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# Open Access

Information about Open Access to articles and other scholarly texts.

- [Open Access](https://guides.library.jhu.edu/open-access/home)
- [Funder Compliance](https://guides.library.jhu.edu/open-access/funder_compliance)
  - [Overview](#s-lg-box-32124889)
  - [Information About Funder Requirements](#s-lg-box-32124890)
  - [Who Can Help?](#s-lg-box-32124891)
- [Open Access Support at JHU](https://guides.library.jhu.edu/open-access/support "Information specific to JHU")
- [Finding Open Access Articles](https://guides.library.jhu.edu/c.php?g=757333&p=6437192)
- [Repositories](https://guides.library.jhu.edu/open-access/repositories)
- [Five Action Items Researchers Can Take Today](https://guides.library.jhu.edu/open-access/Five_Actions_Today)
- [Predatory Journals and Conferences](https://guides.library.jhu.edu/open-access/predatory-journals)
- [Open Access Week 2025](https://guides.library.jhu.edu/open-access/OA_Week)

## PASS

[PASS](http://pass.jhu.edu/) (Public Access Submission System) allows you to send your files to multiple repositories simultaneously. As of Sept 2018, PASS works with a [number of funder requirements](http://pass.jhu.edu/faq.html#supported-policies), including the [Hopkins Open Access Policy](https://provost.jhu.edu/about/open-access/).

## NIH Links

- [NIH Public Access Policy](https://sharing.nih.gov/public-access-policy)
- [NIH Public Access Policy information from Welch Medical Library](https://browse.welch.jhmi.edu/nih-public-access)

## Overview

The new implementation timeline for the 2024 NIH Public Access Policy has been accelerated by the new NIH Director from December 31, 2025 to**July 1, 2025**. Compliance is essential to maintain access to NIH funding opportunities. Please see the [Welch Library OA Guide](https://browse.welch.jhmi.edu/nih-public-access/faqs#s-lg-box-34405392) for the most up to date information on funder compliance.

 In August 2022, the [Nelson OSTP Memo](https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-updates/2022/08/25/ostp-issues-guidance-to-make-federally-funded-research-freely-available-without-delay/) required all federal funding agencies to implement a public access policy and plan by 2025.

Other funders, both public and private, are now requiring their researchers to publicly share articles, data, code, protocols, and other information freely and openly.

Why are funders requiring this open sharing? There are several reasons:

- research supported by the government should be available to the taxpayers
- research should be available to everyone, to improve all lives
- research that studies human populations should be accessible to those populations
- increase the efficiency of the scientific endeavor
- support reproducibility
- promote the reputation of the funders

## Information About Funder Requirements

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) first passed its [Public Access Policy](https://sharing.nih.gov/public-access-policy) on April 7, 2008, in order to advance science and improve human health. *See the **[Welch NIH Public Access Policy LibGuide](https://browse.welch.jhmi.edu/nih-public-access)** for the most up to date information.*

**What is the new implementation timeline for the 2024 Public Access Policy?**

The 2024 Public Access Policy is effective for manuscripts accepted for publication on or after July 1, 2025. (Note, the original implementation date of December 31, 2025, was **[accelerated by the new NIH Director](https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/who-we-are/nih-director/statements/accelerating-access-research-results-new-implementation-date-2024-nih-public-access-policy)**) Until June 30th, 2025,  NIH’s current (2008) Public Access Policy remains in effect.

**Why is NIH changing its Public Access Policy?**

On December 17, 2024, NIH released its updated **[2024 Public Access Policy](https://osp.od.nih.gov/policies/public-access/)**. This revised policy is in keeping with the White House OSTP memo “**[Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research](https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/08-2022-OSTP-Public-Access-Memo.pdf)**”. The Policy was informed by public feedback, including comments received in Summer 2024 in response to the NIH Draft Public Access Policy.

**What changes are being implemented?**

For manuscripts that are accepted for publication in a journal on or after July 1, 2025:

- •The full text of manuscripts that result from NIH funding in whole or in part must be made available immediately upon the Official Date of Publication in PubMed Central. An embargo period of any length will **no longer** be allowed.
- Authors must include an acknowledgment of federal funding in the Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM) and Final Published Article (see suggested language below).
  - **“This manuscript is the result of funding in whole or in part by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It is subject to the NIH Public Access Policy. Through acceptance of this federal funding, NIH has been given a right to make this manuscript publicly available in PubMed Central upon the Official Date of Publication, as defined by NIH.”**
- Authors submitting manuscripts to PubMed Central (via NIHMS) will be required to agree to a standard license that mirrors that of the Government Use License, explicitly granting NIH the right to make the AAM publicly available through PubMed Central without embargo upon the Official Date of Publication

- [JISC Open Policy Finder](https://openpolicyfinder.jisc.ac.uk/)

  JISC combines the functionality of the three existing Sherpa services, Sherpa Fact, Sherpa Romeo, and Sherpa Juliet, helping authors and institutions with decision making in open access publishing and compliance.
- [Article and Data Sharing Requirements by Federal Agency](http://datasharing.sparcopen.org/)
- [Updates on Nelson 2022 OSTP Memo policy implementation](https://sparcopen.org/our-work/2022-updated-ostp-policy-guidance/)

## Who Can Help?

If you'd like help complying with a funder mandate, the best place to start is with the granting agency or your research office.

Assistance can also be found by contacting:

- [Johns Hopkins Libraries Data Management Services](http://dms.data.jhu.edu/data-management-resources/plan-research/funders-data-sharing-requirement/)
- [Nancy Shin](mailto:nshin4@jhu.edu), Scholarly Communications Librarian, Welch Medical Library
- Librarians at your home library: [Welch Medical Library](http://welch.jhmi.edu/welchone/Find-Your-Informationist), [Sheridan Libraries](https://www.library.jhu.edu/library-departments/academic-liaison/), [Friedheim Library](http://musiclibrary.peabody.jhu.edu/home/contact)

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