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What is the NIH Manuscript Submission System
The NIH Manuscript Submission system allows you to submit an electronic version
of your peer‐reviewed final manuscript for inclusion in PubMed Central. (h p://nihms.nih.gov/)
Anyone with access to the necessary informa on and documents can submit a manuscript
without an official delegate status.
Log in It is recommended that you sign in with your eRA Commons ID (if available). Please note that you
should always log in via the same mechanism whether it is eRA Commons or myNCBI.
Submit New Manuscript
Before you get started
Items needed for successful submission:
Journal name
A ach document: Final peer‐reviewed manuscript (This is the final version you submi ed to which the journal said it was accepted.)
A ach document: Figures ,Tables or other suppor ng informa on included in manuscript, if applicable
ALL Grant numbers cited in the manuscript
Embargo period (e.g., [from the Journal of the American Medical Associa on] Authors
who submit their manuscripts to an approved public repository, such as PubMed Central,
must indicate that the manuscript may not be made available to the public sooner than 6
months a er publica on in JAMA.)
Enter journal name and ar cle tle
There are 3 ways to enter:
1. Enter Manually
2. Lookup ar cle
3. My NCBI Bibliography
Enter grants/projects informa on
It is recommended that you enter the exact grant number (ID #) instead of searching by
Name. Searching by name may result in numerous results to sort through.
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For mul ple grant #s, you will need to conduct mul ple search requests un l all grant #s
are selected
Upload Files—Must be final peer‐reviewed documents (PDF or Word)
Review Summary
Review and Approve Submission
Save PDF Receipt for your files
Cer fy submission
Choose reviewer, if other than yourself; Must be an author on the manuscript or a PI
on a grant cited
Endorse
Final Summary
In process
Approval
The designated approver will receive TWO emails from the NIHMS system seeking ac on for
final approval of submi ed manuscript. See sample below.
Final Confirma on—Publica on is posted on PubMed Central
Approvers will receive a third and final email confirming that your ar cle is available in PMC.
Need Help?
Submitting an Article to PubMed Central (Video) Approving Submission of an Article to PubMed Central (Video)
See All Resources in StarBRITE.
Contact:
RSS — (615) 322‐7343 or Email
NIH Manuscript Submission System— Write to the Help Desk