Public Access, Open Access, and the Need for NIH Governance
This Viewpoint discusses the confusion between public access and open access, pay-to-comply publisher practices, and the steps that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) must take to fill this gap and promote public access goals.
Authors
- Himali Weerahandi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9614-345X)
- Adam A. Markovitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4660-6978)
- Audrey D. Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9753-4276)
- Timothy S. Anderson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5384-275X)
Institutions
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Internal Medicine
- Published
- 2026-08-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2026.3468
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- scientometrics and bibliometrics research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.20