As a service to our authors, Elsevier will deposit to PubMed Central (PMC) author manuscripts on behalf of Elsevier authors reporting NIH funded research.  This service is a continuation of Elsevier’s 2005 agreement with the NIH when the NIH introduced their voluntary ‘Public Access Policy.’

The service will help authors comply with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) revised ''Public Access Policy,'' effective April 7, 2008.  The NIH’s revised policy requires that NIH-funded authors submit to PubMed Central (PMC), or have submitted on their behalf, their peer-reviewed author manuscripts, to appear on PMC no later than 12 months after final publication.

Elsevier will send to PMC the final peer-reviewed manuscript, which was accepted for publication and sent to Elsevier’s production department, and that reflects any author-agreed changes made in response to peer-review comments. Elsevier will authorize the author manuscript’s public access posting 12 months after final publication.  Following the deposit by Elsevier, authors will receive further communications from the NIH with respect to the submission.

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As a leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical (STM) journals, Elsevier has led the industry in developing tools, programs and partnerships that provide greater access to, and understanding of, the vast global body of STM information.  This service is an example of Elsevier willingness to work cooperatively to meet the needs of all participants in the STM publishing community.