[vtkusers] OPEN ACCESS: NIH POLICY EFFECTIVE : Monday April 7 2008

[Luis Ibanez]

The NIH Public Access policy


             http://publicaccess.nih.gov/


states that:


                   As of *April 7 2008*

         *all articles* arising from NIH funds
         *must* be submitted to PubMed Central
         upon *acceptance* for publication.




                    As of *May 25 2008*

         NIH applications, proposals, and progress
         reports *must* include the PubMed Central
         reference number when citing an article that
         falls under the policy and is authored or
         co-authored by the investigator, or arose
         from the investigator’s NIH award. This policy
         includes applications submitted to the NIH for
         the May 25, 2008 due date and subsequent due dates.



Also, remember that you should *NOT* sign any copyright
transfer agreement to a Journal that would prevent you
from submitting to PubMed Central, your papers resulting
from NIH-funded research.


The copyright that you transfer to Journals, is the one
that Journals will use for preventing your colleages from
gettinng access to your papers, and for banning the free
distribution of scientific information that was supported
with public funds.


For models of acceptable copyright transfer agreements,
please see:  http://publicaccess.nih.gov/FAQ.htm#c2






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    Luis