NIH Public Access Policy Guide
Access Policies to Frequently Used Ejournals

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Links to the public access policies for some of the most frequently used ejournals on campus are listed below. These policies were accurate as of April 9, 2009, but it is up to you to verify your rights as an author when your manuscript is accepted by a journal.

In many cases, the journal only allows the author to submit the accepted manuscript to PubMed Central. The “accepted manuscript” is the final version accepted for journal publication that includes all modifications from the peer review process but does not include author-approved editing/copyediting and formatting by the journal’s editorial staff during the publication process.

American Journal of Cardiology
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authorshome.authors/nihauthorrequest
Elsevier will submit the final accepted version of the author’s manuscript to PubMed Central on behalf of the author. Public access will be made available 12 months after publication.

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authorshome.authors/nihauthorrequest
Elsevier will submit the final accepted version of the author’s manuscript to PubMed Central on behalf of the author. Public access will be made available 12 months after publication.

Annals of Internal Medicine
http://www.annals.org/shared/author_info.html#nih-funded-articles
Authors may submit the accepted version of their manuscript to PubMed Central with an embargo period of six (6) months. Authors must make sure their articles display the following disclaimer immediately after the title:

"This is the pre-publication, author-produced version of a manuscript accepted for publication in Annals of Internal Medicine. This version does not include post-acceptance editing and formatting. The American College of Physicians, the publisher of Annals of Internal Medicine, is not responsible for the content or presentation of the author-produced accepted version of the manuscript or any version that a third party derives from it. Readers who wish to access the definitive published version of this manuscript and any ancillary material related to this manuscript (correspondence, corrections, editorials, linked articles, etc…) should go to www.annals.org or to the print issue in which the article appears. Those who cite this manuscript should cite the published version, as it is the official version of record."

Biochemistry
http://pubs3.acs.org/4authors/copyright/nih/index.html
The American Chemical Society requires NIH-funded authors to fill out an NIH Policy Addendum to the ACS Copyright Status Form. Alternate addenda or modifications to the ACS Copyright Status Form will not be accepted in lieu of this NIH Policy Addendum.

ACS offers NIH-funded authors three options to fulfill the NIH Public Access policy requirement of manuscript deposit:

• Option A: The ACS deposits the final, published article on the author's behalf, for immediate open availability via the ACS AuthorChoice fee-based option. Stated NIH policy allows authors who elect this option to use grant or contract funds in payment of open access publishing fees levied in connection with ACS AuthorChoice. Details about the ACS AuthorChoice option are available at http://pubs.acs.org/4authors/authorchoice/.
• Option B: The author deposits the final, peer-reviewed manuscript with NIH, for open availability 12 months after publication. This option provides a no-fee mechanism by which authors may comply fully with the requirements of the NIH Policy mandate.
• Option C: ACS deposits on behalf of the author the final, peer-reviewed manuscript with NIH, for open availability 12 months after publication. This service is provided at no charge to ACS members in good standing and invoiced at a fee of $100 for non-members.

Blood
http://bloodjournal.hematologylibrary.org/authors/authorguide.dtl#policy_NIH
Blood is fully compliant with the NIH Public Access Policy and will submit the final published version of articles to PubMed Central on the author’s behalf. Authors of articles published in Blood do not need to deposit their articles separately in PubMed Central.

Cancer Research
http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/misc/ifora.shtml#l
The American Association for Cancer Research grants permission to authors to submit their articles to PubMed Central without formal request under the following conditions:

• Only the accepted manuscript is deposited, not the edited and formatted paper as published in the journal.
• Authors stipulate that PubMed Central may release the paper for public access 1 year after its print publication, not sooner.
• Authors ensure the published source of the material (the journal citation) is included in the deposited version.
• A link to the final PDF version of the article on the publisher’s Web site (www.aacrjournals.org) is included.

Cell
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authorshome.authors/nihauthorrequest
Elsevier will submit the final accepted version of the author’s manuscript to PubMed Central on behalf of the author. Public access will be available 12 months after publication.

