Knowledge and Library Services: Academic writing: Writing for publication

Writing for publication

Understanding Submission and Publication Fees
Information about the cost of submitting and publishing your work and how open access works
Think. Check. Submit.
Through a range of tools and practical resources, this international, cross-sector initiative aims to educate researchers, promote integrity, and build trust in credible research and publications.

Research support: maximise the impact of your research with effective author keywords
Blog from Leeds University on the importance of author keywords and how these can lead to a wider readership of your work.

BMJ Case Reports

BMJ Case Reports is a large collection of peer reviewed cases in all disciplines featuring cases on common and rare conditions. For submissions Barts Health Knowledge and Library Services have an Institutional Fellowship, please contact the library for our BMJ Case Reports Fellowship code.

Open Access

Barts Health Knowledge and Library Services do not have any allocated budget to support open access publishing. The following may provide further information and guidance on alternative routes.

NHSE WT&E (HEE KLS) overview of open access
An overview of Open Access from NHSE WT&E, formerly HEE, last updated in 2021
NIHR - Open Access publications funding guidance
The purpose of this guidance is to set out the terms and processes for accessing Open Access publication funding for those contracted by the NIHR. The guidance should be used in conjunction with the NIHR Open Access policy and may be subject to change from time to time.
UKRI - Open Research
On this page, you will find resources predominantly referring to open access and open research data. Including the UKRI Open Access Policy
JISC - Our role in open access
Find out more about the role Jisc plays in open access policy creation, expression and engagement, sector negotiations with publishers, and the different routes to open access.
JISC - Routes to open access: fully open access agreements
Further information from JISC on routes to open access publishing
JISC - further guides on open access
Link to the JISC guide index which includes all current and achived JISC guides on open access
QMUL - publisher open access agreements
Queen Mary University of London has signed up to a number of agreements with publishers to pay costs and streamline the process of open access publishing. Publishing under some of these agreements is dependent on your research funder while others will cover the costs for any Queen Mary authors.