Federal Agencies Public Access Policies

This guide is intended for use by the researchers at Rutgers University. It covers an overview and requirements of the policy, addressing copyright issues, submission methods, citing PMCID, and how to manage compliance.

Useful Links for NIH Public Access Policy

NIH Public Access Website - https://grants.nih.gov/policy-and-compliance/policy-topics/public-access

Journals with an active agreement to deposit all articles can be found in the PMC Journal List, which is available at https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/journals/. NIH recommends reviewing the specific journal record to confirm that the Release Delay is 0 months (Immediate Release) and the Agreement Status is Active.
A journal or publisher may also deposit select articles in PMC if special arrangements are made to allow for immediate release. A list of publishers that provide this service is available from https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/about/selectivedeposit/.
NIH Manuscript Submission System (NIHMS) - https://www.nihms.nih.gov/login/?next=/submission/
PubMed Central - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/
Jisc Open Policy Finder for publisher copyright policies and open access self-archiving policies: https://openpolicyfinder.jisc.ac.uk/ for journals.
Access to My Bibliography – On the upper right corner of PubMed (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov//), click Log in via one of the login options.