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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)

  • 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.

9.9 million articles are archived in PMC.

Content provided in part by:

  • 2881

    Full Participation Journals

    Journals deposit the complete contents of each issue or volume.

  • 292

    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.

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March 21, 2024

Preview Upcoming Improvements to PMC

We are pleased to announce the availability of a preview of improvements planned for the PMC website. These…

Dec. 15, 2023

Update on PubReader Format

The PubReader format was added to PMC in 2012 to make it easier to read full text articles on tablet, mobile, and oth…

Preview Upcoming Improvements to PMC

We are pleased to announce the availability of a preview of improvements planned for the PMC website. These improvements will become the default in October 2024.

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