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News and announcements related to PMC

• Preview of Upcoming Changes to PMC's eFetch Output March 5, 2025
  In April 2025, the data formats for PMC articles available through eFetch will be updated as part of NLM's ongoing efforts to modernize its products and services. While most of the data will remain unchanged, there are several key differences in the XML and PubMed (formerly MEDLINE) data formats that we'd like to highlight for users. (Learn more ab […]
• PMC Transitions to Updated Website October 21, 2024
  On October 16, 2024, NLM's NCBI transitioned to an updated PubMed Central (PMC) website, representing the next step in ongoing efforts to modernize NLM's products and services. As part of this update, the primary URL for the PMC website has changed from ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc to pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. In addition, you'll notice a new look, feel, […]
• PMC Tagging Guidelines Accessibility Updates October 17, 2024
  The PMC Tagging Guidelines (TG) were updated on October 7, 2024, to provide new guidance for PMC data providers on how to deposit accessible article information using Journal Article Tag Suite (JATS) XML. This guidance aligns with accessibility recommendations from JATS for Reuse, a working group under NISO. This recommendation bases its set of tagging best […]
• PMC website update coming October 16 September 16, 2024
  On October 16, 2024, PMC will transition to a new website. This update, available for preview since March 2024 for user testing and feedback, will become the default for PMC on that date. With this update: the primary URL format for the website will change from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/ to https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ Existing links to most PMC page […]
• Preview Upcoming Improvements to PMC March 21, 2024
  We are pleased to announce the availability of a preview of improvements planned for the PMC website. These improvements will become the default in October 2024 and include an updated article display and enhanced PMC journal list. Click on the "Try it out now" link in the banner on the top of any page on the current PMC website to preview these upd […]
• Update on PubReader Format December 15, 2023
  The PubReader format was added to PMC in 2012 to make it easier to read full text articles on tablet, mobile, and other small screen devices. In March 2022, NCBI launched an updated PMC website. The updated website is mobile responsive, making it easy to read articles in PMC on any device. This makes some legacy features, such as the PubReader view, no longe […]
• Update on Access to Coronavirus-related Articles in PubMed Central (PMC) COVID-19 Collection after end of Public Health Emergency August 30, 2023
  Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) collaborated with publishers and scholarly societies to expand access to coronavirus-related journal articles in PubMed Central (PMC). Through this collaboration, more than 50 publishers made more than 350,000 coronavirus-related articles accessible under various license terms through the […]
• PMC Public Health Emergency Initiatives Update May 3, 2023
  The National Library of Medicine (NLM) recently renamed the COVID-19 and Mpox Public Health Emergency Initiatives as the PMC COVID-19 Collection and PMC Mpox Collection, respectively. NLM continues to work with publisher and scholarly society collaborators who contribute content to these collections to provide broad access and support reuse of relevant scien […]
• Clarifying PMC's Role as an Archive April 19, 2023
  The role of what a library means in a digital world is evolving and expanding. PMC has a large and diverse user base that includes students and the public, as well as researchers, clinicians, and librarians. We recognize that these different audiences have varying levels of familiarity with NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the scholarly publ […]
• Second Phase of the NIH Preprint Pilot Launched January 30, 2023
  Today, we are pleased to announce the launch of the second phase of the NIH Preprint Pilot with the addition of more than 700 new preprint records to PubMed Central (PMC) and PubMed. This second phase expands the scope of the Pilot to include preprints resulting from all NIH-funded research. Eligible preprints are those acknowledging direct support of an NIH […]