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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NIH's new resource: PMID : PMCID converter NIH has developed a useful tool: a PMID : PMCID converter. If you know a record is in both PubMed and in PubMed Central, simply enter the PMID and select Convert and it will display the PMCID. The tool also converts PMCIDs to PMIDs. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.libproxy.lib.unc.edu/sites/pmctopmid ... (Posted: 3/19/2009 12:04 pm · Read More)

New tool to determine if authors need to comply with the NIH Public Access Policy The Health Sciences Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has posted an easy and straight-forward tool to help authors determine if their articles must comply with the NIH Public Access Policy. Answer the questions that pertain to the article by selecting a radio button and within three clicks, authors will know "yes" or "no."NIH Public Access Policy Toolkit http://www.hsl.unc.edu/Collections/NIHToolkit/amiaffected.cfm  ... (Posted: 3/18/2009 8:26 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. For a broader explanation, see http://publicaccess.nih.gov/FAQ.htm#c7 ... (Posted: 5/2/2008 8:59 am · Read More)

Q&A: Should I check the box asking whether NIH Program Administrators can access the manuscript before its release to PMC? Q: A researcher is submitting one of her manuscripts via NIHMS and sees a check-box asking whether NIH Program Administrators can have access to the manuscript before it is released to PubMed Central. Why would Program Administrators want or need to view the manuscript? What would they be looking for: content (new research developments), compliance, or something else? A: The reviewers look for content and compliance. It is not mandatory to let the NIH Program Administrators view your submission ... (Posted: 10/27/2008 3:49 pm · Read More)

NIH Notice: Reminder Concerning Grantee Compliance with Public Access Policy NIH Notice (released Sept 23, 2008): Reminder Concerning Grantee Compliance with Public Access Policy and Related NIH Monitoring Activities: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-119.html ... (Posted: 10/16/2008 4:41 pm · Read More)

Q&A: What should a researcher do when the grant number doesn't appear in the the NIHMS submission process? Q: I had two questions today from PIs who were submitting manuscripts to PubMedCentral via NIHMS.Both said that the grants that supported their work were not auto-filled in the "grants" field in the NIHMS. In both cases, the projects have been funded for years and years. How should they handle this? Simply enter the numbers and have NIH match them with the right grant or contact NIHMS to determine the right grant number? Or is there something else they should do?A: They should do a search on the ... (Posted: 10/16/2008 3:56 pm · Read More)

Q&A: Do editorials that respond to a peer-reviewed article fall under the NIH Public Access Policy? Q: Do letters to the editor as a response to a peer-reviewed article that is funded by NIH fall under the NIH Public Access Policy? One of my researchers received an automated e-mail by Elsevier to approve a manuscript that is a letter to the editor. Though NIH is clear that editorials should not be submitted to PubMed Central (http://publicaccess.nih.gov/FAQ.htm#b2), it could be argued that PubMed Central should include subsequent comments about a research article in order to provide imp ... (Posted: 10/16/2008 10:35 am · Read More)

EndNote provides files to comply with the NIH Public Access Policy EndNote now provides files to help researchers comply with the NIH Public Access Policy, including: a Connection file to search PubMed Centralan Import Filter to import records from PubMed Central to EndNotean Output Style to have the PMCID appear at the end of the citation.These can be used for NIH proposals, progress reports, and bibliographies. For more information, see http://www.endnote.com/support/faqs/Import/faq15.asp ... (Posted: 10/10/2008 12:05 pm · Read More)

NIH issues report: "Analysis of comments and implementation of the NIH Public Access Policy" NIH has released its report "Analysis of comments and implementation of the NIH Public Access Policy." This report was prepared in response to questions and comments received during the open meeting on March 20, 2008 and the 60-day comments period in March, April and May 2008. It is available at http://publicaccess.nih.gov/analysis_of_comments_nih_public_access_policy.pdf. ... (Posted: 10/9/2008 4:52 pm · Read More)

CHE article: Congressional Hearing Over Public Access Filled With High Drama From the Chronicle of Higher Education (September 12, 2008): Congressional Hearing Over Public Access Filled With High Drama A life-and-death battle is going on over public access to federally financed research—life for taxpayers and many scientists, and death for publishers. Or so each side claims. That battle, whose outcome will affect many university researchers, kicked into high gear on Capitol Hill yesterday, as the combatants debated the merits of a bill that would curtail the Natio ... (Posted: 9/12/2008 9:28 am · Read More)