NIH Public Access - Manuscript Submission

New Requirements for Public Access to NIH-supported Research: On 12/26/07, The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2007 (H.R. 2764) requiring NIH to make public the results of any research it supports was signed. NIH released guidance on the Revised Policy on Enhancing Public Access to Archived Publications Resulting from NIH-Funded Research (NOT-OD-08-033), which stipulates, effective April 7, 2008, that investigators funded by the NIH are required to submit to PubMed Central (PMC), upon acceptance for publication, an electronic version of their final, peer-reviewed manuscripts, to be made publicly available no later than 12 months after the official date of publication.

Note: The Policy does not apply to non peer-reviewed materials such as correspondence, book chapters, and editorials.

Citing Requirements: "As of May 25, 2008, when citing an article in NIH applications, proposals, and progress reports that falls under the Policy, and was authored or co-authored by you or arose from your NIH award, you must include the PubMed Central reference number (PMCID). If a PubMed Central reference number is not yet available, include the NIH Manuscript Submission system reference number (NIHMS ID) instead. This policy includes applications submitted to the NIH for the May 25, 2008 due date and subsequent due dates." (Refer to: http://publicaccess.nih.gov/FAQ.htm#c6)

Submit Your Manuscript to PubMed Central (PMC)

• Submit your NIH-funded manuscript to PMC via the NIH Manuscript Submission System

• NIH Manuscript Submission Tutorials (Slide Shows)

• NIHMS System User's Guide to Submitting a Manuscript - HTML | PDF

• Complying with the Revised NIH Public Access Policy - Flowchart

• NIH Manuscript Submission FAQs

• Certain journals will submit your articles directly to PubMed Central for you, so that you need do nothing further to comply with the submission requirement of the Policy. See http://publicaccess.nih.gov/submit_process_journals.htm for a growing list of these journals.

NIH Public Access and Publisher Policies

• NIH Public Access Policy and NIH Public Access FAQs

• Questions & Answers About the NIH Public Access Policy

• Copyright Issues Related to the NIH Public Access Policy

• Review information for Publishers on Open Access Archived NIH Manuscripts

• "NIH Issues New Public Access Policy" and "What the New Public Access Requirement Means to the NIH-Supported Investigator" - from NIH Extramural Nexus, January 2008, a publication of the Office of Extramural Research (OER)

• NIH Public Access Videocast - (Archived)
  "Enhancing Public Access to Archived Publications Resulting from NIH-Funded Research" (HHS Only)
  Thursday, March 10, 2005 E. Zerhouni, N. Bravo, D. Lipman, I. Lederhendler and B. McGarey Total Running Time: 01:34:14

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