European Respiratory Society

European Respiratory Society has an open access publishing agreement with the University of Birmingham. It allows Univeristy of Birmingham affiliated corresponding authors (subject to eligibility criteria listed below) to publish open access at no additional cost in hybrid and fully open access journals.

• Use our Library OA agreement Search Tool to check if a particular journal is covered.

Eligibility criteria

• The agreement is available for any article type other than a European Respiratory Journal Editorial, an official ERS document or an article which ERS is prevented from publishing open access by another rightsholder.
• The corresponding author must be affiliated to the University of Birmingham, and ensure their @bham.ac.uk email address is used on submission to the journal (and on their ScholarOne account).
• Any additional page, colour or other charges will not be covered through this agreement or the open access budget.

Next steps

• If you meet the eligibility criteria for this agreement, you can submit to the journal.
• Always create a record in Pure upon acceptance and link to any funding acknowledged in the article.