Federal Agencies Public Access Policies

Overview of Submission Methods

Authors may use a method most appropriate for them and consistent with their publishing agreement to submit their papers to PMC. Which method to use depends on the policies of the journal and your publishing agreement with the journal.

• Journals with an active agreement to deposit all articles can be found in the PMC Journal List, which is available at https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/journals/. NIH recommends reviewing the specific journal record to confirm that the Release Delay is 0 months (Immediate Release) and the Agreement Status is Active. 

• A journal or publisher may also deposit select articles in PMC if special arrangements are made to allow for immediate release. A list of publishers that provide this service is available from https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/about/selectivedeposit/

If not found on the sites above, then check:

• Jisc Open Policy Finder for publisher copyright policies and open access self-archiving policies: https://openpolicyfinder.jisc.ac.uk/ for journals. 
• Or the journal’s website.