National Institutes of Health Public Access Policy (NIHPAP)

What to Deposit

• NIH-Funded Journal Articles

• Final peer-reviewed manuscript - after all reviewer comments have been addressed*
• Acceptable formats:  .doc, .docx, rtf, or .pdf 
• All supplemental materials (images, figures, etc.) not already in the manuscript
• Accepted for publication after April 7, 2008

Do Not Deposit

• Book chapters
• Monographs - e.g. a writing of essay, book
• Non-peer reviewed journal articles - e.g. letters to the editor, commentary, conference proceedings.
• Dissertations
• Non-NIH funded manuscripts
   

• *Final PDF published by the journal CANNOT be deposited without publisher permission.