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Northern Health Library: Open Access agreements


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Open Access (Read & Publish) agreements

Northern Health Library is pleased to announce a Read and Publish agreement with the following publishers, which includes a limited open access publishing component. These agreements provide Northern Health staff with the opportunity to publish their work as open access in eligible journals without having to pay author processing charges.

Publishing your research as open access enhances its visibility and impact by making it freely available to a global audience. We encourage researchers planning submissions to Springer journals to act quickly to take advantage of this valuable opportunity.

For more information, please contact the Library team at NHLibInfo@nh.org.au.  

 

Oxford University Press 

  • Open Access Publishing: Available on a first-come, first-served basis.
  • Eligibility: Applies to articles accepted for publication in eligible Oxford journals in 2026 (note – full OA titles are excluded). List of eligible journals: 2026 list coming soon. See the list of journals in 2025.
  • Action Required: Submit your manuscript to an eligible journal and select Northern Health as your institution when prompted. The NH staff must be the corresponding author. 

 

Springer 

  • Open Access Publishing: Available on a first-come, first-served basis.
  • Eligibility: Applies to articles accepted for publication in eligible Springer journals in 2026 (note – full OA titles are excluded). List of eligible journals: Springer Nature Hybrid Journals List 2026
  • Action Required: Submit your manuscript to an eligible journal and select Northern Health as your institution when prompted. The NH staff must be the corresponding author. Springer Journals Author Submission process.

 

Taylor and Francis 

  • Open Access Publishing: Available on a first-come, first-served basis.
  • Eligibility: Applies to articles accepted for publication in eligible T&F journals in 2026 (note – full OA titles are excluded). List of eligible journals: Victorian Health Libraries Consortium (VHLC).
  • Action Required: Submit your manuscript to an eligible journal and select Northern Health as your institution when prompted. The NH staff must be the corresponding author. Taylor and Francis submission guide.


Fee waivers for other journals

BMJ Case Reports

The Northern Health Library has an Institutional Fellowship with BMJ Case Reports. This provides Northern Health staff with the opportunity to publish as many case reports as they wish at no additional cost.

  • Eligibility: Applies to articles accepted for publication in BMJ Case Reports.
  • Action Required: Submit your manuscript to a BMJ Case Reports and use the Northern Health Fellowship Code SF0364026. You will be asked to provide a current NH email address for verification.

For more information, please contact the Library team at NHLibInfo@nh.org.au.

Affiliation Information

At a minimum, affiliations should include ‘Northern Health, Melbourne, Australia’. ‘Melbourne’ is more recognisable than 'Epping' to those outside of Australia.

Example: Division of Surgery, Northern Health, Melbourne, Australia.

More details such as campus can be added after the division/department name, e.g. Division Name and/or Department Name, Campus (e.g. Bundoora Centre).