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

Source: PubMed Central Open Access, NCBI / U.S. National Library of Medicine

PLOS MedicineLast synced 6/3/2026Status: syncedPMID: 42224272 pmidDOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1005124

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. teaser 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. toc

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