The NIH and Open Access

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is strongly encouraging researchers who receive NIH grant funding to provide open access to the final, peer-reviewed manuscripts of the journal articles that result from their research. The submission process typically takes 3–10 minutes

The NIH has created and operates PubMed Central (PMC), a free digital archive of full-text, peer-reviewed biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research literature. (There is delayed free access to some journals in the system.)

By submitting their final manuscripts to PubMed Central, researchers can increase the visibility of their research and take advantage of the sophisticated linking and retrieval capabilities of the PubMed Central System.

National Institutes of Health Public Access Policy

• Policy Overview
• Policy on Enhancing Public Access to Archived Publications Resulting from NIH_Funded Research
• Questions and Answers
• Submission Process
• Authors' Manual: Abridged Policy, Submission Process, and FAQ
• NIH Manuscript Submission System
• View Submitted Manuscripts in PubMed Central

PubMed Central

• Overview
• PubMed Central Advanced Search
• PMC Journal List
• The Back Issue Digitization Project
• OAI (Open Archives Initiative) Access to PubMed Central Records