what is pmc

PMC stands for "PubMed Central," which is a free digital repository that archives open access full-text scholarly articles published in biomedical and life sciences journals. It is maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) and is part of the National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine collection. Authors applying for NIH awards must include the PMCID (PubMed Central identifier) in their application. The PMCID is a bibliographic identifier for the PubMed Central open access database, similar to the PMID for the PubMed database