A publication is defined 'open access' when there are no financial, legal or technical barriers to accessing it - that is to say when anyone can read, download, or print the article. For the different types of Open Access publications, see the Open Access Australia website
Publishing in an Open Access journal incurs an article processing charge (APC). The Library currently provides two deals that include discounts on accepted articles where the corresponding author is SVHM - Oxford University Press and Springer Nature Publishing. See details below.
SVHM does not have an institutional fellowship with BMJ Publishing
A co-author of the work who has an affiliation with a University in the Council of Australian University Libraries (CAUL) can contact their University to apply for a reduced cost for the manuscript. Australian Universities that are part of CAUL have consortia agreements with many, but not all, journals/publishers. Their membership gives the University's authors a discount or waiver on the fee.
Beginning on January 1 2026.
SVHM authors accepted for publication in BMJ Case Reports will not be charged Article Processing Charges (APCs).
Publishing your article open access will require an additional fee of 750 GBP.
You will be required to enter the SVHM Fellowship Code on submission. Please request from the Library - Library.svhmlibrary@svha.org.au
Information for authors is available the BMJ Case Reports site
Coming in 2026.
An opportunity to publish open access in any Wiley Online Library hybrid journal with Article Processing Charges (APCs) waived.
Limited pool of articles available.
Details to come
Note: the pool of available articles for APC waived charges has been expended for 2025. A new pool of APC waived articles will commence in 2026
For 2025, a limited number of articles will be available for waiving of article processing fees, for any SVHM corresponding author who publishes open access in an Oxford University Press hybrid journal (one which contains open access and non-open access content). Fully open access journals are excluded.
See more information here
See the list of all Oxford University Press journals here
After this pool is exhausted, any SVHM corresponding author will receive a 10% discount on author processing charges in hybrid journals.
On submision, choose St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne Pty Ltd from the drop down menu (Ringgold ID 60078)
Note: the pool of available articles for APC waived charges has been expended for 2025. A new pool of APC waived articles will commence in 2026
A SVHM author can apply to have article processing charges (APCs) waived for an article for which they are the corresponding author in any hybrid Springer Nature or Palgrave journal. 'Hybrid title' means a journal that includes open access and non-open access content. Fully OA titles are not included in this deal.
Note that there is a limited pool of articles available for 2025 amongst a group of Victorian medical libraries.
More information for prospective SVHM authors can be found on this Springer Nature page, including an author guide, a list of eligible journals, and other participating institutions
Commencing January 1 2026
SVHM authors will have the opportunity to publish in 85 journal titles from Taylor and Francis with no author fees.
The SVHM author must be the corresponding author.
Title list and details coming soon
SVHM authors with a co-appointment with a university may wish to explore the many options for open access publishing they provide:
Australian Catholic University
https://library.acu.edu.au/open-access/research/read-and-publish
Deakin University
https://deakin.libguides.com/open-access-publishing/read-and-publish
Monash University
https://www.monash.edu/library/researchers/publishing-and-metrics/read-and-publish-agreements
University of Melbourne
https://library.unimelb.edu.au/open-scholarship/open-access-publishing-agreements
Explore all Read and Publish deals for Australian universities administered via the CAUL consortium:
https://caul.libguides.com/read-and-publish