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PubMed Central increases its appeal

BMJ 2001; 322 doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7290.818/d (Published 7 April 2001)
Cite this as: BMJ 2001;322:818.5

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  1. Tony Delamothe
  1. BMJ

    More biomedical journals are expected to join PubMed Central as a result of a substantial loosening of the conditions for participation. The National Library of Medicine's free web based repository of peer reviewed research has been struggling to sign up journals since it went live 15 months ago (http://pubmedcentral.nih.gov//).

    Previously, publishers had to agree to their peer reviewed articles appearing in full on PubMed Central, giving users little incentive to visit publishers' own sites …

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