
How do you comply?
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Address Copyright
issues. Make certain that
the publishing agreement
allows for deposition of manuscripts into PubMed
Central on or after April 7, 2008. Investigators
may check
Sherpa Romeo
for journal policies. The author must maintain the right to comply with
the NIH requirement. This can be achieved
by submitting this Addendum. The Addendum uses language
provided by the NIH. Part of
the language includes:
"Journal acknowledges
that Author retains the right to provide a copy
of the final manuscript to the NIH upon
acceptance for Journal publication, for public
archiving in PubMed Central as soon as possible
but no later than 12 months after publication by
Journal."
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Submit the article to
PubMed Central by one of the following methods.
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Publish in a journal
that automatically submits the final
published article to
NIHMS
without author involvement.
List of participating journals.
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The Principle
Investigator or Author (or their
designate) submits a copy of the final
peer-reviewed manuscript
to the
NIH Manuscript Submission System (NIHMS).
Principle Investigator personally verifies content
(twice).
NIH tutorials are available for navigating the
NIHMS submission process.
University of Rochester's list of publisher policies
on submission of manuscripts to PubMed Central
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Cite.
Effective
May 25, 2008, anyone submitting
an application, proposal or progress report to
the NIH must include the PMC reference number
when citing articles arising from their NIH
funded research.
What do you submit?
Submit the journal title, the NIH
grant numbers and grantee, the final
peer-reviewed manuscript including the text,
figures, tables, charts, graphics and supplementary
data as indicated in the
NIHMS submission system. NIH will
convert the files into standard PubMed format.
How do you Submit?
Use the
NIH Manuscript Submission System (NIHMS).
The principle investigator must review and verify
the content several times during the
submission process.
NIH tutorials are available for navigating the
NIHMS submission process.
When do you Submit?
The author's final manuscript including all
corrections / edits after peer review should be submitted to
PMC at the same time that it is sent to the
publisher for final formatting and copy editing. The
manuscript must be made publically accessible within
12 months of publication.
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