NIHPAP Lecture, part 2 - Complying
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The document provides information on complying with the National Institutes of Health Public Access Policy, which requires that final peer-reviewed manuscripts resulting from NIH-funded research be submitted to PubMed Central upon acceptance for publication and made publicly available no later than 12 months after publication. The principal investigator is responsible for ensuring compliance even if they are not an author, and both the PI and their affiliated institution share responsibility.
NIHPAP Lecture, part 2 - Complying
- 1. National Institutes of Health Public Access Policy* *Find a Research Guide @ http://bit.ly/umthlNIHPAP Merle Rosenzweig oriley@umich.edu Part 2: Complying
- 2. COMPLYING WITH THE POLICY • All of an NIH grantee's publications that come under the NIH Public Access Policy, including in press and in print peer-reviewed journal articles, must show evidence of compliance in NIH competing grant applications, non-competing continuation grant applications, and progress reports. • Applications, Proposals and Reports must include evidence of compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy for all applicable papers that are authored by the Principal Investigator (PI) or arose from the PI’s NIH funds.
- 3. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE? • The Principle Investigator (P.I.) who’s NIH grant funds were used in the research that is reported in the publication is responsible for assuring compliance with the policy even if the grantee is not an author. • The institution to which the P.I. is affiliated is also responsible to make sure its researchers comply.
- 4. Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) & Wellcome Trust • HHMI provides authors with a mechanism for uploading their manuscripts to PubMed Central .... within six months of publication.1 • Wellcome Trust requires electronic copies of any research papers that have been accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal, and are supported in whole or in part by Wellcome Trust funding, to be made available through PubMed Central (PMC) and UK PubMed Central (UKPMC)…within six months of the journal publisher's official date of final publication.2 1 http://www.hhmi.org/about/research/journals/main?action=search 2http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/About-us/Policy/Spotlight-issues/Open-access/Policy/index.htm
- 5. STEPS IN COMPLYING • Determine Applicability • Address Copyright • Submit Manuscript • Include PMCID or NIHMSID in Citations
- 6. Determine Applicability of Publication The policy states: “The Director of the National Institutes of Health shall require that all investigators funded by the NIH submit or have submitted for them to the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed Central an electronic version of their final, peer-reviewed manuscripts upon acceptance for publication, to be made publicly available no later than 12 months after the official date of publication: Provided, That the NIH shall implement the public access policy in a manner consistent with copyright law.” http://publicaccess.nih.gov/policy.htm In other words, depositing needs to be made as soon as the journal informs the author that the manuscript has been accepted and will be published. The 12 month period relates to the release of the deposited manuscript for the public to view and/or print.
- 7. DETERMINE APPLICABILITY The Policy applies to any manuscript that: • Is peer-reviewed; • And, is accepted for publication in a journal on or after April 7, 2008; • And, arises from: • Any direct funding from an NIH grant or cooperative agreement active in Fiscal Year 2008 or beyond, or; • Any direct funding from an NIH contract signed on or after April 7, 2008, or; • Any direct funding from the NIH Intramural Program, or; • An NIH employee
- 8. ADDRESS COPYRIGHT • Ensure your publishing agreement allows the paper to be posted to PubMed Central in accordance with the NIH Public Access Policy. • Final, peer-reviewed manuscripts must be posted to the NIHMS upon acceptance for publication, and be made publicly available on PMC no later than 12 months after the official date of publication. • Points to consider:
- 9. POINTS TO CONSIDER WHEN ADDRESSING COPYRIGHT • Which submission method will be used? • What version of the paper will be made available on PMC? • Who will submit the paper? • When will it be submitted? • Who will approve the submission? • When will the paper be made public on PMC?