A PMCID is assigned when the following two criteria are met: The converted materials have been approved by the Reviewer AND The article has been matched to a PubMed record for one of the following: A final print publication date or An electronic publication date for a journal that is an electronic publication only or An electronic publication date for a journal where PubMed has not received the final print publication date within 6 months of the electronic publication date AVAILABLE IN PMC: The manuscript is made available in PMC following the publisher-required embargo period (if applicable). TO BE COMPLIANT: When and How to Comply Accepted for publication 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. of Paper Submitted Final Published Article Final Peer-Reviewed Manuscript Submission Process Publisher posts the paper Papers are required to be submitted directly to PMC via the NIHMS upon acceptance for publication. Publishers, authors or their designee deposit files and the NIHMS converts them to the PMC native format. Submission Method to Deposit Method A: Some automatically Method C: Authors or their designee Files post NIH supported must submit manuscripts to the papers directly to PMC NIHMS Method B: Authors must make Method D: special arrangements for some Some will submit manuscripts to to post the paper directly to PMC the NIHMS - Awardees are responsible for ensuring manuscripts are submitted to the NIHMS upon acceptance for publication Approve Submission Publisher Author, via NIHMS Approve PMC web version Publisher Author, via NIHMS Responsible Party NIH awardee NIH awardee To papers, from acceptance for PMCID or “PMC Journal- In PMCID or NIHMSID publication to 3 months post Process” publication To papers, PMCID PMCID 3 months post publication and beyond METHOD A: These journals post the of all peer-reviewed NIH-funded articles available to PubMed Central (PMC) no later than 12 months after publication without author involvement.
A PMCID is assigned when the following two criteria are met: The converted materials have been approved by the Reviewer AND The article has been matched to a PubMed record for one of the following: A final print publication date or An electronic publication date for a journal that is an electronic publication only or An electronic publication date for a journal where PubMed has not received the final print publication date within 6 months of the electronic publication date AVAILABLE IN PMC: The manuscript is made available in PMC following the publisher-required embargo period (if applicable). TO BE COMPLIANT: When and How to Comply Accepted for publication 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. of Paper Submitted Final Published Article Final Peer-Reviewed Manuscript Submission Process Publisher posts the paper directly to PMC Papers are required to be submitted via the NIHMS upon acceptance for publication. Publishers, authors or their designee deposit files and the NIHMS converts them to the PMC native format. Submission Method to Deposit Files Method A: Some automatically post NIH supported papers directly to PMC Method B: Authors must make special arrangements for some to post the paper directly to PMC Method C: Authors or their designee must submit manuscripts to the NIHMS Method D: Some will submit manuscripts to the NIHMS - Awardees are responsible for ensuring manuscripts are submitted to the NIHMS upon acceptance for publication Approve Submission Publisher Author, via NIHMS Approve PMC web version Publisher Author, via NIHMS Responsible Party NIH awardee NIH awardee To papers, from acceptance for publication to 3 months post publication PMCID or “PMC Journal- In Process” PMCID or NIHMSID To papers, 3 months post publication and beyond PMCID PMCID METHOD A: These journals post the of all peer-reviewed NIH-funded articles available to PubMed Central (PMC) no later than 12 months after publication without author involvement.