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Find resources and training opportunities for the NIH Public Access Policy. We will continue to post additional resources, so check back frequently!
Training Materials
- The NIH Public Access Compliance Toolkit is here. This toolkit provides educational and other resources, including videos, to help you comply with this policy. (June 2022)
- Public Access Quick Facts: When and How to Comply and How to Correct Non-Compliant Papers (PDF - 200 KB, October 2017)
- Public Access Compliance in one slide (PowerPoint - 41 KB, February 2016)
- Public Access Training (PowerPoint - 10 MB, May 2016)
- Linking eRA Commons accounts to My NCBI
- Managing Compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy
- Using My Bibliography to generate the publications section of progress reports
- Collaborating with PIs an Co-Authors to associate papers with NIH grants, monitor compliance, and simplify reporting
The NIH Manuscript Submission System
The NIH Manuscript Submission System (NIHMS) is tool for authors and publishers to deposit electronic version of peer-reviewed final manuscripts for inclusion in PubMed Central. Papers in the NIHMS are assigned an identifier (NIHMSID). The NIHMS provides a process overview, illustrated tutorials, and FAQs.
My NCBI and My Bibliography
My NCBI is a tool that retains user information and database preferences to provide customized services for many services operated by the National Library of Medicine's National Center for Biotechnology Information, including PubMed, PubMed Central and SciENcv. With a My NCBI account you can select display formats, set filtering options, and save automatic searches with results sent by e-mail. My NCBI also includes the bibliography management system My Bibliography.
With My Bibliography you can save your citations (journal articles, books/chapters, patents, presentations, and meetings) directly from PubMed or, if not found there, you can manually enter the citations using My Bibliography templates. NIH extramural investigators use My Bibliography to track compliance with the NIH public access policy and report peer-reviewed publications to NIH.
Articles and Other Communications
- Public Access Reporting and Resource Sharing (March 2016)
- Continuing Steps to Ensuring Credibility of NIH Research: Selecting Journals with Credible Practices (November 2017)
- NIH Manuscript Collection Optimized for Text-Mining and More (November 2015)
- Rock Talk Announcement: Improving Public Access to Research Results (November 2012)
- Public Access Policy Implications (April 2012)
Webinars
Conversations with NIH
The NIH Public Access Policy Information for Librarians
The NIH Public Access Policy: Information for Librarians
August 19, 2014
Neil Thakur, PhD, (Office of Extramural Research, NIH) and Kathryn Funk, MLIS, (National Library of Medicine, NIH) provide an overview of the NIH Public Access Policy with specialized information for librarians. They discuss the Public Access Compliance Monitor and the new SciENcv module and biosketch. They also answer numerous policy questions from attendees.
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Conversations with NIH
Webinar Series - Part IWebinar I: Understanding the New NIH Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Policy
Webinar I: Understanding the New NIH Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Policy
August 11, 2022In this webinar, we covered the basics of understanding the policy. We discussed DMS policy expectations, the applicability of the policy, how to prepare a Data Management and Sharing Plan, and considerations for sharing data responsibly.
Featured Highlights
10:32 -- What does this policy apply to? 10:38 -- What does the policy require? 16:45 -- Are there acceptable reasons for limiting sharing? 21:37 -- What are the elements of a DMS Plan? 26:29 -- How will Plans be submitted? 29:01 -- Where do I share my data? 33:18 -- What will NIH Pay for? 37:36 -- How will Plans be evaluated? What will peer reviewers see/review? -
Conversations with NIH
Webinar Series - Part IIWebinar II: Understanding the New NIH Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Policy
Webinar II: Diving Deeper into the new NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy
September 22, 2022In this webinar, we took a deeper dive into the details of the DMS Policy including information such as considerations for privacy protections for sharing human participant data, working with American Indian and Alaska Native communities, how the DMS Policy interacts with the Genomic Data Sharing Policy, and more!
Featured Highlights
09:05 -- Protecting Privacy When Sharing Data From Human Participants 19:21 -- Responsible Management & Sharing of American Indian and Alaska Native Participant Data 25:38 -- Interaction Between DMS and GDS Policies 32:42 -- Proprietary Considerations & Intellectual Property 36:23 -- Review of DMS Plans & Proposed Limitations on Sharing 38:31 -- Timeline for Data Sharing 40:40 --Use of Existing Data & Secondary Data Analysis 42:57 -- Research Activities Subject to DMS Policy
Decision Tool
NIH has a variety of sharing policies in place for research that it funds. Use this decision tool to identify which policies apply to your research project.