Who is responsible for depositing papers supported by Wellcome Trust funding in PMC/UKPMC – the researcher or the publisher?
5.1This depends on the policy of the publisher.For journals that already participate in PMC, the practice of posting all research papers directly into PMC continues. For example, researchers who have papers published in ‘Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences’ or ‘Journal of Clinical Investigation’ (both journals that participate in PMC) need not deposit their papers in UKPMC, as the publisher will be responsible for making this content available in PMC. 5.2 For journals that operate a hybrid open access model (see also question 11), again the onus will be on the publisher to deposit the paper in PMC on behalf of the researcher. 5.3 For journals that neither participate in PMC nor have a hybrid open access model – but accept Wellcome Trust research papers on the understanding that they must be made freely available from PMC, UKPMC and other PMCI repositories within six months of publication – the researcher is responsible for depositing the peer-reviewed copy (i.e. the version
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