1.    When submitting manuscripts to publishers, authors need to attach this UC-approved letter at the front of their manuscripts to ensure compliance with this new NIH policy.

2.    After the manuscript has been accepted for publication, the author submits the final accepted-for-publication version of the manuscript to the NIH Manuscript Submission system (NIHMS).

a)    Authors can log on to the NIHMS web site to submit a copy of the accepted peer-reviewed manuscript and associated files (e.g., Microsoft Word document and figures).

b)    The  author designates the NIH research grant or contract  that supported work on which the manuscript is based.

 c)    The Principal Investigator (PI) of the designated NIH grant or contract approves the submission, and affirms that copyright allows deposit to PMC.

d)    The NIHMS will convert the deposited files into a standard PMC format, and will email the PI the PMC-formatted manuscript, for review, to make any necessary corrections and to approve its release.

e)    The NIHMS will automatically send the article to PubMed Central for public posting after the delay period specified during submission.

 If you submit your article to a journal that directly submits articles to PubMed Central, you can skip step these 5 steps but authors still have to provide the associated award information, and review and approve the article. The NIHMS will contact them by email to do so. See the list of the journals that directly submit here.

 3    As of May 25, 2008, NIH applications, proposals, and progress reports must include the PubMed Central reference number (PMCID) when citing an article that falls under the policy and is authored or co-authored by the investigator or arose from an investigator's NIH award. This policy includes applications submitted to the NIH for the May 25, 2008 due date and subsequent due dates.

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