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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