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Scholarly Publication

Scholarly Publication

Copyright, access, and NIH policy

NIH-Funded Research and the NIH Public Access Policy

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Scientists receiving grant money from the NIH must submit copies of their research papers to PubMed Central (PMC) when those papers are accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal. PMC will then make the papers freely available to the public within 12 months of publication.

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Learn What You Can Do to influence these issues as a participant in the scholarly communication process.

Read Scholarly Publication at Risk to understand how the scholarly publishing market affects scholars' access to research output.

Contact the UCSF Library's scholarly publication group.