NIH Public Access Law now in effect
As of April 7, 2008, a new federal law authorizes the National Institutes of Health to require that all journal articles resulting from NIH-funded activities be submitted to PubMed.
PubMed Central Website. A summary description of the requirement of this new law is now available on OSP's web site:
http://www.washington.edu/research/osp/nihPubLaw.html
In brief, NIH is now requiring that the author's final version of any peer-reviewed journal article resulting from NIH-funded activities must be submitted to the PubMed Central repository, where it will be made available to the public within 12 months after the journal article is published. This new policy has several compliance issues that NIH-funded investigators need to address.
Copyright: Authors must ensure that agreements with publishers permit the submission of the author's manuscript to NIH. OSP has provided a sample letter that may be used by researchers when negotiating contracts with journals: http://www.washington.edu/research/osp/forms/nihPubmedTemplate.doc
Many of the journals will submit journal articles to PubMed Central automatically, but for those that do not, this letter may be useful.
Submission of manuscripts: To facilitate submission of articles to PubMed Central, NIH has developed its NIH Manuscript Submission System (NIHMS); submission can be done by the author or a third party in their lab or department. Peer-reviewed manuscripts accepted for publication after April 7, 2008, authors must submit the final version of the manuscript, and accompanying files, to NIHMS. A tutorial on the NIHMS System is available at: http://www.nihms.nih.gov/web-help/index.html
Citing PubMed Central ID numbers_: When an author's manuscript is submitted to NIH, s/he will receive a NIHMS ID number, and once it is available in PubMed Central, it will be assigned a PMC ID number.
Effective May 25, 2008, Principal Investigators will need to cite the PMC ID or NIHMS ID numbers for any articles cited in progress reports, new applications, and renewals. These are only needed for articles accepted for publication on or after April 7, 2008, but PMC ID numbers for articles already in PubMed Central may be included as well.
If you have questions regarding this new law, please consult the NIH PubMed Central FAQ (also referenced on the OSP web site): http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/
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