NIH Public Access Policy Finalized, Will Take Effect In May
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Publication policy calls for study authors to post their research manuscripts on the PubMed Central database as soon as possible, but provides a 12-month timeframe. NIH-funded researchers will be requested to submit an electronic version of their final manuscript upon acceptance for publication.
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