NIH-funded Authors: Addressing Non-compliant Papers!

As we all know, it is important for NIH awardees to ensure their papers are compliant with the NIH Public Access Policy.  There are four reasons why a non-compliant paper may actually be exempt from the policy:

  1. The paper was not peer-reviewed.
  2. The paper was accepted for publication before April 7, 2008.
  3. The paper was published in a script other than Latin (e.g., Russian, Japanese)
  4. The paper indicated in the text (e.g., in the acknowledgements section) that the research was a result of a NIH grant.  Sometimes authors mention grants that did not directly fund the creation of their paper. Although this information is incorrect, it is captured in the compliance monitor.   Continue reading