There are four ways to upload a paper to PubMed Central (PMC). You'll need to be aware of whether your publisher will submit the paper to PMC on your behalf, or whether you will need to initiate or follow up on the process in the NIH Manuscript Submission System (NIHMS). Journals with an active agreement to deposit all articles without embargo can be found in the PMC Journal List, which is available at https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/journals/. A journal or publisher may also deposit select articles in PMC if special arrangements are made to allow for immediate release. A list of publishers that provide this service is available from https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/about/selectivedeposit/. To identify the submission and reporting method for a specific journal, visit Determine Submission Method.
