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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.

12.4 million articles are archived in PMC.

Content provided in part by:

  • 3030
    Full Participation Journals

    Journals deposit the complete contents of each issue or volume.

  • 249
    NIH Portfolio Journals

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

  • 44
    Selective Deposit Programs

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

New in PMC

Aug. 31, 2026

Changes to PMC’s Article Dataset Distribution Services Complete

Changes to PMC's Article Dataset Distribution Services announced in February, are now complete. Full documentation of the up…

July 27, 2026

Upcoming Transition of the Public Access Compliance Monitor (PACM) in Support of the 2024 NIH Public Access Policy

The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine (NLM) is making ongoing updates t…

Updated Full-Text Search Now Available

Screenshot showing a search results webpage in PMC

NCBI has updated the PubMed Central (PMC) full-text search functionality and user experience.

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