The Wolters Kluwer publishing program offers a suite of open access solutions that meet the needs of researchers and help them maximize the visibility of global healthcare research. Options include hybrid open access models across more than 300 journal publications, as well as fully open access specialty titles.

We promise all authors, institutions, research funding agencies, and others high-quality publishing services including:

  • An innovative publishing platform from either our Lippincott® and Medknow healthcare journals portfolios
  • Globally distribution of freely available, quality open access research on our journals platform
  • Article deposit in PubMed Central
  • Rapid publication
  • Posts on websites and intranets
  • Rigorous peer review
  • High-quality editorial services and support
  • Compliance with funding mandates

About us

Our publishing program offers a suite of open access solutions that meet the needs of researchers, helping them maximize the visibility of global healthcare research.

Publish

Open access content is immediately and permanently available online and allows users to link, read, download, store, use, and data-mine with minimal restrictions.

Process

While the submission and review process follow the traditional process, there are additional forms and steps taken in order to publish your work as open access.

Partner

Wolters Kluwer can offer you a range of flexible open access models if you are considering launching an open access journal or transfer your open access journal to an established publisher.

Journals

All articles published in open access journals are freely available to readers. There is no subscription fee to access content.

Frequently asked questions

View some common questions about open access, the difference between that and free, what the Creative Commons License is, and much more.

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It is our goal at Wolters Kluwer to expand growth in access to peer reviewed scientific works to maximize their value and reuse while removing barriers to innovation and discoveries in healthcare.
Ian Burgess
Director, Medical Publishing, Wolters Kluwer
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Publishing Open Access with Wolters Kluwer
This informational video provides authors the benefits about publishing their work open access in a Wolters Kluwer journal.  It provides insight into gold and hybrid open access, increasing discoverability of your work and funding mandates for APCs.

Featured Collections

Healthcare for the aging population
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Wound care

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Electronic health records

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