Adoption PubMed Central

launched in february 2000, repository has grown rapidly nih public access policy designed make research funded national institutes of health (nih) freely accessible anyone, and, in addition, many publishers working cooperatively nih provide free access works. in late 2007, consolidated appropriations act of 2008 (h.r. 2764) signed law , included provision requiring nih modify policies , require inclusion pubmed central complete electronic copies of peer-reviewed research , findings nih-funded research. these articles required included within 12 months of publication. first time government has required agency provide open access research , evolution 2005 policy, in nih asked researchers voluntarily add research pubmed central.

a uk version of pubmed central system, uk pubmed central (ukpmc), has been developed wellcome trust , british library part of nine-strong group of uk research funders. system went live in january 2007. on 1 november 2012, became europe pubmed central. canadian member of pubmed central international network, pubmed central canada, launched in october 2009.

the national library of medicine nlm journal publishing tag set journal article markup language freely available. association of learned , professional society publishers comments become standard preparing scholarly content both books , journals . related dtd available books. library of congress , british library have announced support nlm dtd. has been popular journal service providers.

with release of public access plans many agencies beyond nih, pmc in process of becoming repository wider variety of articles. includes nasa content, interface branded pubspace .