The policy applies to any journal article that:
The accepted manuscript must appear on PMC no later than 12 months after final publication. NIH will withhold grant money to enforce the public-access policy. See additional applicability guidelines and Policy details.The Policy was passed into law by the U.S. Congress in 2009.
Exempt publications include:
Exempt publications may still be reported in NIH progress reports via My NCBI, but listed at not applicable (N/A).
NIH-funded research papers must be made publicly available in PubMed Central (PMC)
PMC is NOT PubMed and PMCID is NOT PMID
PMC (PMCID)
PubMed (PMID)