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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)

  • About PMC

    Discover a digital archive of scholarly articles, spanning centuries of scientific research.

  • User Guide

    Learn how to find and read articles of interest to you.

  • Collections

    Browse the PMC Journal List or learn about some of PMC's unique collections.

  • For Authors

    Navigate the PMC submission methods to comply with a funder mandate, expand access, and ensure preservation.

  • For Publishers

    Learn about deposit options for journals and publishers and the PMC selection process.

  • For Developers

    Find tools for bulk download, text mining, and other machine analysis.

10.5 million articles are archived in PMC.

Content provided in part by:

  • 2939

    Full Participation Journals

    Journals deposit the complete contents of each issue or volume.

  • 279

    NIH Portfolio Journals

    Journals deposit all NIH-funded articles as defined by the NIH Public Access Policy.

  • 43

    Selective Deposit Programs

    Publisher deposits a subset of articles from a collection of journals.

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PMC Transitions to Updated Website

On October 16, 2024, NLM's NCBI transitioned to an updated PubMed Central (PMC) website, representing the next step in ongo…

Oct. 17, 2024

PMC Tagging Guidelines Accessibility Updates

The PMC Tagging Guidelines (TG) were updated on October 7, 2024, to provide new guidance for PMC data providers on how to de…

PMC Transitions to Updated Website

Graphic of the updated PMC Journal List and an article

On October 16, 2024, NLM's NCBI transitioned to an updated PubMed Central (PMC) website, representing the next step in ongoing efforts to modernize NLM's products and services.

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