petersuber<p>3/ The <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> policy is all-green (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/GreenOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenOA</span></a>). It requires deposit in an OA repository, PubMed Central (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/PMC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PMC</span></a>). It does not require publishing in an OA journal.</p><p>If you're an NIH-funded author and a journal tells you that you must pay an <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>APC</span></a> to comply with the policy, it's lying. Compliance with the policy is free of charge. If a journal asks you to pay an APC, it's only to publish in that particular journal. Consider taking your submission elsewhere.</p>