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

Caitlin R Ryus, Caroline Raymond King and Edward R Melnick

PLOS Medicine, 2026, vol. 23, issue 6, 1-6

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.In this Perspective, Caitlin Ryus and colleagues discuss the NIH 2025 Public Access Policy, highlighting that while expanding who can read science, the policy risks creating new barriers to who can afford to perform and publish their science.

Date: 2026
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