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AISR Supports PubMed Central

PubMed Central (PMC) is a digital archive of life sciences journal literature, established by the NIH.

PubMed Central houses individual author manuscripts of articles published by NIH- and Wellcome Trust-funded researchers. Increasing free access to these articles is the goal of the NIH Public Access policy.

New Requirements: As of April 7, 2008, researchers who are funded by NIH are REQUIRED to submit their articles to PubMed Central. Read more about the new rules.

PubMed Central also provides free and unrestricted access to several hundred full journals, by agreement with independent publishers. PMC is developed and managed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM).

Scott Library Support Services

• Address copyright issues. Staff can advise you as you negotiate with publishers in order to meet the new NIH requirements.
• Deposit your manuscript. We can deposit your manuscript for you, in both PubMed Central and the Jefferson Digital Commons.
• Cite the PubMed Central ID number. We can help to complete your citations.
• Contact for support: Ann Koopman (Ann.Koopman@jefferson.edu or 215-503-0441)

Find Out More About PubMed Central

• About the PubMed Central Program
• NIH Public Access Policy
  
• Review the list of participating journals

Why is This a Good Thing?

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has called the new NIH policy "an important step forward for science, scientists, and the higher education community". Many academic institutions, including Thomas Jefferson University, and other interested groups support the adoption of public access to tax payer-supported research. ARL cites the following benefits:

• PubMed Central deposit is a convenient substitute for submitting print copies of articles in fulfillment of grant reporting requirements.
• Access to the estimated 80,000 articles resulting from NIH funding each year will be greatly expanded for use in research, teaching, and patient care.
• A consequence of making work more visible among scientists around the world is greater impact.
• This open environment will facilitate development of new kinds of computational research techniques. Journal articles in PubMed Central are already linked to other scientific databases such as GenBank, enabling researchers to observe and explore relationships that may not previously have been apparent.
• The National Library of Medicine will provide long-term digital archiving of articles in PubMed Central, ensuring tomorrow’s researchers can build on today’s findings.
• The NIH policy precedent can open the door for institutions to secure expanded rights to use research in teaching, learning, and research.

For questions regarding PubMed Central, please contact Edward Tawyea, Director of AISR and University Librarian, at 215-503-8848 or Edward.Tawyea@jefferson.edu.