《英國醫學雜志》發表了什么?《英國醫學雜志》的使命是領導有關健康的辯論，并以改善患者預后的方式，讓醫生、研究人員和其他衛生專業人士參與進來，向他們提供信息，并對他們進行激勵。我們的目標是幫助醫生做出更好的決定。為了實現這些目標，我們出版原創研究文章、評論和教育文章、新聞、信件、調查性新聞以及評論影響健康的臨床、科學、社會、政治和經濟因素的文章。我們很高興地考慮發表來自醫生和其他方面的文章，以及來自世界各地的文章。在每年收到的7000-8000篇文章中，我們只能發表7%左右，但我們的目標是做出快速、權威的決定。對于所有類型的文章，從提交到第一次決定的平均時間為2至3周，從接受到發表的平均時間為8至10周。這些時間通常較短的原始研究論文。我們拒絕了大約三分之二的投稿，而沒有將它們發送給外部同行評審，但許多作者告訴我們，他們很欣賞能夠讓他們毫不拖延地在其他地方提交作品的快速決定。我們還審計《英國醫學雜志》研究文章的表現，使用廣泛的指標來評估它們對讀者的影響，以及它們在更廣泛的世界的傳播。開放獲取《英國醫學雜志》上的所有研究論文都是公開發表的。此外,BMJ立即滿足美國國家衛生研究院(National Institutes of Health)的要求,英國醫學研究理事會的威康信托基金會和其他融資機構通過公共資金資助的研究的全文免費提供給所有直接在bmj.com上,并將其發送給公共醫學中心,國家醫學圖書館的全文存檔。《英國醫學雜志》對公開發表研究的默認許可是知識共享署名非商業許可(CC by nc 4.0)。但如果資助者需要，作者可以在提交過程中選擇知識共享署名(CC BY 4.0)許可(授權CC BY包括Wellcome Trust、RCUK和MRC的資助者)。為了支持開放獲取出版，我們要求所有研究論文的作者在接受論文時支付3000英鎊的開放獲取費(不含增值稅)。我們為未資助研究的作者提供折扣和豁免。對研究論文的考慮與支付費用的能力無關，我們要求作者在同行評審過程的任何階段都不要與編輯討論任何與支付有關的問題。任何與費用相關的溝通都由不參與稿件決策的行政人員處理。《英國醫學雜志》偶爾會發表其他類型的(非研究)文章，這些文章都是由授權開放獲取出版的出資人資助的，上述政策也適用于這些文章。對于非公開發表的文章，《英國醫學雜志》的出版許可證允許每個作者在自己或雇主的網站上發布文章的URL(上面提供的)，從而使用戶可以免費訪問《英國醫學雜志》網站上的文章全文。作者將需要使用免費鏈接，以確保訪問者可以免費訪問文章。或者，作者可以在他們自己的網站或雇主的網站上發布已發表文章的全文。

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