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NIH Public Access Policy Resources
Beginning May 2, 2005, the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Public Access Policy requests that researchers funded by NIH submit
their final, peer-reviewed manuscripts, which have been accepted
for publication, to PubMed Central (PMC). The
NIH sees this policy as a mechanism to monitor and archive the
output of research funded by NIH and to ensure the availability of
research results for the benefit of the public, health care
providers, educators, and scientists.
Key Points
- Requests authors submit publications resulting
from currently-funded NIH research projects and previously
supported NIH research projects accepted for publication on or
after May 2, 2005.
- Applies to peer-reviewed,
original research publications that have been supported in whole or
in part with direct funds from NIH.
- NIH requests authors submit an
electronic version of the final manuscript as soon as possible
after the final date of journal publication. At the time of
submission authors are given the option to release their
manuscripts at a later date, up to 12 months.
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NIH Public Access Policy
Instructions for Submiting the Manuscript
Copyright Issues
- The NIH Policy explicitly recognizes and upholds the principles
of copyright. Authors and journals can continue to assert copyright
in NIH-funded scientific publications, in accordance with current
practice. NIH encourages investigators to sign agreements that
specifically allow the manuscript to be deposited with NIH for
public posting on PubMed Central as soon as possible after journal
publication.As an example, the kind of language that an author or
institution might add to a copyright agreement includes the
following:
Journal acknowledges that Author retains the
right to provide a copy of the final manuscript to NIH upon
acceptance for Journal publication or thereafter, for public
archiving in PubMed Central as soon as possible after publication
by Journal.
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More Information about Copyright
Further Information
Information for
NIH-Funded Researchers from Scholarly Publishing
and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) including FAQ by Peter
Suber and Copyright Resources
for Authors.
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