The NIH Public Access Policy is an open access mandate, drafted in 2004 and mandated in 2008,[1] requiring that research papers describing research funded by the National Institutes of Health must be available to the public free through PubMed Central within 12 months of publication. PubMed Central is the self-archiving repository in which authors or their publishers deposit their publications. Copyright is retained by the usual holders, but authors may submit papers with one of the Creative Commons licenses.
The NIH Public Access Policy applies Division G, Title II, Section 218 of PL 110-161 (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008) which states:[2]
The Director of the National Institutes of Health shall require that all investigators funded by the NIH submit or have submitted for them to the National Library of Medicine's PubMed Central an electronic version of their final, peer-reviewed manuscripts upon acceptance for publication, to be made publicly available no later than 12 months after the official date of publication: Provided, that the NIH shall implement the public access policy in a manner consistent with copyright law.
The policy was initially implemented by the NIH as a voluntary policy in 2004.[3][4] In 2008, the policy was made mandatory by law in Division G, Title II, Section 218 of PL 110-161 (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008).[5] Deposit was then mandated on January 11, 2008, effective April 7, 2008.[6][1]
Authors hold copyright in their work, and are responsible for making sure that in any agreement with a publisher they keep the right to give PubMed Central a non-exclusive license to make a copy of the paper available.[7] Journals with agreements with NIH submit final published versions of papers. For other publishers, authors are required to submit papers when they are accepted for publication.[8] The NIH grant holder is responsible for ensuring this.[9] The author, publisher, or institution continues to hold the copyright as usual.[7] The author may choose to include the article in the Open Access Subset by using one of the Creative Commons licenses.[10]
Publishers may require that "public access" be delayed up to 12 months after publication. Only the author's final draft needs to be published, not any contributions made by the publisher.[11] PubMed Central is the designated repository for papers submitted in accordance with the NIH Public Access Policy and for those that fall under similar policies from other funding agencies.[12]
By April 2014, the NIH had increased enforcement of compliance with its Public Access Policy by delaying continuing grant payments for noncompliance.[13]
Public Access Compliance Monitor
The Public Access Compliance Monitor (PACM or "compliance monitor") is a service from the National Library of Medicine that helps users at NIH-funded institutions locate and track the compliance of funded papers with the NIH Public Access Policy at an institutional level. Authorized members of an institution can get a quick snapshot of their institution's compliance rate or help researchers achieve compliance.[14]
PACM provides users with a list of all PubMed citations associated with an institution's NIH funding and classifies the articles according to compliance status (i.e., Compliant, Non-Compliant, In Process). The compliance monitor also provides detailed information about each article including:
a full citation including the PMID (PubMed ID) and link to the PubMed record
associated grants and principal investigators
NIHMSID (NIH Manuscript Submission Reference Number), where available
PMCID (PubMed Central ID), where available
key names and dates in the NIHMS, where available
article compliance status
method A status
journal publisher
Compliance reports can be downloaded from these lists and the data filtered based on an institution's needs.
Response
Peter Suber described the policy as "the first open access mandate for a major public funding agency in the United States; it is also the first one for a public funding agency anywhere in the world that was demanded by the national legislature rather than initiated and adopted independently by the agency."[15]
In the first few years after the policy was introduced, there were two major legislative efforts to reverse it, primarily driven by some publishers' objections. According to Patrick Ross, the director of the Copyright Alliance: "The mere fact that a scientist accepts as part of her funding a federal grant should not enable the federal government to commandeer the resulting research paper and treat it as a public domain work."[16] The Fair Copyright in Research Works Act was a bill sponsored by John Conyers in 2008 and 2009 that sought to reverse the NIH policy.[17] It failed to leave committee either year.[18] In 2011 the Research Works Act was introduced to end the policy.[19] It died after protests from the academic community and science publisher Elsevier's withdrawal of support.[20]
In 2013 a survey of persons receiving NIH funding and therefore subject to the NIH Public Access policy reported that among 94 respondents, 30% had little understanding of the NIH Public Access Policy and all but two of them said that they accepted the default terms of their copyright forms "as is".[21]
^ abNational Institutes of Health, "Request for Information: NIH Public Access Policy", available at https://publicaccess.nih.gov/comments.htm. ("NIH implemented the Public Access Policy on January 11, 2008.")
