US National Institutes of Health Public Access Policy
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States maintains a Public Access Policy to ensure that the public has access to the published results of NIH-funded research.
It requires scientists to submit final peer-reviewed journal manuscripts that arise from NIH funds to the digital archive PubMed Central upon acceptance for publication. To help advance science and improve human health, the Policy requires that these papers are accessible to the public on PubMed Central no later than 12 months after publication. Policy-makers here may wish to note the thinking behind this policy and give due consideration to see if this policy development process is valuable for implementing policy here in the UK.
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Publication: US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington D.C., USA, 2010.