AUSTIN, Texas (April 3, 2008) —Beginning April 7, 2008, investigators who receive NIH funding must submit their
final peer-reviewed manuscripts to PubMed Central (the NIH's free digital archive of biomedical and life science journal
literature) as soon as possible, but no later than 12 months after acceptance for journal publication. The final, peer-reviewed
manuscript should include all graphics and supplemental materials that are associated with the article.
While the Principal Investigator (PI) is primarily responsible for meeting this requirement, check with your department about whether departmental help may be available.
Deposit in PubMedCentral (PMC) will ensure that NIH-funded research results will be preserved in a state-of-the-art digital repository.
Free public access after no more than twelve months post-publication will maximize the visibility of this research and ensure that researchers and students around the world
will be able to read and build on this work, regardless of their (or their library's) ability to subscribe to the journal in which the research appeared.
Preliminary data suggest that articles freely available are cited more often and have a greater impact rating than articles that are locked away behind subscription walls.
Some journals will submit articles directly to PubMed Central on behalf of their authors.
A listing of those journals is available on the NIH web site.
No further action is needed to comply with the submission requirement of
NIH Public Access Policy if the NIH-funded article is published in one of these journals.
When publishing to a journal not on the list, arrangements must be made to assure that the journal is aware of this requirement,
and that all copyright transfers and other publication agreements allow the article to be submitted to PubMed Central.
UT Austin is implementing procedures as part of NIH grant awards that will reserve the rights necessary to allow faculty authors to comply with the NIH requirement.
Beginning May 25, 2008, NIH applications, proposals, and progress reports must include the PubMed Central reference number (PMCID)
when citing an article that falls under the policy and is authored or co-authored by the investigator, or arose from the investigator's NIH award.
This policy applies to applications submitted to the NIH for May 25, 2008 due date and subsequent due dates.
The University of Texas Libraries Scholarly Communication Advisor and the members of the Libraries Scholarly Communication Group are available for
consultation and for presentations to departments and other faculty groups regarding this new open access mandate.
Please contact Georgia K. Harper, Scholarly Communication Advisor,
for more information or to arrange a consultation or presentation.
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Additional information on this new policy:
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