On the launch of UK PubMed Central

Frontiers in Information Management for the Bio- and environmental SciencesNovartis Foundation, 25 Jan 07

Adam Bostanci

Engagement Manager

UK PubMed Central

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What is UKPMC?

launched in January 2007 @ ukpmc.ac.uk

based on PubMed Central (NIH)

mirror of the PMC database

manuscript submission system – UKMSS

UKPMC to be developed as the central hub for biomedical and health research information in the UK

funded by

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Why use UKPMC?

articles in UK PubMed Central are available without restrictions and the full text is searchable

higher visibility - articles submitted via UKMSS are also visible via PubMed Central

permanent digital preservation of the manuscript that reflects all changes from peer-review

articles submitted are formatted (in XML) to support future developments of UK PubMed Central

principal funders of biomedical research increasingly require deposit of research outputs into UKPMC

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Funder Policies

BBSRC requires deposit of articles and conference proceedings arising from grant applications submitted from 1 Oct 2006 into an e-print repository like UKPMC

WT requires deposit of articles accepted for publication into UKPMC and to be made freely available within six months of publication

MRC requires articles arising from grant applications submitted from 1Oct 2006 accepted for publication to be deposited into UKPMC within six months

DH requires deposit of articles arising from grant applications submitted from 1 Apr 2007 into UKPMC within six months

CSO a copy of the final, peer-reviewed articles arising from funded research to be deposited in UKPMC and to be freely available within 6 months

ARC requires deposit of articles in an archive like UKPMC to be available 6 months after publication, prefers author-archiving, will consider open access charges

BHF as of 8 Jan 2007, a copy of each peer-reviewed research paper to be deposited in UKPMC to be made freely available within 6 months of publication (full policy to follow)

CRUK policy under review

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UKMSS - the manuscript submission system

login at ukpmc.ac.uk/ukmss

identify journal & research grant

upload manuscript (.doc, .jpg, .xl)

UKPMC generates a receipt

UKPMC formats the manuscript and e-mails the PI

PI approval – the article becomes part of the UKPMC collection

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Developing UKPMC

the roadmap for UKPMC includes UK-specific services and enhanced content

e.g. links into molecular datasets and medical data

UKPMC development partners

European Bioinformatics Institute

University of Manchester

user panel

input from the scientific community invited ukpmc@bl.uk

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UKPMC in brief

UKPMC is now available as a platform for accessing and adding to growing collection of freely accessible life science articles

UKPMC will be developed as a hub for biomedical and health research information in the UK

UKPMC runs a fully-manned helpdesk ukpmc@bl.uk / 01937 546699 further assistance also available via the UKPMC website,

e.g. on copy-right related questions