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Effective July 1, 2025 – New NIH Public Access Policy

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It was announced on April 30, 2025, that the 2024 NIH Public Access Policy, originally planned to come into effect at the end of 2025 will now be effective as of July 1, 2025.

A key difference between the 2008 and the new 2024 NIH Public Access Policy has to do with how quickly a full-text PMC version of the research article is required to be made publicly available.

In the 2008 version of the policy, the PMC copy had up to 12 months after official publication to become publicly available. The 2024 version of the policy removes the 12-month publisher embargo option and requires the article’s PMC version to become available immediately upon official publication. The new policy will apply to all NIH-funded research articles submitted for journal publication starting on July 1st.

From: https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/who-we-are/nih-director/statements/accelerating-access-research-results-new-implementation-date-2024-nih-public-access-policy

“While the 2008 Policy allowed for an up to 12-month delay before such articles were required to be made publicly available, in 2024, NIH revised the Public Access Policy to remove the embargo period so that researchers, students, and members of the public have rapid access to these findings.”

From: NOT-OD-25-101- Revision: Notice of Updated Effective Date for the 2024 NIH Public Access Policy:

“NIH’s default position is maximum transparency regarding research and research findings. This Notice updates the Effective Date of the 2024 NIH Public Access Policy, NOT-OD-25-047, to July 1, 2025 at which time it will replace the 2008 Public Access Policy. All other aspects of the Policy remain the same.“

From: NOT-OD-25-047 – 2024 NIH Public Access Policy:

“Regarding submission to PubMed Central, compliance with the Policy may be achieved through either:

  • Submission of the electronic version of the Author Accepted Manuscript to PubMed Central upon its acceptance for publication, for public availability without embargo upon the Official Date of Publication, or
  • Submission of the Final Published Article to PubMed Central from journals or publishers with formal agreements with NLM, upon the Official Date of Publication, for public availability without embargo.“

Learn more about how to comply with the NIH Pubic Access Policy or Ask Us your questions.

Important NCBI Account Changes Coming in June: Choosing Your Best Third-Party Option

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NCBI announced it will transition to federated account credentials on June 1, 2021. What does this mean for you?

We’ve noted before that creating a My NCBI account is a key tool within PubMed and other NCBI databases. It retains your user information and database preferences to help you keep track of research, customize your search experience, and stay compliant with the NIH Public Access Policy. While these account changes are being implemented for privacy and security reasons, they won’t affect what you’ve stored within your NCBI account. Look to the NCBI Account Login Changes FAQs page for more information.

Starting now, if you only have a Native NCBI Account (a NCBI username and password), you will need to add a Linked Account to it. This means signing in via a third-party organization, and letting it confirm your identity. This will give you federated account credentials within NCBI, and make your account more secure. Examples of organizations that you can link through are eRA Commons, Google, ORCiD, Login.gov, Microsoft, Facebook, and NIH.

As there are 4,000+ third-party login options to choose from, it’s important you select what works best for you. See this list for a breakdown of recommendations by role, activity, or preference. Here are two common scenarios for our MSK user community:

If your work involves using NCBI within the grant application process:

If your work involves using NCBI as a researcher or clinician:

Below are instructions for adding your chosen third-party option(s). The Library recommends adding at least two in case one is disrupted.

Instructions to add a Linked Account from the main NCBI page:

  1. Go to NCBI
  2. Select an option from the list or click on “more login options” for all organizations listed alphabetically

If you’d like to add more Linked Accounts once logged in to NCBI:

  1. Click on your NCBI username in the upper right corner
  2. Select Account Settings
  3. Under Linked Accounts, select Change
  4. In the search box, search for and select your desired account
  5. Authenticate with the third-party