NIH Manuscript Submission System Information

Author Rights Information

Skill Kit: NIH Manuscript Submission System - Get the Help You Need provides information about the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2007 (H.R. 2764) which directs the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide public access to its funded research and what it means for researchers funded by NIH.

NIH Manuscript Submission System for scientists who publish in journals that don't submit articles directly to PubMed Central. What is PubMed Central?

NIH Public Access gives policy specifics on the article submission process; how to comply, what to submit, and how to submit.

Journals That Submit Articles To PubMed Central a separate submission to the NIHMS system is not necessary if a manuscript has been accepted by a journal that submits articles directly to PubMed Central on behalf of their authors.

Tutorials: web based step-by-step instructions to assist with the submission process.

The NIH Public Access Policy: Guide for Research Universities developed by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), focuses on the implications of the NIH policy for institutions as grantees.

Complying with the National Institutes of Health Public Access Policy: Copyright Considerations and Options is an ARL document by attorney and copyright expert Michael Carroll.   The White Paper reviews the NIH policy, explains the legal context, and presents six alternative copyright management strategies to help grantee institutions in securing rights for article deposit in PubMed Central.

NIH Public Access Policy Complicance Implications for NIH-funded investigators, research administrators, legal counsel, and librarians (from the ARL guide).

Managing Copyright for NIH Public Access: Strategies to Ensure Compliance is a preprint article from ARL: a Bimonthly Report that offers strategies for managing author's rights to ensure NIH public access compliance.

Author Rights is a two-minute video presentation that explains the potential for wider exposure of scholarly articles when authors retain key rights. Released by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition).

Author Rights: Using the SPARC Author Addendum to secure your rights as the author of a journal article

Questions?

If you have questions about the NIHMS, please e-mail PublicAccess@nih.gov.