuscript Issue Publication is the ‘published online’ date on the article information tab). STM article sharing principles here: http://www.stm-assoc.org/stm- A link to the Version of Record on the Publisher’s site must be included
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consultations/scn-consultation-2015 along with the following text:
“This article has been accepted for publication in [Journal, Volume, Issue] following peer review, and the Version of Record can be accessed online at [insert full DOI e.g. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/xxxxx].”
“© Authors (or their employer(s)) OR “© BMJ Publishing Group Ltd” ( for assignments of BMJ Case Reports) “
Should a retraction, expression of concern, or significant correction be applied to the Version of Record, the AAM must state this and link clearly to the published notice.
Any permitted translations of this manuscript must state: “This is an unofficial translation of a manuscript that has been accepted for publication by BMJ. Neither BMJ or its licensors have endorsed this translation.”
All BMJ trademarks (and co-owner trademarks - if applicable) must be removed.
*“Commercial Use” includes: ● copying or downloading of documents, or linking to such postings, for further redistribution, sale or licensing, for a fee; ● copying, downloading or posting by a site or service that incorporates advertising with such content; ● the inclusion or incorporation of document content in other works or services (other than for legally permitted quotations with an appropriate citation) that is then available for sale or licensing, for a fee. ● use of documents or document content (other than for legally permitted quotations with appropriate citation) organisations for promotional purposes, whether for a fee or otherwise. ● use for the purposes of monetary reward by means of sale, resale, license, loan, transfer or other form of commercial exploitation.