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.
For 2025, a limited number of articles will be available 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.
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)
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 article available for 2025 amongst a group of Victorian medical libraries
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
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