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The Nih Public Access Policy Q A For Authors

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the nih public access policy q a for authors

We’ve received many questions from authors, librarians, and research administrators about the NIH decision to accelerate implementation of its public access plan, going into effect on July 1, 2025. The policy will now require all NIH grantees to deposit research articles upon acceptance, for immediate public availability on the date of publication through the NIH public access repository, PubMed Central. Below are some responses to questions we’ve received: The NIH revision of policy NOT-OD-25-101 states that “Author Accepted Manuscripts […] with acceptance dates on or after July 1, 2025, are subject to the Policy.” If an author signs a publisher agreement that... This is a realistic problem given some publishers’ workflows where, for example, they require authors to agree and select up-front, upon submission, how they would like their article published (open access or not), which... But to be clear, neither the funding date nor the submission date impacts the applicability of the policy—the policy only applies to articles accepted on or after July 1.

Several major commercial publishers (including mega-publishers Elsevier, Springer Nature) per their publicly stated policies, at present require embargos for deposit of articles in public access repositories, and there are no indications that these publishers... This creates a contradictory policy environment: the NIH policy gives authors the obligation (policy mandate1) and the NIH obtains the right (via the federal purpose license2) to make an immediate repository deposit. At the same time, publishers may of course set their own policies. For instance, a publisher can decide to refuse publication of an article that carries a pre-existing contractual burden such as an immediate deposit requirement (either from a sponsor or employing institution), or they impose... It is important to stress that how these publishers might enforce their policy positions remains an open question, and of course their positions could evolve over time. Home » Scholarly Communication Topics » Funder Public Access Policies » Guidance on the Revised NIH Public Access Policy, Effective July 2025

In 2022, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) issued a memo requiring all federal agencies to develop or revise their respective agency policies to make journal articles and data arising... OSTP requires that these new or revised federal funding agency policies go into effect no later than December 31, 2025. Implementation details and guidance will vary; see your funder’s website for more details. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has revised its Public Access Policy effective July 1, 2025. (Originally, this revised policy had an effective date of December 31, 2025, but in April NIH moved that date to July.) See below for details about how to comply with the NIH policy. Note: this page provides guidance for articles only; all data management and sharing requirements remain covered by the 2023 NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy.

We will update this page as we learn what additional guidance may be provided by NIH, and how publishers respond to the policy. 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053 (408) 554-4000 Contact Us Maps & Directions People Directory The NIH announced that the 2024 NIH Public Access Policy will now apply to all articles accepted for publication on or after July 1, 2025. Due to the significant policy changes and the new, accelerated implementation timeline, it is important for all NIH-funded researchers to understand the requirements and adjust their research plans to comply with them in order... For definitions of key terms in the policy, visit the Glossary page.

208 Raleigh Street CB #3916 Chapel Hill, NC 27515-8890 919-962-1053 Locations & Hours Job Opportunities Accessibility Privacy Policy © 2024 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The Authors Alliance released some updates to their previous guidance on the updated NIH Public Access Policy: An Updated NIH and Publisher Guidance: What Authors Need to Know about NIH’s Public Access Policy This update defines which manuscripts are subject to the 2024 NIH policy, how large publishers are reacting to the updated policy, and it discusses the American Chemical Society's "Article Development Charges" and how they... The Authors Alliance has written a set of questions and answers to what they anticipate can be some problems that will arise when authors are negotiating their publishing contracts with journals.

They acknowledge that it will take some time to discover what issues will arise, but they offer some very good advice for several different situations that may occur, and they include some links and... This guidance can be found at The NIH Public Access Policy: Q&A for Authors. On April 30, 2025, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced it would move up the effective date for the updated Public Access Policy to July 1, 2025. The revised policy requires authors to submit Author Accepted Manuscripts (AAM) accepted for publication on or after July 1, 2025, to PubMed Central (PMC) upon acceptance for publication, ensuring immediate public access. This policy applies whether or not the NIH-funded principal investigator or project director is an author, and regardless of whether any non-NIH funding was used to develop the AAM. Use this flow chart to determine whether your manuscript must follow the 2024 or 2008 NIH Public Access Policy:

This flowchart was created by Dana Haugh at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, Yale. Source: NIH Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) The 2023 NIH Data Management & Sharing (DMS) Policy, implemented January 25, 2023, remains in effect. It emphasizes the importance of sharing scientific data to enhance research transparency and reproducibility. The information on this guide owes much to the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC). As of July 1 2025, the 2024 update to the NIH Public Access Policy has been put into effect.

It requires that accepted peer-reviewed manuscripts stemming from NIH funding be submitted to PubMed Central upon acceptance to be made publicly available immediately upon publication. There are no embargoes allowed under this new policy, and this applies to any manuscripts accepted for publication on or after July 1, 2025 regardless of when the award was originally made as long... For awards closed prior to July 1, 2025, the 2008 policy that allows a one-year embargo is still in effect. Freely accessible archive of biomedical and life sciences full-text journal articles at National Library of Medicine (U.S. National Institutes of Health). The primary distinction between the 2008 policy and the 2024 update is that publication embargoes are no longer permitted, allowing for quicker public access to research.

The 2024 NIH Public Access Policy applies to any Author Accepted Manuscript accepted for publication in a journal, on or after July 1, 2025, that is the result of funding by NIH in whole...

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