Chest
http://www.chestjournal.org/site/misc/Policyinstrux3_2009.pdf
The author should submit the final accepted manuscript to PubMed Central. CHEST strongly requests that authors include the following disclaimer in the deposited article:

"This author-produced electronic version of a manuscript accepted for publication in CHEST has not yet been subjected to final copyediting and proofreading and is not the definitive publisher authenticated version of record that will be published in CHEST in print and online. The American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) and the Editors of CHEST disclaim any responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions in this early author-produced electronic version of the manuscript or in any other version derived from it by the NIH or any other third party. The final publisher-authenticated version of record will be made freely and publically available on the CHEST website (www.chestjournal.org) 12 months after its publication in CHEST."

Circulation
http://circ.ahajournals.org/misc/ifora.shtml
The author should deposit the accepted version of the manuscript. The American Heart Association requires that when submitting the manuscript to PubMed Central authors designate a 6-month delay from the date of final publication by The American Heart Association. Additionally, the AHA requests that the following disclaimer be placed on the title page of your manuscript:

"This is an un-copyedited author manuscript that was accepted for publication in Circulation, copyright The American Heart Association. This may not be duplicated or reproduced, other than for personal use or within the "Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials" (section 107, title 17, U.S. Code) without prior permission of the copyright owner, The American Heart Association. The final copyedited article, which is the version of record, can be found at http://circ.ahajournals.org. The American Heart Association disclaims any responsibility or liability for errors or omissions in this version of the manuscript or in any version derived from it by the National Institutes of Health or other parties."

Critical Care Medicine
http://www.ccmjournal.com/pt/re/ccm/authorinfo.htm
As a service to authors, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins will deposit the accepted version of a manuscript based on research funded in whole or in part by the National Institutes of Health, Wellcome Trust, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, or other funding agencies in PubMed Central. The revised Copyright Transfer Agreement provides the mechanism.

Endocrinology
http://endo.endojournals.org/misc/itoa.shtml#nih
Endocrinology will submit the accepted manuscripts to PubMed Central with a 12-month embargo.

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
http://jama.ama-assn.org/misc/authors.dtl#depositing

Authors are permitted to submit an article to PubMed Central on the following conditions:

1. Permission is granted only for manuscripts reporting research funded by not-for-profit organizations to be deposited in not-for-profit, publicly available repositories.
2. Permission is granted to post only the manuscript reporting research that was submitted and accepted for publication but not the final, edited, formatted, and published article.
3. Authors must ensure that the posted manuscript links back to the published article on the JAMA Web site to provide readers with access to the final reviewed and edited version plus any corrections and letters, as well as the article-related features only available on the JAMA Web site.
4. 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 six (6) months after publication in JAMA.

Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC)
http://www.jbc.org/misc/JBCRepository.shtml
ASBMB/JBC is fully compliant with the NIH Public Access Policy and will automatically deposit all final published articles resulting from any NIH support as a service to authors. Authors of articles published in the JBC do not need to deposit their articles separately in PubMed Central.

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
http://jcem.endojournals.org/misc/itoa.shtml#nih
JCEM will submit the accepted manuscripts to PubMed Central with a 12-month embargo.

Journal of Clinical Investigation
http://www.jci.org/kiosk/public-access
The JCI is fully compliant with the NIH Public Access Policy and makes published research articles immediately available in PubMed Central. Authors of articles published in the JCI do not need to deposit their articles separately in PubMed Central.

Journal of Clinical Oncology
http://jco.ascopubs.org/ifc/painfo.dtl
JCO is fully compliant with the NIH Public Access Policy and will assume responsibility for depositing the final published article to PubMed Central, as a service to ASCO members and to JCO authors. Authors of articles published in the JCO do not need to deposit their articles.

