PubMed Central (PMC) Home Page
PubMed Central® (PMC) is a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM)
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Discover a digital archive of scholarly articles, spanning centuries of scientific research.
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Navigate the PMC submission methods to comply with a funder mandate, expand access, and ensure preservation.
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Learn about deposit options for journals and publishers and the PMC selection process.
10.8 million articles are archived in PMC.
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2966
Full Participation Journals
Journals deposit the complete contents of each issue or volume.
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264
NIH Portfolio Journals
Journals deposit all NIH-funded articles as defined by the NIH Public Access Policy.
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43
Selective Deposit Programs
Publisher deposits a subset of articles from a collection of journals.
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Updated Full-Text Search Preview Now Available
As the next step in the ongoing modernization of the PubMed Central website, NCBI is updating the search functionality and user experience. A beta version is now available for you to preview and provide feedback on.
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