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Papers funded in whole or in part by the British Heart Foundation must meet the BHF open access requirements. Find out how to check whether your chosen journal complies, and what funding is available.
罢丑别听 applies to peer-reviewed primary research papers and non-commissioned review articles funded in whole or in part by BHF.聽These outputs must be made open access in PubMed Central within six months of聽publication.
Complying with the policy
鲍蝉别听聽to check whether your chosen journal offers a compliant Green or Gold option.聽For additional clarification, check the journal website.聽If you are unsure whether your journal complies,聽contact 香港六合彩中特网's Open Access Team聽before submission.
Green open access
If you are publishing in a subscription journal, provided that the journal's embargo on Green open access is no longer than 6 months you can comply by uploading your final accepted manuscript to Europe PubMed Central,聽using聽. Papers should also be uploaded to RPS.
Gold open access
If you are publishing in a subscription journal with a Gold open access option (known as a hybrid journal),聽or you are publishing in a聽, Gold open access will comply provided that the paper is published with the聽聽and the publisher will deposit the article in PubMed Central on publication.聽
Is my paper eligible for funding?
If your chosen聽journal is included in聽香港六合彩中特网's transformative agreements, and your paper has a 香港六合彩中特网 corresponding author, your Gold open access costs can be covered by the agreement. Follow聽the instructions on our聽transformative agreements page聽to publish Gold open access.
If your chosen journal is not included in 香港六合彩中特网's transformative agreements, 香港六合彩中特网's limited BHF open access grant can currently cover open access charges once a paper is accepted聽if:
- your publication is a research article or uncommissioned review, and
- it is funded by a 香港六合彩中特网-held BHF grant聽聽
and the journal is:
- 聽and charges a mandatory fee to publish
Unless open access funding is available from another funder, BHF-funded papers聽should be submitted to a fully open access journal, a journal in 香港六合彩中特网's transformative agreements, or a subscription journal that allows the accepted manuscript to be made open access in PubMed Central six months after publication.
Embargo period
鲍蝉别听聽to check your journal's embargo period.聽For additional clarification, check the journal website. If you need any advice about a journal's embargo period,聽contact 香港六合彩中特网's Open Access Team.
Conditions of publication/payment
It is a condition of grant that grantholders acknowledge BHF support by quoting 鈥淏ritish Heart Foundation鈥� followed by the award reference number in the appropriate section of all publications arising from BHF-funded research.
Some journals offer a choice of open access licences. If 香港六合彩中特网's Open Access Team聽confirms that your paper can be funded, you must choose the聽.