BMJ Journals Unlocked

Unlocked is a service that allows authors to make their articles freely available online, immediately on publication, for a fee. Unlocked is available to any author publishing original research in a BMJ Journal. The Unlocked fee for Fetal and Neonatal is £1,700(+VAT)/€2,515(+VAT)/$3,145. On acceptance, authors will be asked whether they wish to pay to unlock their paper.

Authors access to and use of Unlocked articles are covered by the terms and conditions of the exclusive licence agreement, which includes the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 2.0 licence and specifically prohibits commercial use of these articles. For more information please visit:

• http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/
• http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/legalcode

All readers of the article are also able to use the Unlocked article in accordance with the abovementioned Creative Commons licence. Authors participating in Unlocked are able to place the full final version of their article in the depositories of their choice. BMJ Journals will deposit all Unlocked articles in PubMed Central immediately on paper publication. The article will be flagged as unlocked on the table of contents and article content box.

Access to and use of Unlocked articles are covered by the terms and conditions of the exclusive licence agreement, which specifically prohibits commercial use of these articles. Authors participating in Unlocked are able to place the full final version of their article in the depositories of their choice. BMJ Journals will deposit all Unlocked articles in PubMed Central immediately on final publication.

If authors do not wish to pay the Unlocked fee, their article will be published in the usual way. The article will remain behind access controls. Use of any article published in the journal, including deposition on institutional repositories, is covered by the terms and conditions of the exclusive licence agreement.

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