Submitting Publications to PubMed Central
To ensure that an applicable paper is submitted to PubMed Central (PMC) in compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy, authors may use whichever method is most appropriate for them and consistent with their publishing agreement.
- How to submit articles to PubMed Central.
- Follow these instructions to determine manuscript submission method.
- Overview of submission options
- Journals with an active agreement to deposit all articles.
- As some journals included in the PMC Journal List may embargo public availability of articles, review the specific record associated with the journal of interest to confirm it has a Release Delay of 0 months (Immediate release) that meets NIH Public Access Policy requirements and an Agreement Status of Active. Otherwise, you may need to make special arrangements with the journal to remove the embargo on a given article or submit the Accepted Author Manuscript to the NIH Manuscript Submission System (NIHMS).
- If a journal does not participate in PMC, the publisher may deposit an article directly to PMC without author involvement.
- If neither of the above deposit options apply, you may deposit your author accepted manuscript to the NIH Manuscript Submission System (NIHMS).
