HOW TO COMPLY
The Policy applies to any manuscript that:
UCI Documentation - How to Comply with NIH Mandate
UCI Department of Education, February 2013.
US Federal Funder Public Access Policies
Agencies that sponsor research are interested in maximizing the value of that research. Increasingly, this means requiring the recipients of grants to make the results of their research – both scholarly articles and the data supporting them – freely available to the public.
Submit Paper to PubMed Central
There are four methods to ensure that an applicable paper is submitted to PubMed Central (PMC) in compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy. Authors may use whichever method is most appropriate for them and consistent with their publishing agreement. The table below provides an overview of the submission methods. Links can be opened with CTRL-Click. See notes below the table, under “Method B”, for information about several publishers whose journals School of Education investigators often publish in.
Method A |
Method B |
Method C |
Method D |
|
Version of paper submitted |
Final Published Article |
Final Published Article |
Final Peer-Reviewed Manuscript |
Final Peer-Reviewed Manuscript |
Task 1: Who starts the deposit process? |
Publisher |
Publisher |
Author or designee, via NIHMS |
Publisher |
Task 2: Who approves paper for processing? |
Publisher |
Publisher |
Author, via NIHMS |
Author, via NIHMS |
Task 3: Who approves paper for Pub Med Central display? |
Publisher |
Publisher |
Author, via NIHMS |
Author, via NIHMS |
Participating journal/publisher |
Method A Journals |
Make arrangements with these publishers |
Check publishing agreement |
Make arrangements with these publishers |
Who is responsible? |
NIH Awardee |
NIH Awardee |
NIH Awardee |
NIH Awardee |
To cite papers, from acceptance for publication to 3 months post publication |
PMCID or “PMC Journal- In Process” |
PMCID or “PMC Journal- In Process” |
PMCID or NIHMSID |
PMCID or NIHMSID |
To cite papers, 3 months post publication and beyond |
PMCID |
PMCID |
PMCID |
PMCID |
Method A: Publish in a journal that deposits all final published articles in PubMed Central (PMC) without author involvement
Method B: Make arrangements to have the publisher deposit a specific final published article in PubMed Central
Method C: Deposit the final peer-reviewed manuscript in PubMed Central yourself via the NIH Manuscript Submission System (NIHMS)
Method D: Complete the submission process for a final peer-reviewed manuscript that the publisher has deposited in the NIH Manuscript Submission System (NIHMS)
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