NIH Public Access Policy

PMCID

When citing applicable papers in any applications, proposals, or reports you submit to the NIH, you must include the PubMed Central ID number (NOT the PubMed ID #)

More than 3 months after publication

• List the PubMed Central number (PMCID) at the end of the full citation

Less than 3 months after publication or in-press

• Add PMCID at the end of the full citation if you have it
• Add ‘PMC Journal – In Process’ at the end of the full citation (Submission Method A or B)
• Add a valid NIH Manuscript Submission System reference number (NIHMSID) at the end of the full citation (Submission Method C or D)

Note:  This applies to articles for which you are either the PI of the NIH award or an author of the article.  It does not apply to article you cite but have no affiliation with.

Additional instructions from NIH

PMIC : PMCID Converter