BMC (BioMed Central)

Discount

15% discount on open access Article Processing Charges (APCs) .

Status

Active (for articles accepted during the term of the agreement).

Current agreement term

1 January 2026 - 31 December 2026.

Summary

University of Melbourne corresponding authors are eligible for a 15% APC discount when publishing in any BioMed Central (BMC) journal. Eligible titles are reflected in our spreadsheet of all journals with APC discounts.

Eligible authors

To be eligible, the article's corresponding author must, at the time of submission, provide their University of Melbourne affiliation. This must be their first and primary affiliation in the BMC/Springer Nature system and in the article itself.

Eligible article types

  • Original Paper: Standard article, generally presenting new results which may also be referred to as Original Research, Original Article, Original Paper or Research Paper.
  • Review Paper: Standard article, interpreting previously published results.
  • Brief Communication: Short article submitted for rapid publication that exhibits the same structure as a standard article.

How to use the discount

When possible, corresponding authors should use their unimelb email address (@unimelb.edu.au or @student.unimelb.edu.au). This email address should be used in the publisher's submission platform and all correspondence. This allows for easy verification of affiliation.

Submitting from a computer with a University IP Address also helps verify affiliation. This can be done by using on-campus wi-fi or the University’s VPN.

Related agreement

We also have an open access publishing agreement with Springer Nature. This Read and Publish agreement covers open access publishing in hybrid journals from certain imprints. As a fully open access imprint, BMC is out of scope of this R&P agreement.

See "Open access publishing agreements" on the Open Access Publishing page for details.

Further information

BioMed Central Institutional Membership information.

This discount is due to the Librarys participation in an Open Access Supporter Agreement with Springer Nature, of which BMC (BioMed Central) is an imprint.

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