# PubMed Central
*Also known as PMC*

- Website: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Location: Bethesda, MD, United States
- Agent profile: https://directory.haycion.ai/agents/pmc-ncbi-nlm-nih-gov

> PubMed Central provides free, full-text access to biomedical and life sciences journal articles.

PubMed Central is a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature. Operated by the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM), PubMed Central provides researchers, clinicians, educators, and the public with access to peer-reviewed articles to support discovery, education, and evidence-based practice. It serves as a central repository and access point for open and NIH- or publisher-deposited content, enabling broad, long-term access to scholarly articles and contributing to transparency and reproducibility in biomedical research.

**Mission:** To provide free, permanent access to biomedical journal literature to support research, education, and patient care.

## Products & Services

### [PubMed Central journal participation](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/addjournal/)
*Service*
Facilitates journal access and compliance with NIH mandates for open science.

- **Content and Timing Requirements** — Ensure Compliance With Guidelines
- **Final Published Article Deposition** — Provide Open Access Articles
- **Standards-Based Evaluation** — Uphold Quality Standards
- **Long-Term Archive** — Support Scientific Research Access
- **Multiple Submission Options** — Flexibility in Journal Participation

### [NIH Portfolio Deposition](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/addjournal/)
*Service*
Ensures compliance with NIH mandates by depositing all NIH-funded articles into PMC.

- **Full NIH-funded Article Deposition** — Deposits All NIH-Funded Articles
- **Immediate Release** — Ensures Immediate Access
- **NIH Public Access Alignment** — Supports NIH Public Access Compliance
- **MEDLINE Indexing Eligibility** — Maintains High-Quality Standards

### [Selective Deposit](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/about/selectivedeposit/)
*Service*
Facilitates selective article deposition for hybrid journals and funder mandates.

- **Funder Policy Alignment** — Ensures Compliance With Funder Policies
- **Targeted Article Deposition** — Allows Selective Article Depositions
- **Hybrid Journal Suitability** — Caters To Hybrid Journals
- **Long-Term Access** — Facilitates Long-term Archiving

### [Author Manuscript Deposit (NIHMS)](https://www.nihms.nih.gov/about/overview/)
*Service*
Facilitates manuscript submission for NIH-funded research by ensuring public access.

- **Manuscript Deposit via NIHMS** — Enables Easy Manuscript Submission
- **Long-Term Preservation** — Ensures Article Longevity
- **Compliance with NIH Public Access Policy** — Enhances Public Research Access
- **Publisher-Initiated on Behalf of Authors** — Supports Funder Compliance
- **No Formal Agreements Required** — Reduces Administrative Burdens

### [PMC Publisher Services](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/publisherservices/)
*Service*
Streamlines submission, tracking, and reporting for publishers participating in PMC.

- **Deposit Application and Tracking** — Optimize Your Deposits
- **Multiple Submission Paths** — Simplify Your Submission Process
- **Usage Statistics and Reporting** — Access Comprehensive Reports
- **Stay Current** — Receive Essential Updates
- **API and Cloud-Based Services** — Leverage API Access

### [PMC Cloud Service](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tools/cloud/)
*Platform*
Access Open Access articles and author manuscripts quickly with PMC's cloud service.

- **Cloud Access to OA Subset and Author Manuscript Dataset** — Access Content Quickly
- **Daily Data Updates** — Stay Updated
- **Dataset Licensing Details** — Understand Licensing

### [OA Web Service API](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tools/oa-service/)
*Service*
Discover and access Open Access articles programmatically with streamlined retrieval options.

- **OA Subset Discovery API** — Instant Access to Open Access Content
- **HTTP Access and Resumption** — Facilitates Efficient Data Retrieval
- **Identification and Results** — Access Comprehensive Query Responses

### [PMC OAI-PMH API](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tools/oai/)
*Service*
Access metadata and full-text articles from PubMed Central with permissible licenses.

- **Full-text Access for Eligible Licenses** — Retrieve Full-text Articles
- **Metadata Harvesting** — Harvest Item Metadata
- **OAI-PMH 2.0 Implementation** — Utilize OAI-PMH Protocol
- **Resumption Tokens** — Manage Large Data Requests
- **Robust Metadata** — Access Comprehensive Article Information

## Market Segments

- **Open access full-text archive**: Long-term preservation and public access of peer-reviewed biomedical and life sciences articles to support open science and mandated open access collections.
- **Funder compliance and publisher workflow**: Submission paths, eligibility checks, and reporting that enable authors, journals, and publishers to comply with NIH and other funder public access requirements.
- **Programmatic content access and bulk distribution**: APIs, metadata harvesting, and cloud dataset delivery for programmatic discovery, bulk retrieval, and text-mining reuse of license-permitted PMC content.