Navigating the NIH Public Access Policy for Peer-Reviewed Manuscripts - Why and How to get a PMCID Number

摘要

In 2008, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) enacted the Public Access Policy requiring all NIH-funded investigators to submit accepted, peer-reviewed manuscripts to the National Library of Medicine’s digital repository PubMed Central. The purpose of the policy is to “ensure the public has access to the published results of NIH-funded research.” (Accessed Jan. 14, 2020 at ). Historically, the burden of cost to access manuscripts was on readers; however, the policy shifted the responsibility to researchers. Publishing a manuscript costs on average between $1,500 – $3,000, but these costs can be included in grant proposal budgets.