NIH Public Access Policy – Becker Medical Library

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Selecting a Journal for Publication for Reporting of NIH-supported Research? Confirm Journal Policies Before Submitting a Manuscript for Peer Review

By Cathy Sarli and Amy Suiter — August 14, 2025

The 2024 Updated NIH Public Access Policy is now applicable to peer-reviewed journal articles accepted for publication on or after July 01, 2025. The free pathway to compliance can be achieved by submitting the Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM) to PubMed Central (PMC) for public availability upon the official date of publication without embargo. Under the [Read more]

Mastering Information

Preparing for Upcoming Federal Public Access Policies: What Does it Mean for School of Medicine Researchers?

By Seonyoung Kim, Brittney Sandler, Cathy Sarli, Amy Suiter, Marcy Vana and Chris Sorensen — October 18, 2023

In August 2022, the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP) issued a memo: Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research (OSTP 2022 Nelson Memo), that directs federal agencies to update their public access policies per OSTP 2013 Holdren Memo. The policies pertain to publications, scientific data underlying publications, and [Read more]

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Phase 2: Expansion of the NIH Preprint Pilot and How to Report Preprints

By Amy Suiter and Cathy Sarli — April 27, 2023

The NIH Preprint Pilot began in June 2020 as a project by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make COVID-19 research discoverable in PubMed Central (PMC). In Phase 1 of the project, over 3,300 preprints reporting NIH-supported COVID-19 research were added to PMC and viewed 4 million times. Building on the success of Phase [Read more]

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Tips for NIH Public Access Compliance: All about Method A journals

By Amy Suiter — May 12, 2022

Papers that need to comply with the NIH Public Access Policy take one of four paths or methods to get into PubMed Central. The journal determines the submission method and the methods are labeled A-D.

Announcements, Science and Informatics

NCI Cancer Moonshot Public Access and Data Sharing Policy

By Cathy Sarli, Amy Suiter and Chris Sorensen — August 13, 2021

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) announced a Policy, Public Access and Data Sharing, for publications and data in 2016 to allow for sharing of data and knowledge about cancer among researchers, clinicians and patients to improve cancer outcomes.

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NIH Public Access Compliance: Grant Funding Acknowledgements

By Cathy Sarli and Amy Suiter — June 10, 2019

Acknowledging your funding is a good practice of responsible conduct of research, a requirement of receiving the funding and a critical step to help demonstrate the impact of funding to policymakers and taxpayers. It is important to be consistent when acknowledging grant-funding sources, especially for NIH Public Access Compliance. Here are some tips that can [Read more]

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Tips for NIH Public Access Compliance: The NIH Public Access Embargo Period

By Cathy Sarli and Amy Suiter — July 10, 2018

The word embargo is often in the news but it comes up in the academic publishing world, too. “Embargo” can have different meanings depending on the context and that can create confusion. Embargo periods related to the media The New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, Nature and other journals have embargo policies that allow qualified [Read more]

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NIH Public Access Policy and Biosketch: Upcoming Classes

By Cathy Sarli and Amy Suiter — August 19, 2016

Mark your calendars for two upcoming classes.