All reports, renewals, applications, and proposals submit to NIH must include PMCID reference numbers for NIH-funded papers.
Detailed Instructions:
Manage Compliance to the NIH Public Access Policy
If your paper is compliant (has a PMCID assigned) you will add the number to the end of the citation as follows:
Example: Tai X, Van Laethem F, Pobezinsky L, Guinter T, Sharrow SO, Adams A, Granger L, Kruhlak M, Lindsten T, Thompson CB, Feigenbaum L, Singer A. Basis of CTLA-4 function in regulatory and conventional CD4(+) T cells. Blood. 2012 May 31;119(22):5155-63. PMCID: PMC3369608
The PMCID can be located in:
If your paper was published in a Method A (or B) journal and they have not yet made the submission to PMC, interim compliance can be demonstrated by using the phrase PMC Journal - In Process. Citations in My Bibliography will automatically note “PMC Journal – In Process” when applicable.
Example: Sala-Torra O, Gundacker HM, Stirewalt DL, Ladne PA, Pogosova-Agadjanyan EL, Slovak ML, Willman CL, Heimfeld S, Boldt DH, Radich JP. Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) expression and outcome in adult patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Blood. [a publication date within 3 months of when the application, proposal or report was submitted toNIH]. PMCID: PMC Journal - In Process
If you are submitting via Method C or D, the NIHMS ID is assigned when a manuscript is submitted to NIHMS in preparation for posting to PMC. The NIHMS ID is used temporarily until a PMCID is assigned. This number will be invalid three months after a work is published.
Example: Cerrato A, Parisi M, Santa Anna S, Missirlis F, Guru S, Agarwal S, Sturgill D, Talbot T, Spiegel A, Collins F, Chandrasekharappa S, Marx S, Oliver B. Genetic interactions between Drosophila melanogaster menin and Jun/Fos. Dev Biol. In press. NIHMSID: NIHMS44135
The NIHMS ID can be located in: