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To build an effective open-access model of online publishing has been a complex challenge in many countries, especially where the governments are required to implement dynamic policies to ensure access to publicly funded scientific research. The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) started the Public Access Policy to advance science and health, which requires that all investigators funded by the NIH submit the final version of their research achievements to the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed Central. Dr. Thakur’s presentation will provide us with historical background and in-depth knowledge of NIH’s unique and significant endeavor. His insight will help us consider the best model for open-access publishing in Japan.

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Speaker

Document

Opening

NIH Public Access Policy

[Abstract]

(with consecutive interpretation)

Neil M. Thakur, Ph.D.

(Special Assistant to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Deputy Director for Extramural Research)

(1.24M)

(00:48:20)

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Since November 2005, Neil Thakur has served as a Special Assistant to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Deputy Director for Extramural Research. He also serves as program manager for the NIH Public Access Policy. Prior to his time at NIH, he was Assistant Director of Health Services Research and Development at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Dr. Thakur holds a Ph.D. in Health Policy from Yale University School of Public Health and completed a NIMH postdoctoral fellowship in mental health services research at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

This presentation will provide an overview of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy. The NIH is America's primary government agency for conducting and supporting medical research. It awards funds to scientific institutions to conduct biomedical research. The NIH Public Access Policy ensures that the public has access to the published results of NIH funded research. It requires scientists to submit final peer-reviewed journal manuscripts that arise from NIH funds to the digital archive PubMed Central (PMC) upon acceptance for publication. To help advance science and improve human health, the Policy requires that these papers are accessible to the public on PubMed Central no later than 12 months after publication. These papers are privately copyrighted, and are accessible under fair use. They cannot be downloaded in bulk, redistributed, turned into new works, etc.

This policy was issued as a request to NIH funding recipients in May 2005. It became a requirement in April 2008. Making Public Access a requirement has approximately tripled collection of papers, from 19% of papers to almost 60% of papers. NIH continues to implement the Policy. Hundreds of scientific journals signed agreements with NIH to post all of their final published articles directly to PMC. NIH has also developed other ways in which authors and publishers may deposit author manuscripts to PMC.