BMC

Green open access summary

This is a short summary of the green open access policy of BMC.

Preprint: archiving allowed

Postprint: archiving allowed

Published version: archiving allowed

Conditions

• Author's pre-print on pre-print server such as ArXiv, bioRxiv, Peer J PrePrints, or similar platforms (both commercial and non-commercial)
• Authors post-print and Publisher's version/PDF on any website
• Publisher's version/PDF may be used
• Creative Commons Attribution License
• Copy of License must accompany any deposit.
• Authors retain copyright
• Published source must be acknowledged
• Must link to publisher version with DOI
• All titles are open access journals
• 'BMC (part of Springer Nature)' is an imprint of ''

Policy details

• Duplicate Publication Policy
• Journal Policies
• Publication Costs and Funding