NIH Public Access Policy - NIH Public Access Policy Toolkit - Guides at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

How to Comply with the NIH Public Access Policy

Articles arising from NIH funds accepted for publication after April 7, 2008 must be submitted to PubMed Central (PMC) upon acceptance. They must be made publicly available no more than 12 months after appearing in a peer-reviewed journal.

What papers need to be submitted?
Peer Reviewed and accepted on or after April 7, 2008 and arises from direct funding...
Four Submission Methods
List of Journals that Submit All Final Funded Articles
This is a list of the journals that fufill Submission Method A by depositing all NIH-funded final published articles in PubMed Central without author involvement.
NIH Manuscript Submission System Login
Author deposits and submission approvals are completed using this system.
NIH Manuscript Sumbission System Help
Includes FAQ and step by step slides.
Submitting an Article to PubMed Central
12 minute step-by-step video.

Demonstrating Compliance

NIH grantees need to demonstrate compliance with the Public Access Policy when submitting an application, proposal, or progress report to the NIH. Grantees should include the PubMed Central (PMC) reference number for each paper that was accepted for publication after April 7, 2008 and was authored or co-authored by the applicant or arose from their NIH award.

Include PMCID in Citations
How to cite and examples of citations.
PMID : PMCID Converter
Given a set of PubMed IDs (PMIDs) you can use this converter to obtain the corresponding PMCIDs and/or NIHMS IDs if they exist...
PubMed Central New Search Option for Embargoed Articles
Describes a PMC search option to easily retrieve both the citations for embargoed articles and their PMCIDs.
My NCBI: Using My Bibliography
The My Bibliography Awards View allows eRA Commons users to see whether publications are compliant.
Using EndNote to Manage NIHMSID & PMCID Numbers
EndNote X3 and later come with updated files that import the PMC number to the PMC field automatically. This link takes you to to an EndNote FAQ that provides files to update versions X1 & X2.
Go to HSL RefWorks Login & Quick Tips page
RefWorks currently imports PMCID numbers into the PMCID field. The National Institutes for Health output style will format citations with PMCID numbers appropriately.

Manage NIH Bibliography with MY NCBI via PubMed

Manage Your Professional Bibliography
This page on the ERA commons website has a list of "how to" links on the bottom that provides online demos on using My NCBI.
My NCBI Help: Managing Compliance
"Using the Award feature in My Bibliography, eRA Commons users are able to see whether their publications are compliant with the NIH Public Access Policy, to start the compliance process and to associate their publications to NIH extramural awards. The Award feature is only available to eRA Commons users who have active grants in their portfolios."
My NCBI / My Bibliography Presentation
Presentation by Bart Trawick, staff scientist at NCBI, about using My NCBI / My Bibliography to track NIH Public Access Policy compliance.