Vanderbilt’s Agreements Supporting Open Access Publishing

Part of Springer Nature, BioMed Central (BMC) publishes open access, peer-reviewed STEM journals.

• Vanderbilt's agreement provides a 15% discount off article processing charges (APCs), which vary by journal. Visit a journal's homepage to find the APC.
• Authors retain copyright of their work through Creative Commons licenses.
• To view a list of the included journals, please visit BioMed Central Journals.

How does it work?

• Only corresponding authors are eligible for the discount.
• Publishers use a variety of methods and tools to confirm eligibility. Whenever possible, we have identified eligible affiliated groups that might appear in the publisher's list (e.g. Peabody or Vanderbilt University Medical Center); however, to ensure that an author is recognized, it is best to select Vanderbilt University as the affiliation and use one's @vanderbilt.edu email address or @vumc.org email address at the point of submission/acceptance. It is also recommended to include one's ORCID iD.
• When a manuscript is accepted for publication, an approval request is sent to Vanderbilt Heard Libraries for review.
• Upon approval, the corresponding author will be notified via email and the article production process will continue.