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PubMed Central® (PMC) is a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM)
Discover a digital archive of scholarly articles, spanning centuries of scientific research.
Navigate the PMC submission methods to comply with a funder mandate, expand access, and ensure preservation.
Learn about deposit options for journals and publishers and the PMC selection process.
11.7 million articles are archived in PMC.
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Full Participation JournalsJournals deposit the complete contents of each issue or volume.
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NIH Portfolio JournalsJournals deposit all NIH-funded articles as defined by the NIH Public Access Policy.
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Selective Deposit ProgramsPublisher deposits a subset of articles from a collection of journals.
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