UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health Library blog

You may have noticed that PubMed has a new interface. This became the default on May 20 th 2020. The new site has a responsive design, which means that it will be easy to use on any device with all the same features and functionality. The legacy version of PubMed will still be available for a short period. PubMed will make an announcement when this is going to be retired. Any collections or searches that you have saved in your MyNCBI account will continue to be available from within the new interface. Please get in touch if you need any support with using the new PubMed. A guide to the new interface is available from the Library.

UCL has a number of new “transformative agreements” with Wiley, Springer, Sage, IOP, RSC and some smaller society publishers. These agreements allow most or all UCL corresponding authors, regardless of funding, to publish their papers open access. The costs are funded by an overall UCL payment covering subscriptions and open access.  Follow the steps below, before you submit a paper, to benefit from these agreements. 1.   See whether UCL has a transformative agreement with  with your publisher. 2. If UCL has a transformative agreement, make sure you check the relevant publisher terms and instructions to find out whether your paper is eligible and how to take advantage of the agreement. 3. If your publication is not covered by a transformative agreement, see our  "Can UCL pay my Gold open access costs?"  FAQ.* 4. If your publication is not eligible for funding, upload it to RPS (and Europe PubMed Central ) within 3 months of first online publication. * Fun