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NIH Public Access Policy

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Summary of Options

Note: This is the PMC submission process based on the 2008 Public Access Policy and will be updated as soon as more information is available from the 2024 Public Access Policy updates. 

 

Method A
Journal deposits final published articles in PubMed Central without author involvement

 Method B
Author asks publisher to deposit specific final published article in PMC		 Method C
Author deposits final peer-reviewed manuscript in PMC via NIHMS

Method D
Publisher deposits peer-reviewed manuscript,
Author completes submission process
Version of Paper Submitted Final Published Article Final Published Article Final Peer-Reviewed Manuscript Final Peer-Reviewed Manuscript
Who begins the deposit process? PUBLISHER PUBLISHER AUTHOR or designee, via NIHMS PUBLISHER
Who approves the paper that is being processed PUBLISHER PUBLISHER AUTHOR, via NIHMS AUTHOR, via NIHMS
Who approves paper for PubMed Central? PUBLISHER PUBLISHER AUTHOR, via NIHMS AUTHOR, via NIHMS
Participating journal/publisher

Method A journals
check the link above to see if your publisher submits for you

 Make arragements with these publishers Check publishing agreement Check publishing agreement
Who is responsibe? NIH Awardee NIH Awardee NIH Awardee NIH Awardee
To cite papers from acceptance to 3 months after publication PMCID OR PMC Journal -in Process" PMCID OR PMC Journal -in Process" PMCID or NIHMSID PMCID or NIHMSID
To cite papers longer than 3 months PMCID PMCID PMCID PMCID