The NIH 2025 Public Access Policy: Immediate access, unequal costs.

Ryus, Caitlin R; Raymond King, Caroline; Melnick, Edward R · PLoS Med · 2026

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Abstract

The NIH 2025 Public Access Policy eliminates embargo periods for federally funded research, expanding who can read science. Yet without addressing article processing charges and market concentration, the policy risks creating new barriers to who can afford to perform and publish their science.

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