NIH and other Federal Open Access Policies: NIH Manuscript Submission System

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Authors (or someone they delegate) can submit the final peer-reviewed manuscript (not the final published version) to the NIH Manuscript Submission System (NIHMS).  Submitting to NIHMS is the only way an author can submit manuscripts to be added to PMC if the journal publisher doesn't deposit them for them.

NIHMS provides a number of great tutorials and an FAQ page to help you get started using the system.

This guide includes instructions for completing a typical submission.

Note:  Email notifications from NIHMS letting authors/PIs know a submission is ready for approval will come from:

nihms-help@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

If you have questions about the NIH Public Access Policy itself, authors and Principal Investigators can contact the NIH Public Access helpdesk by email to publicaccess@nih.gov.

If you have questions about your responsibilities as a GW faculty author or Principal Investigator, Himmelfarb and LAI library staff can be contacted by email at nihaccess@gwu.edu