^ abcd"NIH Public Access Policy Details". National Institutes of Health. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
^"Enhanced public access to NIH research information" (Notice NOT-OD-04-064, NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts, 3 September 2004).
^Zerhouni, E. A. (2004). "INFORMATION ACCESS: NIH Public Access Policy". Science. 306 (5703): 1895. doi:10.1126/science.1106929. PMC1808281. PMID 15591188.
^National Institutes of Health, "Revised Policy on Enhancing Public Access to Archived Publications Resulting from NIH-Funded Research", Notice No. NOT-OD-08-033.
^National Institutes of Health, "Policy on Enhancing Public Access to Archived Publications Resulting from NIH-Funded Research", Feb. 3, 2005, NIH Notice Number NOT-OD-05-022.
^ ab"Frequently Asked Questions about the NIH Public Access Policy". National Institutes of Health. 25 March 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
^"How Papers Get Into PMC". National Institutes of Health. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
^"Complying with the NIH Public Access Policy - Copyright Considerations and Options". The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition.
^"Open Access Subset". National Center for Biotechnology Information. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
^Willinsky, John (18 March 2009). "A (Publishing) House Divided: Scholarly Publishers in Support and Opposition to Public Access to Research". Slaw. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
^"NIH Public Access & PMC". National Center for Biotechnology Information. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
^Van Noorden, Richard (9 April 2014). "Funders punish open-access dodgers". Nature. 508 (7495): 161. Bibcode:2014Natur.508..161V. doi:10.1038/508161a. PMID 24717489.
^Funk K. (2015). "Public Access Compliance Monitor".
^Suber, Peter (16 April 2008). "An open access mandate for the National Institutes of Health". Open Medicine. 2 (2): e39-41. PMC3090178. PMID 21602938.
^. Copyright Alliance. 10 September 2008. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008.
^Suber, Peter (October 2008). "A bill to overturn the NIH policy". SPARC Open Access Newsletter.
^"Fair Copyright in Research Works Act (2009; 111th Congress H.R. 801)". govtrack.us.
^Sporkin, Andi (December 23, 2011). . Association of American Publishers. Archived from the original on January 8, 2012. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
^Howard, Jennifer (27 February 2012). "Legislation to Bar Public-Access Requirement on Federal Research Is Dead". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
^Charbonneau, D. H.; McGlone, J. (2013). "Faculty experiences with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) public access policy, compliance issues, and copyright practices". Journal of the Medical Library Association. 101 (1): 21–25. doi:10.3163/1536-5050.101.1.004. PMC3543125. PMID 23405043.
Further reading
Banks, M. A.; Persily, G. L. (2010). "Campus perspective on the National Institutes of Health public access policy: University of California, San Francisco, library experience". Journal of the Medical Library Association. 98 (3): 256–259. doi:10.3163/1536-5050.98.3.015. PMC2901012. PMID 20648261.
Barnett, M. C.; Keener, M. W. (2007). "Expanding medical library support in response to the National Institutes of Health Public Access Policy" (PDF). Journal of the Medical Library Association. 95 (4): 450–453. doi:10.3163/1536-5050.95.4.450. PMC2000773. PMID 17971895.
Poynder, Richard (18 May 2012). "Open and Shut?: Open Access Mandates: Ensuring Compliance". poynder.blogspot.com. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
Zerhouni, E. A. (2004). "INFORMATION ACCESS: NIH Public Access Policy". Science. 306 (5703): 1895. doi:10.1126/science.1106929. PMC1808281. PMID 15591188.
