| Publisher |
BMJ Publishing |
| Agreement ID | bmj2025rmit |
| Agreement labeling | BMJ Publishing Read and Publish Agreement 2025 |
| Has the agreement been fully disclosed and published? | No |
| Agreement period | 01/01/2025 – 12/31/2025 |
| Consortia / Institution | RMIT University |
| Country | Australia |
| SIZE
Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications |
3 |
| Comments on size/article output | This is the first year of our BMJ Read and Publish agreement. This is an estimate based on previous years publishing output. |
| COSTS
How do the costs of the agreement relate to previous subscription-only agreements with the publisher? |
Agreement costs within the range of the previous spending level |
| Comments on cost development | Cost for Read and Publish as an increase on previous subscription price is within the usual range of year on year price increases |
| FINANCIAL SHIFT
Transformative agreements vary by their transformative mechanisms, meaning the way in which financing is shifted from the subscription side to open access publishing. What are the characteristics of this agreement to this regard? |
Subscriptions partly converted to OA publishing fees |
| RISK SHARING
How do entitlements for open access publishing correlate to the anticipated article output? Which mechanisms for risk sharing have been agreed in cases of exceeding or not reaching the number of OA publishing entitlements? |
BMJ agreement offers unlimited OA in eligible journals |
| OA COVERAGE
Are all journals relevant to your affiliated authors (in which you expect them to publish) eligible for OA publishing under the agreement? |
No |
| Are fully open access journals covered by the agreement? | Fully OA titles are included selectively |
| OA LICENSE | CC-BY mandatory CC-BY for fully OA, CC-BY-NC for Hybrid |
| ARTICLE TYPES |
Original research articles |
| ACCESS COSTS
What is the approximate share of access related costs of the overall agreement? |
20%-50% |
| Comments on access costs | This is an estimate |
| ACCESS COVERAGE
Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement? |
No |
| PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS | Yes |
| WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT | Too early to assess |
| Comments on workflows | The practical implementation of the agreement will be assessed by RMIT throughout its term |
| Request contact to the licensee | contact@esac-initiative.org |