For articles that fall under the Public Access Policy, NIH-funded authors are required to cite the PubMed Central reference number (PMCID) on grant applications, proposals and progress reports. To better identify PMCIDs, the NIH has released the PMID : PMCID Converter.
The converter will easily provide you with either the PMID (the PubMed reference number) or the PMCID, depending on which number you already have. Numbers can be added to the converter individually or in groups, allowing for convenient batch processing.
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8.19.2008
5.08.2008
Updated Public Access Policy FAQs
On May 2, 2008, the NIH significantly updated the Frequently Asked Questions for the NIH Public Access Policy. You are encouraged to read the updated FAQs in full, but for a quick summary of the changes, please see the announcement from SPARC.
(Thanks to Peter Suber.)
(Thanks to Peter Suber.)
3.20.2008
NIH mandate support
In support of the April 7, 2008, implementation date of the NIH Public Access Policy, Carpenter Library offers several services to support faculty, staff and students as they take steps needed to ensure compliance. Library services include:
- Advice on how to comply
- Individual consultations
- Group presentations
- Research publisher policies to determine allowances
- Locate publisher contact information
- Assist with first-time submission
- Locate PMCID reference numbers
Additionally, the Library will hold scheduled classes on the Policy throughout the spring and summer. For information on Policy details, links to resources to aid in copyright retention, and guidelines for compliance, see the Library's NIH Public Access Resources web page.
If you have questions or concerns, please contact Molly Keener at 716-4203.
2.15.2008
PMCID numbers: Where are they?
A PubMed Central reference number (PMCID) just became easier to find! NIH grant proposals, applications and reports are required to include the PMCID for cited articles that have been archived in PubMed Central in compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy (mandatory compliance effective April 7, 2008). PubMed Central is a free, publicly-accessible full-text digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature. All articles added to PubMed Central are assigned a unique identifier – a PMCID – that will need to be submitted to the NIH. Due to similar terminology with numbers assigned in PubMed, there is confusion over where to find the correct number.
When looking at citations in PubMed, when displaying results in the default “Summary” format, you see a PMID number, a unique identifier assigned to each article as it is added to PubMed. This is NOT the same number assigned to articles in PubMed Central, and will not meet the NIH guidelines. To retrieve the PMCID number, you need to change the Display menu option to “AbstractPlus”. Once in the “AbstractPlus” display, you will see the PMCID to the lower right of the citation. This is the number to include on NIH proposals, applications and reports.
UPDATE: If you do not see a PMCID number in the "AbstractPlus" display, then either a) the article is not archived in PubMed Central, or b) the article has been submitted for archiving, but has not yet been publicly released. As of now, PMCID numbers are assigned only when articles are made publicly available, which can be up to 12 months after official publication.
PLEASE NOTE: Beginning May 25, 2008, if a publication has been submitted to PubMed Central but the PMCID is not yet available, NIH requests that grantees submit the NIH Manuscript Submission system reference number (NIHMS ID) instead. The NIHMS ID will be available to the individual who submitted the manuscript via the NIH Manuscript Submission system. For tutorials on the NIHMS system, click here.
An illustrated handout describing how to locate PMCID numbers can be found on the Tips Sheets page of the Carpenter Library wiki. (While you're there, checkout the other helpful handouts available on the wiki!)
When looking at citations in PubMed, when displaying results in the default “Summary” format, you see a PMID number, a unique identifier assigned to each article as it is added to PubMed. This is NOT the same number assigned to articles in PubMed Central, and will not meet the NIH guidelines. To retrieve the PMCID number, you need to change the Display menu option to “AbstractPlus”. Once in the “AbstractPlus” display, you will see the PMCID to the lower right of the citation. This is the number to include on NIH proposals, applications and reports.
UPDATE: If you do not see a PMCID number in the "AbstractPlus" display, then either a) the article is not archived in PubMed Central, or b) the article has been submitted for archiving, but has not yet been publicly released. As of now, PMCID numbers are assigned only when articles are made publicly available, which can be up to 12 months after official publication.
PLEASE NOTE: Beginning May 25, 2008, if a publication has been submitted to PubMed Central but the PMCID is not yet available, NIH requests that grantees submit the NIH Manuscript Submission system reference number (NIHMS ID) instead. The NIHMS ID will be available to the individual who submitted the manuscript via the NIH Manuscript Submission system. For tutorials on the NIHMS system, click here.
