The NIH Public Access Mandate and Open

Access

What do we need to know…and why?

WHAT IS THE NIH PUBLIC ACCESS POLICY? 1

• As of April 7, 2008:NIH-funded investigators are required to submit (or have submitted for them) their final, peer-reviewed manuscript to PubMed Central (PMC) upon acceptance of publication to be made publicly available within 12 months of publication. This policy applies to NIH-funded manuscripts accepted for publication on or after April 7, 2008.

• As of May 25, 2008:NIH applications, proposals and progress reports must include the PubMed Central reference number (PMCID) when citing an article that falls under the policy and is authored or co-authored by the investigator, or arose from the investigator’s NIH award.

WHEN DOES IT APPLY? 2

• Institutions and PIs are responsible for compliance…– Even if the PI is not an author on the publication– Must ensure compliance before signing a copyright

transfer agreement

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE? 3

• The NIH Public Access Policy applies to any manuscript that:– Is peer-reviewed– Is accepted for publication on or after April 7, 2008– Arises from direct funding from NIH

• Submission Method A:– Publish in

a journal that publishes all NIH-funded final published articles to PMC

• Submission Method B:– Request that the publisher deposit the specific final

published article to PMC (usually for a fee)

• Submission Method C:– Deposit the final peer-reviewed manuscript through the

NIH Manuscript Submission System

• Submission Method D:– Complete the publisher initiated submission of the final

peer-reviewed manuscript using NIHMS

HOW DO YOU COMPLY? 2

What are we talking about?[1]

Public Access Open Access

How do I tell the difference?

OA Outside of NIH

• All NIH-funded material is free/public access, but not necessarily OA.

• OA material is not necessarily mandated, rather the researchers want their findings to be freely available with few/no restrictions.

Scholarly Publishing

• Who are you? (publishing)• Who has recognized your work? (citing)• Neither involves the author getting PAID.

Never has.• So, why the 30% overhead? Why the

“serials crisis”?

The Roads to OA• Gold: OA Journals

o Peer-reviewedo Formattedo Business models

Author/institution fees

Subscriber groupso 5,000+ at

www.doaj.orgo Impact factor [3]

• Green: Self-archiveo Not always refereed

Consequences?o Multi-format

Conference presentations, raw data, grey lit, tutorials

o Open digital repositories (1,700+) Mandates (200+)

[4]o Personal websites

Problems?

Rationale Behind OA: Why isn’t public access enough?

• Sustainability

• Transfer of copyright• Author addendum• Georgia State case

• “The scholar’s copy”

• Embargoes

• Innovation• Recent Alzheimer’s research• Dr. Harold Varmus

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