# PubMed Central (PMC) Home Page

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)

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

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

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


## 10.4 million articles are archived in PMC.

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### 2935

### Full Participation Journals

Journals deposit the complete contents of each issue or volume.

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### 277

### NIH Portfolio Journals

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

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### 43

### Selective Deposit Programs

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


## New in PMC

### 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…

### 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

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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