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Europe PMC team

 | 1 May 2019

 | 2 MINS READ

Making science open with the new Europe PMC plus

Europe PMC team

 | 1 May 2019

 | 2 MINS READ

Making science open with the new Europe PMC plus

We are delighted to announce the launch of the new Europe PMC Plus – the manuscript submission system for authors supported by Europe PMC funders. Europe PMC is the repository of choice for 29 international life sciences funders, who recommend or require that publications arising from the research they fund, are made openly available via […]

Europe PMC team

 | 25 March 2019

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Prepare for the new Europe PMC plus

Europe PMC team

 | 25 March 2019

 | 2 MINS READ

Prepare for the new Europe PMC plus

Europe PMC is getting ready to release an upgraded version of Europe PMC plus, a system for PIs supported by Europe PMC funders to submit accepted manuscripts for inclusion in Europe PMC and PMC. The new version of Europe PMC plus has an improved design, and new features for creating and reviewing manuscript submissions. The […]

Europe PMC team

 | 16 May 2018

 | 4 MINS READ

Europe PMC and the Research Excellence Framework 2021 (REF 2021)

Europe PMC team

 | 16 May 2018

 | 4 MINS READ

Europe PMC and the Research Excellence Framework 2021 (REF 2021)

Several questions have come into our Helpdesk regarding how articles deposited in Europe PMC count towards the REF 2021. We thought it is worth clarifying a few of the questions that have been raised. Does content deposited in Europe PMC count towards REF 2021? The answer is definitely yes. The REF 2021 policy states that: […]

Europe PMC team

 | 19 December 2017

 | 1 MIN READ

PubMed Central Canada is retiring: response from Europe PMC

Europe PMC team

 | 19 December 2017

 | 1 MIN READ

PubMed Central Canada is retiring: response from Europe PMC

The PubMed Central International (PMCI) network is a collaborative effort between the PMCI repositories, publishers, and funding organisations that wish to preserve and provide free access to journal articles authored by the researchers they support. For many years, the PMCI network has consisted of three nodes, PMC USA, Europe PMC and PMC Canada. As of […]

Europe PMC team

 | 31 August 2017

 | 1 MIN READ

Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance joins Europe PMC

Europe PMC team

 | 31 August 2017

 | 1 MIN READ

Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance joins Europe PMC

We’re delighted to announce that the Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance joins Europe PMC as a new funder. This brings the Europe PMC funder family to 28 members. The Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance is an equal partnership initiative between the Wellcome Trust (UK) and the Department of Biotechnology (Government of India). The broad aim of the […]

Europe PMC team

 | 9 February 2015

 | 1 MIN READ

Health care and health policy reviews now available: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Europe PMC team

 | 9 February 2015

 | 1 MIN READ

Health care and health policy reviews now available: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

More than 300 Cochrane Systematic Reviews, funded under the 2007 and 2010 UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Programme Grant programmes, are available on Europe PMC. This has been a collaborative project between Cochrane, Wiley, and the Europe PMC team, and has enabled us to make this subset of full-text reviews available to access […]

Europe PMC team

 | 25 March 2013

 | 1 MIN READ

Institutional and Subject-Specific Repositories: Responding to HEFCE’s Call for Advice on Open Access

Europe PMC team

 | 25 March 2013

 | 1 MIN READ

Institutional and Subject-Specific Repositories: Responding to HEFCE’s Call for Advice on Open Access

Earlier this month HEFCE invited advice on developing their open access policy in the post-2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF). Both EMBL-EBI, who run the Europe PubMed Central (Europe PMC) service, and the UK members of the Europe PMC Funders’ Group, strongly support HEFCE’s movement towards requiring that all outputs submitted to the post-2014 REF are […]

Europe PMC team

 | 13 March 2009

 | 1 MIN READ

First U.S. public access policy made permanent

Europe PMC team

 | 13 March 2009

 | 1 MIN READ

First U.S. public access policy made permanent

As reported by Jennifer McLennan (Association of Research Libraries) on the SPARC-OpenData mailing list: 2009 Consolidated Appropriations Act ensures NIH public access policy will persist Washington, D.C. – March 12, 2009 – President Obama yesterday signed into law the 2009 Consolidated Appropriations Act, which includes a provision making the National Institutes’ of Health (NIH) Public […]

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