An illustrated handout describing how to locate PMCID numbers can be found on the Tips Sheets page of the Carpenter Library wiki. (While you're there, checkout the other helpful handouts available on the wiki!)
1.31.2008
NIH Questions? Get Answers
Questions about the NIH Public Access Policy mandate? Want to know how this impacts you? Checkout the Public Access FAQs for general information on the Policy, specific information for investigators, and detailed Policy background.
Once investigators are ready to comply, and need information and resources to assist with publishing and archiving peer-reviewed journal publications, checkout Carpenter Library's Scholarly Publishing webpage.
Once investigators are ready to comply, and need information and resources to assist with publishing and archiving peer-reviewed journal publications, checkout Carpenter Library's Scholarly Publishing webpage.
1.11.2008
UPDATE: Revised NIH Policy
The NIH today released the Revised Policy on Enhancing Public Access to Archived Publications Resulting from NIH-Funded Research (NOT-OD-08-033), which takes effect April 7, 2008. More information will be forthcoming; if you have any questions, please contact Molly Keener at 716-4203 or mkeener [at] wfubmc.edu.
1.04.2008
NIH Public Access Mandate
On December 26, 2007, President Bush signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2008 (H.R. 2764), which includes a provision (Division G, Title II, General Provisions, Section 218) directing the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to strengthen its previously voluntary Public Access Policy from a request to a requirement. Here is what the law stipulates:
The Director of the National Institutes of Health shall require that all investigators funded by the NIH submit or have submitted for them to the National Library of Medicine's PubMed Central an electronic version of their final, peer-reviewed manuscripts upon acceptance for publication to be made publicly available no later than 12 months after the official date of publication: Provided, That the NIH shall implement the public access policy in a manner consistent with copyright law.
This means that all articles accepted for publication in scholarly journals that stem from research funded in whole or in part by awards from the NIH must be archived in PubMed Central (PMC)—approximately 65,000 peer-reviewed articles annually. Although there are several hundred journals automatically archived in PMC by publishers, the responsibility for ensuring deposit falls on the authors themselves. Fortunately, Carpenter Library links to several tools to help authors – or those persons designed to make PMC submissions on their behalf – navigate the publishing and depositing process.
Although this is the first instance of the U.S. Government mandating free public accessibility to research funded by a major agency, this is not the first mandate on the scene. The NIH mandate joins company with another 20 funder, 11 institutional and 3 departmental mandates, including those from the Wellcome Trust, 6 of 7 UK Research Councils, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
For further analysis of the NIH mandate victory, see the January issue of the SPARC Open Access Newsletter, and Gavin Baker’s response and predictions.
It will likely be some time before the NIH issues the new policy; in the meantime you can familiarize yourself with the deposit process by complying with the voluntary Public Access Policy. If you have questions or concerns, or would like to request a group presentation on the current Public Access Policy and PubMed Central, contact Molly Keener at 716-4203 or mkeener [at] wfubmc.edu.
The Director of the National Institutes of Health shall require that all investigators funded by the NIH submit or have submitted for them to the National Library of Medicine's PubMed Central an electronic version of their final, peer-reviewed manuscripts upon acceptance for publication to be made publicly available no later than 12 months after the official date of publication: Provided, That the NIH shall implement the public access policy in a manner consistent with copyright law.
This means that all articles accepted for publication in scholarly journals that stem from research funded in whole or in part by awards from the NIH must be archived in PubMed Central (PMC)—approximately 65,000 peer-reviewed articles annually. Although there are several hundred journals automatically archived in PMC by publishers, the responsibility for ensuring deposit falls on the authors themselves. Fortunately, Carpenter Library links to several tools to help authors – or those persons designed to make PMC submissions on their behalf – navigate the publishing and depositing process.
Although this is the first instance of the U.S. Government mandating free public accessibility to research funded by a major agency, this is not the first mandate on the scene. The NIH mandate joins company with another 20 funder, 11 institutional and 3 departmental mandates, including those from the Wellcome Trust, 6 of 7 UK Research Councils, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
For further analysis of the NIH mandate victory, see the January issue of the SPARC Open Access Newsletter, and Gavin Baker’s response and predictions.
It will likely be some time before the NIH issues the new policy; in the meantime you can familiarize yourself with the deposit process by complying with the voluntary Public Access Policy. If you have questions or concerns, or would like to request a group presentation on the current Public Access Policy and PubMed Central, contact Molly Keener at 716-4203 or mkeener [at] wfubmc.edu.
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