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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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

10.5 million articles are archived in PMC.

Content provided in part by:
  • 2936

    Full Participation Journals

    Journals deposit the complete contents of each issue or volume.

  • 277

    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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Oct. 21, 2024

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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