Public Access in PMC Update

In 2021, PubMed Central (PMC) continued to grow and evolve in its role as a repository for research support by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other partner funding agencies. Around 1.3 million articles have been made publicly accessible in PMC under the NIH Public Access Policy; and the volume of NIH-supported articles added to PMC with associated data content continues to increase annually (59% of articles in 2020 included supplementary material and/or a data availability statement vs. 27% in 2009). Other recent activities include:Release of anew training video that walks users through the NIH Manuscript Submission (NIHMS) system deposit workflow, as well asupdated tutorials.Modifications to the NIHMS system to support new funder requirements (e.g., see theupdated Howard Hughes Medical Institute Open Access Policy that took effect January 1, 2022; asupplemental tutorial is also now available for HHMI submitters).Expansion of theHealth Research Alliance (HRA) Open program to support the open access policies of The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration and IRIDIAN GENOMES.New submissions toNASA PubSpace have moved from the NIHMS system to the NASA Science and Technology Information Program. Further information is available on theNASA STI Program website.Release of thePMC Funder Deposit List to help publishers, funders, and institutions identify the funded content that can be deposited in PMC and clarify the available submission routes.Over the last year, PMC...
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