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BMJ usually requires an exclusive licence that allows us to publish the article in the chosen journal and sublicence the rights. A non-exclusive licence is available where BMJ has agreed a CC BY licence shall apply or for authors that are unable to sign an exclusive licence, such as UK Crown employees and US Federal Government officers or employees acting as part of their official duties.</p> <p>We ask the submitting author to grant the exclusive licence (or non-exclusive licence for applicable authors) on behalf of all authors by reading and agreeing to the following statement at the point of submission:</p> <p>“I [SUBMITTING AUTHOR NAME], the Submitting Author has the right to grant and does grant on behalf of all authors of the Work (as defined in the below author licence), an exclusive licence and/or a non-exclusive licence for contributions from authors who are: i) UK Crown employees; ii) where BMJ has agreed a CC BY licence shall apply, and/or iii) in accordance with the terms applicable for US Federal Government officers or employees acting as part of their official duties; on a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free basis to BMJ Publishing Group Ltd (“BMJ”) its licensees and where the relevant Journal is co-owned by BMJ to the co-owners of the Journal, to publish the Work in [JOURNAL NAME] and any other BMJ products and to exploit all rights, as set out in our licence [link].”</p> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li><a href="#Author licences by journal'">Author licences by journal</a></li> <li><a href="#Authors’ rights and open access options'">Authors’ rights and open access options</a></li> <li><a href="#National Institutes of Health employees'">National Institutes of Health employees</a></li> <li><a href="#World Health Organisation employees'">World Health Organisation employees</a></li> <li><a href="#Conference abstracts'">Conference abstracts</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><a id="Author licences by journal'" name="Author licences by journal'"></a></p> <h5>Author licences by journal</h5> <p>BMJ has a <a href="https://s16086.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/BMJ_Journals_Combined_Author_Licence_2018.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">standard author licence for wholly owned and co-owned Journals</a>. BMJ Journals that are published by BMJ on behalf of other organisations may have different licensing arrangements, so authors should check the individual journal’s licence below:</p> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li><a href="https://s16086.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ARD-AUTHOR-LICENCE_OCTOBER-2023-3.pdf" rel="attachment wp-att-3153">Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases</a></li> <li><a href="https://s16086.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/BMJ_Case_Reports_Author_Assignment_or_Licence_with_OA_Option.pdf">BMJ Case Reports</a></li> <li><a href="https://s16086.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/EGASTRO-Society-Journals-Licence.docx-.pdf">eGastroenterology</a></li> <li><a href="https://s16086.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/EJHP_licence.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy</a></li> <li><a href="https://fmch.bmj.com/pages/wp-content/uploads/sites/72/2020/09/FMCH_licence_July_2018.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Family Medicine and Community Health</a></li> <li><a href="https://gpsych.bmj.com/pages/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2020/09/GPSYCH_licence_July_2018.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">General Psychiatry</a></li> <li><a href="https://s16086.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IJGCAuthorLicense.docx.pdf">International Journal of Gynecological Cancer</a></li> <li><a href="https://s16086.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/JITCAuthorLicense_March-2020-v2.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer</a></li> <li><a href="https://s16086.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/JNIS_licence.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery</a></li> <li><a href="https://s16086.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/LSM-Author-Licence-Mar-2023.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lupus Science & Medicine</a></li> <li><a href="https://s16086.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/RAPMAuthorLicenseStatement.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine</a></li> <li><a href="https://svn.bmj.com/svn/wp-content/uploads/sites/57/2023/04/SVN_licence_Feb_2018.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Stroke and Vascular Neurology</a></li> <li><a href="https://s16086.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/TSACO_Licence_Jan_2016.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open</a></li> <li><a href="https://wjps.bmj.com/pages/wp-content/uploads/sites/66/2018/07/WJPS_licence_June_2018.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">World Journal of Pediatric Surgery</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><a id="Authors’ rights and open access options'" name="Authors’ rights and open access options'"></a></p> <h5>Authors’ rights and open access options</h5> <p>The BMJ Author Licence allows authors to use their articles for their own non-commercial purposes without seeking permission from BMJ – the only condition being that a full reference or link to the original is included. For further information on authors’ rights please visit <a href="http://www.bmj.com/company/products-services/rights-and-licensing/author-self-archiving-and-permissions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">BMJ policies on author self-archiving and permissions</a>.</p> <p class="">Please see this section for <a href="http://authors.bmj.com/open-access/copyright-licences/?et_fb=1">Open Access options</a>.</p> <p><a id="National Institutes of Health employees'" name="National Institutes of Health employees'"></a></p> <h5>National Institutes of Health employees</h5> <p>Manuscripts authored or co-authored by one or more National Institutes of Health (NIH) employees must be submitted with a completed and signed <a href="https://oir.nih.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/sourcebook/documents/submitting_publications/pub_form-coversheet-peer_reviewed.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NIH Publishing Agreement and Manuscript Cover Sheet</a> according to <a href="http://publicaccess.nih.gov/nih_employee_procedures.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NIH’s Employee Procedures</a>.</p> <p><a id="World Health Organisation employees'" name="World Health Organisation employees'"></a></p> <h5>World Health Organisation employees</h5> <p>Manuscripts funded or authored by the World Health Organisation (WHO) are subject to different licence agreements:</p> <ul> <li>Research articles <em>(i.e. reporting on primary research, including systematic reviews and meta-analysis)</em> – when published in a BMJ open access or Transformative Journal, and an Article Processing Charge has been paid, this licence will need to be completed and signed: <a href="https://s16086.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/WHO-BMJ-Author-Licence-CC-BY-3.0.-IGO.pdf" rel="attachment wp-att-2907">WHO BMJ Author Licence CC-BY 3.0. 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A signed scanned copy should be sent to editorial contact of the journal.</p> <p>Anything agreed to in the ScholarOne submission process which conflicts with the applicable licence, will be overridden by the relevant agreed licence between WHO and BMJ.</p> <p>For all other WHO authored or funded articles, BMJ’s standard author licence(s) shall apply.</p> <p><a id="Conference abstracts'" name="Conference abstracts'"></a></p> <h5>Conference abstracts</h5> <div> A <a href="https://s16086.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/BMJ-Journals-conference-abstract-licence-OA-and-non-OA.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">different licence</a> applies when publishing an abstract presented at a conference. Authors grant BMJ an exclusive licence to the work whilst retaining copyright and the right to reuse the abstract for non-commercial purposes. The licence can be found <a href="https://s16086.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/BMJ-Journals-conference-abstract-licence-OA-and-non-OA.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <p>If you have any questions about using your published abstract as part of future articles please email <a href="mailto:bmj.permissions@bmj.com">bmj.permissions@bmj.com</a> with the details.</p></div> </div>  </div>  </div> <div class="et_pb_row et_pb_row_2"> <div class="et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_3 et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child"> <div class="et_pb_module et_pb_sidebar_1 et_pb_widget_area clearfix et_pb_widget_area_left et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_sidebar_no_border"> <div id="nav_menu-4" class="et_pb_widget widget_nav_menu"><h4 class="widgettitle">In this section:</h4><div class="menu-policies-container"><ul id="menu-policies-2" class="menu"><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page 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