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Adhering with the CIHR Policy on Access to Research Outputs - Selected Journals
| Journal (publisher) |
Journal Policy |
|---|---|
| Arthritis Research and Therapy (BioMed Central) |
Adherent Research articles published in Arthritis Research and Therapy are open access which means they are freely and universally available online. **This holds true for All BMC journals** |
| Breast Cancer Research and Treatment (Springer Science) |
Adherent Author can archive post-print (i.e. final draft post-refereeing)on authors website or institutional repository or funders designated website/repository (e.g. PubMed Central) |
| British Medical Journal (British Medical Association) |
Adherent Author can archive post-print or Publisher PDF on institutional server or in PubMed Central 6 months after publication. Articles in some journals can be made Open Access on payment of additional charge |
| Canadian Medical Association Journal (Canadian Medical Assoc.) | Adherent CMAJ is an open- and free-access journal. Access is provided free at the website. CMAJ also deposits publications into PubMed Central. There are no page charges. |
| Health Services Research (Blackwell Publishing Ltd) |
Adherent Author can archive post-print on author or institutional or subject-based (e.g., PubMed Central) server. Paid open access is an option |
| Nature (Nature Publishing Group) |
Adherent If funding agency rules apply, authors may post authors version to their relevant funding body's archive, 6 months after publication |
| New England Journal of Medicine (Massachusetts Medical Society) |
Adherent Author can archive the published version in an institutional repository or PubMed Central after 6 months. Note that journal content is freely available at the NEJM website following a 6 month embargo. |
| PLoS Biology (Public Library of Science) |
Adherent Open access on website and deposited in PMC **This holds true for All PLoS journals** |
| Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) |
Adherent If funding agency rules apply, author may archive the post-print in PubMed Central after a 6 month embargo |
Q. What if my journal is not open access and does not permit archiving?
A. By submitting an author addendum with your manuscript you may retain the right to archive your peer-reviewed manuscript in your institutional repository or PubMed Central (and PubMed Central International sites). The Canadian Association of Research Libraries has prepared an Author Addendum that you may wish to use to retain this key right. Another option is to insert the following text into the publisher's copyright agreement:
Journal acknowledges that the researcher will be entitled to deposit an electronic copy of the final, peer-reviewed manuscript for inclusion in PubMed Central (PMC), and for this manuscript to be mirrored to all PMC International sites. Manuscripts deposited with PMC (and PMC International sites) may be made freely available to the public, via the internet, within six months of the official date of final publication in the journal.
Please note that at this time, it is not possible for CIHR supported researchers to deposit research publications in the U.S. PMC. However, CIHR and the Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI) are planning the development of a PubMed Central International (PMCI) Canada site that will enable researchers to archive publications in this repository. If you are interested in depositing your research publications in PMCI Canada when it becomes available, please contact access@cihr-irsc.gc.ca.
