- What is Critical Care?
- What is Critical Care's Impact Factor?
- What is open access?
- How much of the content on the website is available for free?
- What do I get when I subscribe to Critical Care?
- Why submit research to Critical Care?
- What is the peer review process for Critical Care?
- How quickly will my research article be published?
- If my article is published, how will it be cited?
- If my article is published, which bibliographic databases will it be indexed in?
- How can I order reprints?
- What is the copyright policy of Critical Care?
- Do I need permission to reproduce materials published in Critical Care?
- What are the benefits of registering on the journal website?
- Is there a printed version of the journal?
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What is open access?
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All research articles published in Critical Care are open access, which means they are freely and universally accessible online, and permanently archived in an internationally recognised open access repository, such as PubMed Central.
Copyright of open access articles
Authors retain copyright of their research articles, and grant any third party the right to use reproduce and disseminate the article, subject to the terms of our copyright and license agreement.
Article-processing charges
As the cost of peer reviewing, editing, publishing, maintaining and archiving research articles is not recouped through subscription charges, a standard article-processing charge (APC) is levied on articles that are accepted for publication. The APC is a flat charge, and no additional costs are incurred, for example, by the inclusion of colour figures. In 2008, the APC for Critical Care is £950 (€1275, US$1860).
Our publisher, BioMed Central, operates a membership scheme, whereby authors submitting from member institutions have their APC covered in full or in part by their institution. Please click here to check if your institution is a BioMed Central member. If you would like your institution to become a member of BioMed Central, please fill out our recommendation form to suggest this to the relevant person in your organisation.
You may be aware that an increasing number of funding agencies strongly encourage open access publication and explicitly allow the use of grants to cover APCs. Please click here for more information.
In cases where neither the authors nor their institution or funder are able to pay the APC, a discount or waiver may be granted. There is currently an automatic waiver for authors from low or lower-middle income countries (according to World Bank criteria).
Please click here for more information on APCs.
Benefits of open access
- Open access articles are freely available via the Internet and are therefore much more visible than articles published behind subscription barriers, with recent studies suggesting that on average open access articles are twice as likely to be cited.
- Retaining copyright means that authors can reproduce and distribute their work as they choose, for example on their institution's website.
- Open access publication benefits the scientific community by making results of research immediately and freely available to all.
Non-research articles
Only research articles published in Critical Care are open access. Reviews, commentaries and reports require a subscription for access; these articles are usually commissioned by the journal and do not levy an APC. Subscription content becomes free to access after 12 months.
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