Research Letter

Cost of Article Processing Charges to Adhere to National Institutes of Health Public Access Policy

JAMA Internal Medicine 10.1001/jamainternmed.2026.3463

August 24, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This economic evaluation estimates investigator payments of article processing charges to journal publishers to allow immediate public access to their published federally funded research.

This article has an accompanying Editorial written by JAMA Internal Medicine editors.

Corresponding Author: Ryan Huebinger, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of New Mexico, 1 University of New Mexico, MSC11 6025, Albuquerque, NM 87131 (rhuebinger@salud.unm.edu).

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