Canadian researchers will now be able to contribute to a growing, searchable digital archive of published Canadian health research with the newly launched PubMed Central Canada (PMC Canada). PMC Canada is the result of a partnership between the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the National Research Council's Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (NRC-CISTI) and the US National Library of Medicine (NLM).
The initial version of PMC was launched in October 2009. The full version of PMC Canada, including a manuscript submission system for CIHR researchers, was released earlier this week. PMC Canada now supports CIHR's Policy on Access to Research Outputs, which requires CIHR grant recipients to make their peer-reviewed publications freely accessible online within six months of publication. Its manuscript submission system will enable CIHR-funded researchers to deposit their peer-reviewed articles, in a bid to expose their research to a global audience and facilitate collaboration to advance scientific progress.
PMC Canada builds on PubMed Central (PMC), the archive developed by the US’ NLM, and joins UK PubMed Central (UKPMC) as a member of the larger PMC International network. PMC and UKPMC content are also now accessible to Canadian researchers.
While CIHR supplied the funds for PMC Canada, NRC-CISTI contributed its technological expertise to build the infrastructure and will manage the repository.
The first phase of PMC Canada includes a basic bilingual interface, a manuscript submission system for CIHR researchers and a bilingual help desk. Plans for the second phase of the repository will incorporate a customised web front-end along with enhanced reporting and alerting features for system funders and users. An advisory committee of Canadian health researchers and other stakeholders will guide the repository’s future development.
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