[GOAL] BMJ Group Press Release: BMJ Group launches six specialty editions of its open access title BMJ Open

[Stephanie Burns]

For immediate release: Tuesday 23 October 2012

BMJ Group launches six specialty editions of its open access title BMJ 
Open

The international medical publisher BMJ Group has launched six specialty 
editions of its innovative online journal BMJ Open (bmjopen.com/editions) 
to coincide with Open Access Week.* 

The editions showcase BMJ Open?s specialist research, and will initially 
cover dermatology, HIV/AIDS, infectious diseases, neurology, obstetrics & 
gynaecology, and oncology.
 
BMJ Open, which launched in February 2011, is BMJ Group?s first online 
general medical journal dedicated solely to publishing open access 
research. 
 
All its research, supplementary files, and peer reviewers' reports are 
fully and openly available online. Underlying data, where available, is 
linked to in open repositories, such as Dryad.

To date, BMJ Open has published more than 600 original research papers and 
protocols, many of which have attracted considerable attention from 
academics, healthcare professionals, and the media. 
 
High impact studies have included a technique to pick up outbreaks of 
hospital acquired infections more quickly from Oxford University; the 
potential link between sleeping pills and cancer from California?s Scripps 
Clinic; and unique research on the wellbeing and quality of life of people 
with locked-in syndrome in France. 

Commenting on the launch of the new editions, BMJ Open?s Editor in Chief, 
Dr Trish Groves said: ?BMJ Open has grown rapidly in reputation and 
content, and we're delighted to be able to increase still further the 
visibility of the journal's specialty research in these new editions.? 
 
She added: ?The title is now a natural home for open access medical 
research from all fields." 
 
Contact:
Stephanie Burns, BMJ Group Press Office, London, UK
Tel: + 44 (0)20 7383 6920
Email: sburns at bmjgroup.com
 
Notes for editors:
*Open Access Week (Oct 22-28) is a global event now in its sixth year, 
which offers an opportunity for academics and researchers to learn about 
the potential benefits of open access, share what they?ve learned with 
colleagues, and help make open access common practice in scholarship and 
research. 
http://www.openaccessweek.org/page/about

Stephanie Burns 
BMJ Group PR Executive 
  
BMA House 
Tavistock Square 
London 
WC1H 9JR 
  
Tel: +44 (0)207 383 6920 
Fax: +44 (0)207 383 6661 
Web: http://group.bmj.com 
  
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