NIH Public Access Policy News and Announcements

IMPORTANT: The NIH Public Access Policy requires authors to submit peer-reviewed articles that have been accepted for publication on or after April 7, 2008. Authors do not have to submit articles that are already published. The policy applies to those who receive NIH funds after October 1, 2008.

The CPC Library staff will submit manuscripts to PubMed Central for CPC publications that arise out of NIH funding.

If you have questions about the NIH Public Access Policy, contact CPC Library staff by visiting the library in 302 University Square East, e-mailing cpclib@unc.edu, or phoning the reference desk at (919) 962-3081.

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Q&A: Compliance for manuscripts that are "revise and resubmit" and then accepted for publication Question: An investigator submitted a manuscript to a journal and the reviewers gave her a "revise and accept" in Feb. 2008. She made the revisions and received a final acceptance after April 7, 2008. Do you think we can count the Feb. acceptance as occuring before the mandate and not be subject to the requirements, or do we need to go through the PubMed Central process?Answer: Because the final acceptance was received after April 7, 2008 the manuscript does fall within the NIH Public Ac ... (Posted: 4/29/2008 2:24 pm · Read More)

NIH issues revisions and clarifications to its FAQ From: Thakur, Neil (NIH/OD) [E] Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 11:04 AM To: Public Access Oversight Group; Columbus, Megan (NIH/OD) [E] Subject: Just posted the revised Public Access FAQ Here is the new FAQ: http://publicaccess.nih.gov/FAQ.htm This FAQ was originally posted to the NIH Public Policy website on January 11, 2008. On May 2, 2008, NIH made the following changes to the NIH Public Access Policy Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ): ·       ... (Posted: 5/6/2008 1:06 pm · Read More)

Q&A: What do I do if I don't have a PMCID because the journal will submit my article to PMC? Q: What do I do if I don't have a PMCID because the journal will submit my article directly to PMC? A: For NIH applications, proposals or progress reports, indicate "PMC Journal - In Process" at the end of the citation. ... (Posted: 5/2/2008 8:59 am · Read More)

Q&A: Does the NIH Public Access Policy cover articles in languages other than English? Q: Does the NIH Public Access Policy cover articles written in languages other than English?A: Yes, technically the policy covers all peer-reviewed articles that arise from direct funding from NIH. This includes articles written in any language. However, NIH has limited capacity to handle different alphabets. Contact PublicAccess@mail.nih.gov when an article is accepted for publication and is written in a language other than English and provide the journal title and the language the article is w ... (Posted: 5/2/2008 9:23 am · Read More)

NIH Public Access Policy Goes In to Effect Today, April 7 The NIH Public Access Policy goes in to effect today, April 7th, 2008. Any peer-reviewed article that is accepted for publication today or beyond and that arises out of direct funding from NIH falls within the policy. The final peer-reviewed manuscript of the article must be deposited to PubMed Central upon acceptance of publication. Make sure to address copyright when signing copyright transfer agreements!! There will be a training today:NIH Public Access Policy: What You Need to Know ... (Posted: 4/7/2008 10:51 am · Read More)

NIH Releases Request for Information about the NIH Public Access Policy Request for Information: NIH Public Access Policy Release Date:  March 28, 2008 Effective Date:  March 31, 2008 RFI ACTIVE DATES: This RFI will be active from March 31, 2008 to May 31, 2008 on http://publicaccess.nih.gov/comments.htm.  Issued by National Institutes of Health (NIH), (http://www.nih.gov/) With this notice, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) requests input from the community regarding the NIH ... (Posted: 3/31/2008 4:19 pm · Read More)

Videocast of NIH's Open Meeting on Public Access now available NIH sponsored an "Open Meeting on Public Access" in Bethesda on March 20th. The videocast is now available from http://videocast.nih.gov/Summary.asp?File=14372.There were more than 433 comments received via the comments form and 18 received via e-mail. Read the comments: http://publicaccess.nih.gov/comments/comments_web_listing.htmhttp://publicaccess.nih.gov/comments/comments_via_email.htm ... (Posted: 3/22/2008 2:39 pm · Read More)

Webcast now available of ARL's "Institutional Compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy: Ensuring Deposit Rights" "Institutional Compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy: Ensuring Deposit Rights"Webcast, sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries, held March 7, 2008: http://www.arl.org/sc/implement/nih/webcast/ ... (Posted: 3/12/2008 4:15 pm · Read More)

International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers Release Statement on Copyright Agreement "Addenda" A statement on journal publishing agreements and copyright transfer agreement "addenda" was released today. The statement was jointly released by the International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers, the Professional and Scholarly Publishing branch of the Association of American Publishers, and the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers.The announcement is located at http://www.stm-assoc.org/home/stmpspalpsp-statement-on-journal-publishing-agreements- ... (Posted: 3/11/2008 4:35 pm · Read More)

NIH Hosts "Open Meeting on Public Access" March 20 NIH will sponsor an "Open Meeting on Public Access" in Bethesda on March 20th. For more information, and to submit comments, visit http://publicaccess.nih.gov/comments.htm.  ... (Posted: 3/11/2008 4:00 pm · Read More)