The Publication Support page is designed for MSKCC authors. The links below provide access to policies, documents, databases, software tools and other useful information. The NIH Public Access Policy column contains ESSENTIAL INFORMATION FOR MSK INVESTIGATORS about the 2008 revision. Please review these requirements carefully.
Revised NIH Public Access Policy, January 2008, implementation date April 7, 2008. The U.S. Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2008, PL-110-161. In Division G, Title II Section 218 of the law it states:
SEC. 218. 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.
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