<s>
Europe	B-Application
PubMed	I-Application
Central	I-Application
(	O
Europe	B-Application
PMC	I-Application
)	O
is	O
an	O
open-access	O
repository	O
which	O
contains	O
millions	O
of	O
biomedical	O
research	O
works	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
known	O
as	O
UK	B-Application
PubMed	I-Application
Central	I-Application
until	O
1	O
November	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Europe	B-Application
PMC	I-Application
provides	O
free	O
access	O
to	O
more	O
than	O
3.7	O
million	O
full-text	O
biomedical	O
and	O
life	O
sciences	O
research	O
articles	O
and	O
over	O
31	O
million	O
citations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Europe	B-Application
PMC	I-Application
contains	O
some	O
citation	O
information	O
and	O
includes	O
text	B-Algorithm
mining	I-Algorithm
based	O
marked	O
up	O
text	O
that	O
links	O
to	O
external	O
molecular	O
and	O
medical	O
datasets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Europe	B-Application
PMC	I-Application
funders	O
group	O
requires	O
that	O
articles	O
describing	O
the	O
results	O
of	O
biomedical	O
and	O
life	O
sciences	O
research	O
they	O
have	O
supported	O
be	O
made	O
freely	O
available	O
in	O
Europe	B-Application
PMC	I-Application
within	O
6	O
months	O
of	O
publication	O
to	O
maximise	O
the	O
impact	O
of	O
the	O
work	O
that	O
they	O
fund	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Grant	O
Lookup	O
facility	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
search	O
for	O
information	O
on	O
over	O
56,700	O
grants	O
awarded	O
by	O
the	O
Europe	B-Application
PMC	I-Application
funders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
Europe	B-Application
PMC	I-Application
offers	O
a	O
manuscript	O
submission	O
system	O
,	O
Europe	B-Application
PMC	I-Application
plus	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
scientists	O
to	O
self-deposit	O
their	O
peer-reviewed	O
research	O
articles	O
for	O
inclusion	O
in	O
the	O
Europe	B-Application
PMC	I-Application
collection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Europe	B-Application
PMC	I-Application
project	O
was	O
originally	O
launched	O
in	O
2007	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
'	O
mirror	O
 '	O
site	O
to	O
PMC	O
,	O
which	O
aims	O
to	O
provide	O
international	O
preservation	O
of	O
the	O
open	O
and	O
free-access	O
biomedical	O
and	O
life	O
sciences	O
literature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Europe	B-Application
PMC	I-Application
is	O
not	O
an	O
exact	O
"	O
mirror	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
PMC	O
database	O
but	O
has	O
developed	O
some	O
different	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
15	O
February	O
2013	O
CiteXplore	O
was	O
subsumed	O
under	O
Europe	B-Application
PubMed	I-Application
Central	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Europe	B-Application
PMC	I-Application
is	O
supported	O
by	O
27	O
organisations	O
:	O
Academy	O
of	O
Medical	O
Sciences	O
,	O
Action	O
on	O
Hearing	O
Loss	O
,	O
Alzheimer	O
's	O
Society	O
,	O
Arthritis	O
Research	O
UK	O
,	O
Austrian	O
Science	O
Fund	O
(	O
FWF	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
Biotechnology	O
and	O
Biological	O
Sciences	O
Research	O
Council	O
,	O
Bloodwise	O
,	O
Breast	O
Cancer	O
Now	O
,	O
the	O
British	O
Heart	O
Foundation	O
,	O
Cancer	O
Research	O
UK	O
,	O
the	O
Chief	O
Scientist	O
Office	O
of	O
the	O
Scottish	O
Executive	O
Health	O
Department	O
,	O
Diabetes	O
UK	O
,	O
the	O
Department	O
of	O
Health	O
,	O
the	O
Dunhill	O
Medical	O
Trust	O
,	O
the	O
European	O
Research	O
Council	O
,	O
Marie	O
Curie	O
,	O
the	O
Medical	O
Research	O
Council	O
,	O
the	O
Motor	O
Neurone	O
Disease	O
Association	O
,	O
the	O
Multiple	O
Sclerosis	O
Society	O
,	O
the	O
Myrovlytis	O
Trust	O
,	O
the	O
National	O
Centre	O
for	O
the	O
Replacement	O
,	O
Refinement	O
and	O
Reduction	O
of	O
Animals	O
in	O
Research	O
(	O
NC3Rs	O
)	O
,	O
Parkinson	O
's	O
UK	O
,	O
Prostate	O
Cancer	O
UK	O
,	O
Telethon	O
Italy	O
,	O
the	O
Wellcome	O
Trust	O
,	O
the	O
World	O
Health	O
Organization	O
and	O
Worldwide	O
Cancer	O
Research	O
(	O
formerly	O
Association	O
for	O
International	O
Cancer	O
Research	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
