Public Access
Public Access
The American Society of Hematology supports free access to Blood on the broadest possible basis. Although ASH
cannot adopt or support a publishing model that is not economically sustainable over the long run, certain sections
of the journal are always free online:
- Abstracts and tables of contents
- Inside Blood commentaries
- How I Treat articles
- 5 free research articles every issue
Blood maintains a 12-month embargo for current articles, however, content older than 12 months is free to
all online. Additionally, ASH has developed an agreement with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that creates
a new option to comply with the NIH policy on enhanced access. All
Blood authors who published NIH-funded
articles from May 2005 forward have no obligation to submit manuscripts to the NIH archive because
Blood
will do this on their behalf. The new option, the
PMC(NIH Portfolio) Archive Program,
is the result of efforts by ASH and a group of nonprofit publishers to improve compliance with the current NIH
public access policy while maintaining the publisher-mandated access embargoes. The pilot project will provide NIH
with final articles representing NIH-funded research for an internal use archive at NIH. ASH believes the PMC (NIH Portfolio) Archive
program provides a better alternative for authors and journals than a mandated policy with a shorter embargo
period. During implementation of this program over the course of the year, ASH hopes to continue to work with the
NIH on ways to enhance access.
ASH has implemented a public access policy in which Howard Hughes Medical Institute funded papers are deposited into PMC on payment of a public access fee of $2,000, in addition to the regular publication fees charged to authors. This public access option has now been extended to any author, for the same public access fee of $2,000. Upon payment of the fee, Blood will deposit the article into PMC and ensure immediate free access on the Blood website. Authors can find more information about the public access policy for Blood during the manuscript submission process.
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Patient Information
Although we are unable to provide answers to specific and/or individual questions about hematological problems,
conditions, diagnoses, or treatments, the American Society of Hematology,
publisher of Blood, provides links to several third-party websites offering information relating to blood
diseases and related disorders. Please visit the Patient Resources section
of the ASH website for further information.
Patients interested in obtaining a copy of an access-controlled article in Blood that may be helpful to
their situation may do so by emailing a request to the publishing{at}hematology.org. The request should include the
following information:
- Article citation information, including author(s), title of article, issue date & page number
(example: Rafik Terra et al., T-cell generation by lymph node resident progenitor cells, July 1, 2005, p. 193).
All citation information can be found with the article or abstract information online.
- Your name and email address
- Name of treating physician (optional)
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Blood Online Legacy Content
ASH has published online all legacy content going back to the first Blood issue in 1946, as searchable PDF files.
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Pay-per-view
Non-subscribers may choose to access an individual article by using Blood’s pay-per-view option. Pay-per-view
options will appear when looking at article or abstract information.
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