IUCr journals provide a service to authors of all NIH-funded articles by arranging deposition of the final published version of such articles in PubMed Central in compliance with NIH Public Access Policy.
Authors of NIH-funded articles are recommended to make their articles open access. IUCr open-access articles are deposited with PubMed Central on publication and benefit from immediate release by PubMed Central. Other benefits of open-access publication include higher visibility of publications, higher citation rates of open-access publications and access to literature for scientists in the developing world. A summary of the open-access arrangements for IUCr Journals can be found at http://journals.iucr.org/services/openaccess.html
For authors who do not opt for open access, the IUCr will also deposit NIH-funded articles with PubMed Central. The articles will be released by PubMed Central one year after publication.
For each NIH-funded article, the IUCr handles the deposition with PubMed Central on behalf of the author. The IUCr provides PubMed Central with a rich set of information for each article. In addition to having the article available as a PDF, the IUCr provides an XML version of the article prepared to PubMed Central requirements plus supplementary information and other files such as high-resolution copies of the figures used in producing the journal.