Review the NIH Applicability Criteria to determine if your paper is covered by the policy and find guidance on how to comply.
As an author, you need to ensure that any copyright agreements with journal publishers include permission to submit to PubMed Central.
Either the publisher will ask if the article is NIH-funded and will submit for you.
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They will allow you to submit the article to PubMed Central via the NIH Manuscript Submission system.
NIH has provided a FAQ with sample language for publishing contracts Another tool for keeping key rights to your article is the SPARC Author Addendum.
NIH has provided four Submission Methods for articles that fall under the Public Access Policy. Check the journal's article sharing policy or your publishing agreement to find out what your publisher whether or not your publisher will submit on your behalf.
Method A: If your article is published by one of the journals that submit the final published version of articles to PubMed Central (PMC) on behalf of its authors, you will not have to submit the article yourself. Note that some journals deposit all articles into PMC but they are on a time delay that will not comply with the Public Access Policy.
Method B: Some publishers do not automatically submit articles to PMC on behalf of authors, but authors can make an arrangement with the journal for submitting individual articles. This usually involves an author choosing a journal's fee-based open access publishing option. NIH has provided a list of publishers who have this arrangement. Note: You can include open access publishing fees in your grant application.
Method C: If your publisher will not submit on your behalf, you will need to submit your final peer-reviewed manuscript directly to PMC using the NIH Manuscript Submission system. The NIHMS Help page includes FAQs and useful tutorials on the submission process.
Method D: Certain publishers will deposit the final peer-reviewed manuscript but the author is responsible for approving the paper for processing and display.
NOTE: Methods C & D require the author to approve PDF and web versions of the articles via emails sent from the NIHMS. You may need to check your spam folder for these emails.
Once you have checked copyright and how your article will be submitted to PubMed Central, you need to make sure your citations are in My Bibliography in My NCBI and mark them with their compliance status and funding information.
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