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Guide to Getting Started with the NIH Public Access Policy
National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded researchers are required to deposit manuscripts of papers reporting NIH-funded research (accepted for publication after April 7, 2008) to PubMed Central to be made publicly available no later than 12 months after the official date of publication. This guide includes instructions for manuscript deposit and resources for learning more about the policy.