BMJ Publishing Group

Allows pre/post prints

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This is a short summary of the green open access policy of BMJ Publishing Group.

Preprint: archiving allowed

Postprint: archiving allowed

Published version: archiving forbidden

On author's personal website, institutional website or institutional repository immediately upon online publication
Publisher copyright and source must be acknowledged
Must link to publisher version
Publisher's version/PDF cannot be used
Authors retain copyright
If funding agency rules apply, authors may post articles in PubMed Central and mirror sites, website, institutional website or institutional repository
On PubMed Central after 12 months embargo from print publication, or as required by funding agency
If funding agency rules apply, authors may post articles in PubMed Central after 6 months embargo
On social networks such as ResearchGate and Mendeley after 6 months embargo from print publication
Author's post-print must be released with a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License
Publisher last contacted on 08/12/2014
Publisher last reviewed on 29/06/2015