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The NIH Public Access Policy is an open access mandate drafted in 2004 and mandated in 2008 1 requiring that research papers describing research funded by the National Institutes of Health must be available to the public free through PubMed Central within 12 months of publication PubMed Central is the self archiving repository in which authors or their publishers deposit their publications Copyright is retained by the usual holders but authors may submit papers with one of the Creative Commons licenses Contents 1 Description 1 1 Applicability 1 2 Compliance 2 Public Access Compliance Monitor 3 Response 4 See also 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External linksDescription EditThe NIH Public Access Policy applies Division G Title II Section 218 of PL 110 161 Consolidated Appropriations Act 2008 which states 2 The Director of the National Institutes of Health shall require that all investigators funded by the NIH submit or have submitted for them to the National Library of Medicine s PubMed Central an electronic version of their final peer reviewed manuscripts upon acceptance for publication to be made publicly available no later than 12 months after the official date of publication Provided that the NIH shall implement the public access policy in a manner consistent with copyright law The policy was initially implemented by the NIH as a voluntary policy in 2004 3 4 In 2008 the policy was made mandatory by law in Division G Title II Section 218 of PL 110 161 Consolidated Appropriations Act 2008 5 Deposit was then mandated on January 11 2008 effective April 7 2008 6 1 Applicability Edit The work must be 1 Peer reviewed 2 2 Published or approved for publication by a journal on or after April 7 2008 2 3 And arises from Any direct funding from an NIH grant or cooperative agreement active in Fiscal Year 2008 or beyond or Any direct funding from an NIH contract signed on or after April 7 2008 or Any direct funding from the NIH Intramural Program or An NIH employee 2 Compliance Edit Authors hold copyright in their work and are responsible for making sure that in any agreement with a publisher they keep the right to give PubMed Central a non exclusive license to make a copy of the paper available 7 Journals with agreements with NIH submit final published versions of papers For other publishers authors are required to submit papers when they are accepted for publication 8 The NIH grant holder is responsible for ensuring this 9 The author publisher or institution continues to hold the copyright as usual 7 The author may choose to include the article in the Open Access Subset by using one of the Creative Commons licenses 10 Publishers may require that public access be delayed up to 12 months after publication Only the author s final draft needs to be published not any contributions made by the publisher 11 PubMed Central is the designated repository for papers submitted in accordance with the NIH Public Access Policy and for those that fall under similar policies from other funding agencies 12 By April 2014 the NIH had increased enforcement of compliance with its Public Access Policy by delaying continuing grant payments for noncompliance 13 Public Access Compliance Monitor EditThe Public Access Compliance Monitor PACM or compliance monitor is a service from the National Library of Medicine that helps users at NIH funded institutions locate and track the compliance of funded papers with the NIH Public Access Policy at an institutional level Authorized members of an institution can get a quick snapshot of their institution s compliance rate or help researchers achieve compliance 14 PACM provides users with a list of all PubMed citations associated with an institution s NIH funding and classifies the articles according to compliance status i e Compliant Non Compliant In Process The compliance monitor also provides detailed information about each article including a full citation including the PMID PubMed ID and link to the PubMed record associated grants and principal investigators NIHMSID NIH Manuscript Submission Reference Number where available PMCID PubMed Central ID where available key names and dates in the NIHMS where available article compliance status method A status journal publisherCompliance reports can be downloaded from these lists and the data filtered based on an institution s needs Response EditPeter Suber described the policy as the first open access mandate for a major public funding agency in the United States it is also the first one for a public funding agency anywhere in the world that was demanded by the national legislature rather than initiated and adopted independently by the agency 15 In the first few years after the policy was introduced there were two major legislative efforts to reverse it primarily driven by some publishers objections According to Patrick Ross the director of the Copyright Alliance The mere fact that a scientist accepts as