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
http://www.psychiatrist.com/documents/infoforauthors.asp#NIH-fundedResearch
Authors of manuscripts that fall under the NIH Public Access Policy have the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry’s permission to submit their accepted manuscript to PubMed Central provided that the manuscript is made publicly available no sooner than six (6) months after the official date of print publication.

Journal of Immunology
http://www.jimmunol.org/misc/nihpublicaccesspolicy.shtml
Authors may submit the accepted manuscript to PubMed Central with a 12-month embargo.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authorshome.authors/nihauthorrequest
Elsevier will submit the final accepted version of the author’s manuscript to PubMed Central on behalf of the author. Public access will be available 12 months after publication.

Journal of Urology
http://www.jurology.com/authorinfo
Authors may submit the accepted manuscript to PubMed Central with a 12-month embargo.

Lancet
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authorshome.authors/nihauthorrequest
Elsevier will submit the final accepted version of the author’s manuscript to PubMed Central on behalf of the author. Public access will be available 12 months after publication.

Nature
http://www.nature.com/authors/editorial_policies/license.html
Authors are encouraged to submit the author's version of the accepted paper (i.e., the unedited manuscript) to PubMed Central or other appropriate funding body's archive, for public release six (6) months after publication. In addition, authors are encouraged to archive this version of the manuscript in their institution's repositories and, if they wish, on their personal Web sites, also six (6) months after the original publication. In all these cases, authors should cite the publication reference and DOI number on any deposited version and provide a link from it to the URL of the published article on the journal's Web site (see publications A-Z index).

Nature Medicine
http://www.nature.com/authors/editorial_policies/license.html
Authors are encouraged to submit the author's version of the accepted paper (i.e., the unedited manuscript) to PubMed Central or other appropriate funding body's archive, for public release six (6) months after publication. In addition, authors are encouraged to archive this version of the manuscript in their institution's repositories and, if they wish, on their personal Web sites, also six (6) months after the original publication. In all these cases, authors should cite the publication reference and DOI number on any deposited version and provide a link from it to the URL of the published article on the journal's Web site (see publications A-Z index).

Neurology
http://www.neurology.org/misc/auth2.shtml#NIH
As stated in Neurology's copyright transfer form, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins (LWW), publisher of Neurology, will submit an electronic version, on behalf of the authors, of the final published article of any study funded by NIH (or in which any of the authors are funded by NIH) to PubMed Central for publication 12 months after print or online publication (whichever is first) in Neurology.

New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)
The New England Journal of Medicine does not include information on submission to PubMed Central on its Web site. However, one week before publication, authors are given a copy of the final manuscript to submit to PubMed Central with an embargo of six (6) months.

Pediatrics
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/misc/policies.shtml
Pediatrics allows authors subject to the NIH Policy to submit the accepted manuscript to PubMed Central with a 12-month embargo.

Pediatrics in Review
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/misc/policies.shtml
Pediatrics in Review allows authors subject to the NIH Policy to submit the accepted manuscript to PubMed Central with a 12-month embargo.

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
http://edmgr.ovid.com/prs/accounts/ifauth.htm
As a service to authors, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins will deposit the accepted manuscript of an article based on research funded in whole or in part by the National Institutes of Health, Wellcome Trust, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, or other funding agencies in PubMed Central. The revised Copyright Transfer Agreement provides the mechanism.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America: PNAS
http://www.pnas.org/subscriptions/open-access.shtml
PNAS is fully compliant with the NIH Public Access Policy and will submit the final published version of articles to PubMed Central on the author’s behalf with a 6-month embargo. Authors of articles published in PNAS do not need to deposit their articles separately in PubMed Central.

Science
http://www.sciencemag.org/about/authors/prep/gen_info.dtl#access
For research papers created under grants for which the authors are required by their funding agencies to make their research results publicly available, Science allows posting of the accepted version of the paper to the funding body's archive or designated repository (such as PubMed Central) six (6) months after publication, provided that a link to the final version published in Science is included. (Details on this can be found in the license agreement for authors.)