# Journal

A Journal is associated with a [Publication](/pass-documentation-dev/developer-documentation/pass-core/model/publication.md). In some cases, the Journal may be important for determining whether the [User](/pass-documentation-dev/developer-documentation/pass-core/model/user.md) needs to manually create a [Submission](/pass-documentation-dev/developer-documentation/pass-core/model/submission.md) through PASS or whether the publisher has a pre-existing arrangement with the target [Repository](/pass-documentation-dev/developer-documentation/pass-core/model/repository.md). Specifically, in the case of the National Institutes of Health Public Access Policy, many Journals already make arrangements to submit the author's accepted manuscript to PubMed Central directly.

| Field            | Type      | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| ---------------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| id\*             | String    | Autogenerated identifier of object                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| journalName\*    | String    | Name of the journal                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| issns            | String\[] | Journal ISSNs - Elements are of the form type:value, where type is one of Online or Print, and value is the usual ISSN value xxxx-xxxx. Examples would be Online:1234-5678 and Print:9876-5432. When a type for an ISSN is not known, it should be stored with an empty type (for example :2468-1357). |
| nlmta            | String    | National Library of Medicine Title Abbreviation                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| pmcParticipation | String    | This field indicates whether a journal participates in the NIH Public Access Program by sending final published article to PMC. If so, whether it requires additional processing fee ([see list below](#pmc-participation-options))                                                                    |

\*required

## PMC Participation options

These are the possible submission methods relating to PMC deposits. A full description of these methods can be found on the [NIH public access website](https://publicaccess.nih.gov/submit_process.htm)

| Value | Description                                                                                                                    |
| ----- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| A     | PMC deposit route A. Journals automatically post the paper to PMC                                                              |
| B     | PMC deposit route B. Authors must make special arrangements for some journals and publishers to post the paper directly to PMC |
| C     | PMC deposit route C. Authors or their designee must submit manuscripts to NIHMS                                                |
| D     | PMC deposit route D. Some publishers will submit manuscripts to NIHMS                                                          |


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