part of her funding a federal grant should not enable the federal government to commandeer the resulting research paper and treat it as a public domain work 16 The Fair Copyright in Research Works Act was a bill sponsored by John Conyers in 2008 and 2009 that sought to reverse the NIH policy 17 It failed to leave committee either year 18 In 2011 the Research Works Act was introduced to end the policy 19 It died after protests from the academic community and science publisher Elsevier s withdrawal of support 20 In 2013 a survey of persons receiving NIH funding and therefore subject to the NIH Public Access policy reported that among 94 respondents 30 had little understanding of the NIH Public Access Policy and all but two of them said that they accepted the default terms of their copyright forms as is 21 See also EditPubMed CentralReferences Edit a b National Institutes of Health Request for Information NIH Public Access Policy available at https publicaccess nih gov comments htm NIH implemented the Public Access Policy on January 11 2008 a b c d NIH Public Access Policy Details National Institutes of Health 25 March 2016 Retrieved 8 January 2017 Enhanced public access to NIH research information Notice NOT OD 04 064 NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts 3 September 2004 Zerhouni E A 2004 INFORMATION ACCESS NIH Public Access Policy Science 306 5703 1895 doi 10 1126 science 1106929 PMC 1808281 PMID 15591188 National Institutes of Health Revised Policy on Enhancing Public Access to Archived Publications Resulting from NIH Funded Research Notice No NOT OD 08 033 National Institutes of Health Policy on Enhancing Public Access to Archived Publications Resulting from NIH Funded Research Feb 3 2005 NIH Notice Number NOT OD 05 022 a b Frequently Asked Questions about the NIH Public Access Policy National Institutes of Health 25 March 2014 Retrieved 8 January 2017 How Papers Get Into PMC National Institutes of Health 7 January 2015 Retrieved 8 January 2017 Complying with the NIH Public Access Policy Copyright Considerations and Options The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition Open Access Subset National Center for Biotechnology Information 13 January 2014 Retrieved 8 January 2017 Willinsky John 18 March 2009 A Publishing House Divided Scholarly Publishers in Support and Opposition to Public Access to Research Slaw Retrieved 8 January 2017 NIH Public Access amp PMC National Center for Biotechnology Information 26 March 2015 Retrieved 8 January 2017 Van Noorden Richard 9 April 2014 Funders punish open access dodgers Nature 508 7495 161 Bibcode 2014Natur 508 161V doi 10 1038 508161a PMID 24717489 Funk K 2015 Public Access Compliance Monitor Suber Peter 16 April 2008 An open access mandate for the National Institutes of Health Open Medicine 2 2 e39 41 PMC 3090178 PMID 21602938 Statement from Copyright Alliance Executive Director Patrick Ross re Introduction of HR 6845 the Fair Copyright in Research Works Act Copyright Alliance 10 September 2008 Archived from the original on 12 October 2008 Suber Peter October 2008 A bill to overturn the NIH policy SPARC Open Access Newsletter Fair Copyright in Research Works Act 2009 111th Congress H R 801 govtrack us Sporkin Andi December 23 2011 Publishers Applaud Research Works Act Bipartisan Legislation To End Government Mandates on Private Sector Scholarly Publishing Association of American Publishers Archived from the original on January 8 2012 Retrieved January 9 2017 Howard Jennifer 27 February 2012 Legislation to Bar Public Access Requirement on Federal Research Is Dead The Chronicle of Higher Education Retrieved 28 February 2012 Charbonneau D H McGlone J 2013 Faculty experiences with the National Institutes of Health NIH public access policy compliance issues and copyright practices Journal of the Medical Library Association 101 1 21 25 doi 10 3163 1536 5050 101 1 004 PMC 3543125 PMID 23405043 Further reading EditBanks M A Persily G L 2010 Campus perspective on the National Institutes of Health public access policy University of California San Francisco library experience Journal of the Medical Library Association 98 3 256 259 doi 10 3163 1536 5050 98 3 015 PMC 2901012 PMID 20648261 Barnett M C Keener M W 2007 Expanding medical library support in response to the National Institutes of Health Public Access Policy PDF Journal of the Medical Library Association 95 4 450 453 doi 10 3163 1536 5050 95 4 450 PMC 2000773 PMID 17971895 Poynder Richard 18 May 2012 Open and Shut Open Access Mandates Ensuring Compliance poynder blogspot com Retrieved 24 December 2013 Zerhouni E A 2004 INFORMATION ACCESS NIH Public Access Policy Science 306 5703 1895 doi 10 1126 science 1106929 PMC 1808281 PMID 15591188 External links EditOfficial website This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Institutes of Health Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title NIH Public Access Policy amp oldid 1095527694, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
