Guides @ UF: NIH Public Access Policy and Manuscript Submission: Journal Policies

Useful Links

Journal Search for Waivers/Discounts for UF Authors
- find journals included in our libraries open access agreements
Publisher Discounts/Waivers to UF Authors
- List of publishers providing waivers or discounts on APCs to UF authors
Penn State University Libraries Green OA LibGuide
- list of publishers and journals allowing deposit in PubMed Central without an embargo
Jisc Open Policy Finder
Extensive source of information on publisher self-archiving policies
Author's Rights Information from Smathers Libraries
Authors Alliance (June 6, 2025)
Q & A regarding new NIH policy
Authors Alliance Updated Guidance (July 18, 2025)
- supplements their June Q&A with the latest information
SPARC Article Sharing Requirements by Federal Agency
Created by Johns Hopkins University Libraries and SPARC, this resource allows the user to track and compare U.S. funding agencies' article sharing requirements

Publishers that appear to allow authors to comply with the 2024 NIH Public Access Policy without paying a fee

AIP Publishing

- see their statement regarding the NIH policy

- author may self-archive the Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM) in PubMed Central (PMC) with no embargo period under their Green OA policy

JAMA Network

- see Public Access section

- no embargo period; accepted manuscript may be made publicly available in PubMed Central on date of publication

Mary Ann Liebert

- see Green Open Access/Self-Archiving section of their policy

- no embargo period; accepted manuscript may be made publicly available in PubMed Central on date of publication

Sage

- see Green Open Access: Sage’s Archiving and Sharing Policy section

- no embargo period; appears to allow author to post the accepted manuscript at any time after acceptance for publication

Lippincott (check with publisher directly)

- their NIH public access policy information at this link appears to say that authors can comply with the 2024 NIH policy even if the article was not published as open access

- other areas of the website still refer to a 12-month embargo (see LWW link in Selected Publisher Policies box below)

Excellent Resource from Penn State University Libraries

- more comprehensive list of publishers and journals allowing green OA with no embargo period

Publishers / Journals that might allow UF authors to comply with the 2024 NIH Public Access Policy without paying a fee

The following resources are maintained and updated by the Open Access Committee

List of publishers providing waivers or discounts on APCs to UF authors

- need to check the journal of interest within the publisher's portfolio; policies may differ

List of other Open Access journals with no Article Processing Charges (APCs) to UF authors

- need to check the journal's policy regarding your ability to comply with the 2024 NIH Public Access Policy

Journal Search Tool for finding journals that give UF authors waivers or discounts on Article Processing Charges (APCs)

- discount/waiver may only apply if the Corresponding Author is affiliated with UF

Selected Publisher Policies

If you know that you must meet the NIH Public Access Policy for your publication, it is highly recommended that you investigate the specific policy of an individual journal before submitting your manuscript to it. Below are some sources of information on journal policies, but note that these may not be complete or current. Always check with the journal itself regarding its present policy.

Be aware, journals that you published in successfully under the 2008 NIH Public Access Policy may no longer be a free/inexpensive option under the 2024 NIH Public Access Policy. If the journal imposes any embargo period before allowing release of the article in PubMed Central, you will not be in compliance with the 2024 policy.

Elsevier
- no free option to comply with NIH policy after July 1, 2025 is apparent; Elsevier appears to require a 12 month embargo period
(Note: UF corresponding authors receive 15% off APCs through Dec 2028)
Frontiers
- all their journals appear to be open access and charge APCs
LWW - Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins
- Updated Aug 15, 2025, may now allow authors to comply even if article is not published as open access (see box above); Check with publisher
- As of mid June 2025, the current LWW policy linked here addresses the 2008 NIH Public Access Policy and has a 12 month embargo period for NIH funded manuscripts
- includes Wolters Kluwer journals
MARY ANN LIEBERT
Free to comply with 2024 NIH Public Access Policy (Green Open Access/Self-Archiving section appears to allow for deposit of AAM in PubMed Central without an embargo period)
MDPI
- no free option to comply with NIH policy after July 1, 2025 is apparent
(Note: UF authors receive a 10% discount on APCs)
Nature
- no free option to comply with NIH policy after July 1, 2025 is apparent; Nature Portfolio appears to require a 6 month embargo period before the release of the self-archived AAM in PubMed Central
PLOS
- all their journals appear to be Gold OA and charge APCs
SAGE
Free to comply with 2024 NIH Public Access Policy (Green Open Access: Sage’s Archiving and Sharing Policy section appears to allow for deposit of AAM in PubMed Central without an embargo period)
Springer
- no free option to comply with NIH policy after July 1, 2025 is apparent; Springer appears to require a 6 or 12 month embargo period
(Note: UF authors receive 15% off APCs for all BMC and Springer Open journals)
- Springer FAQ 6 for information on self-archiving under subscription model
- table showing embargo periods for Springer, Nature, and Palgrave MacMillan
Taylor & Francis
- no free option to comply with NIH policy after July 1, 2025 is apparent.
- their Green OA option says an embargo usually applies.
Wiley
- no free option to comply with NIH policy after July 1, 2025 is apparent from their self-archiving policy
Wolters Kluwer
- see Lippincott (LWW)

University Presses

Cambridge University Press
UF appears to have a Transformative Agreement with this publisher which provides waivers/discounts on APCs to authors
- use the Eligibility Checker to see if the journal you are interested in is covered under the agreement
Oxford University Press
- no free option to comply with NIH policy after July 1, 2025 is apparent.
- their Green OA option links to table showing embargo period for each journal.

Societies

American Chemical Society (ACS)
- no free option to comply with NIH policy after July 1, 2025 is apparent
- charges an Article Development Charge (ADC) for what they call zero-embargo green open access
(Note: UF authors receive $250 off APCs for Gold OA)
ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY
UF corresponding authors can publish open access in RSC journals with no out-of-pocket expense, due to UF's Read & Publish agreement with RSC
- no free option to comply with NIH policy after July 1, 2025 is apparent for those without a Read & Publish agreement

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- under Deposition of NIH-funded articles heading they indicate there is a 12-month embargo unless you choose the Gold OA option

Tool for finding journal policies regarding NIH Public Access Policy compliance

Jisc Open Policy Finder

- extensive source of information on publisher copyright and self-archiving policies