Citing and Publications

Defining Supported Research

Support takes many forms, including but not limited to:

• Pilot funding

• Use of infrastructure/space

• Biostatistics consultation

• Clinical research unit use

• Clinical and core laboratory use

• Community-engaged research support

Cite the grant in all applicable research publications, and submit all supported research activity publications to PubMed Central.

Recommended Citation Language

To properly acknowledge the grant in your manuscript and link the final publication to the grant once it is accepted, please follow the instructions below. Merely citing the grant does not ensure a visible link to our grant for NIH.

“This project is supported by an award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under grant number XXXXXXXXXXX.”

Linking the Grant to Existing Publications (even if not originally cited)

NIH and renewal grant reviewers may check any MPI grant record to see the number of publications related to our pilot grants or other resources linked to our grant. You can link existing publications to the grant even if you did not cite it in the original manuscript. This process takes about 5 minutes:

1. Log in to MyNCBI: Visit MyNCBI. Use the same login credentials that you used to create your “My Bibliography” for NIH Biosketch purposes, if applicable.

2. Verify Account Settings: Click on your login name at the top right corner to check your Account settings. Ensure that MyNCBI is linked to NIH and the eRA Commons. If it is, you will see “eRA Login” under “Linked Accounts”. If not, click “Change” and add NIH and eRA Commons from the dropdown menu. Note: Linking MyNCBI and eRA Commons is necessary to add the link to our grant.

3. Access Your MyNCBI Homepage: Return to the “MyNCBI” homepage.

4. Select the Article: Choose the article to which you want to add the grant citation.

5. Manage Citations: Click on “Manage Citations” at the top left and select “Manage Awards”.

6. Search/Add Other Awards: If the Grant is not listed, go to the “Search/Add other awards” tab. Enter the grant number, or the names of the PIs. Select the necessary grant and close.

7. NIH Open Access Policy Compliance: Ensure that all publications supported by NIH funds and linked to our grant comply with NIH’s Open Access Policy (NIH Open Access Policy) and have a PMCID (different from an automatically assigned PMID). To obtain the PMCID, follow the directions under “Public Access Compliance” to the right of each article listed in your MyNCBI.

By following these steps, you will ensure that your publications are properly linked to the grant and visible to NIH.

Obtaining a PMCID

Investigators may obtain a PMCID in one of three ways:

1. Request a New PMCID. Submit a manuscript to PubMed Central through the  NIH Manuscript Submission System

2. Find an Existing PMCID. PMCID for published papers are listed in the lower right corner of the  Abstract Plus view of PubMed. If the paper is successfully processed but not yet publicly available on PubMed, PubMed will also list the date the paper will become available. 

3. Convert a PMID or NIHMSID. Use the  PMCID-PMID Manuscript ID Converter. Papers with PubMed-ID (PMID) or NIH Manuscript Submission Reference Numbers (NIHMSID) do not satisfy the NIH policy for citing federal research.

Using the PMCID in Literature

• Include a PMCID at the end of each citation in a peer-reviewed journal article using the following format: PMCID: PMCxxxxxxx (xxxxxxx = character string assigned by PubMed Central)

• When a citation for federally funded research appears PMCIDs should appear in each citation of a peer reviewed journal article.

• Papers that have been accepted but do not have an assigned PMCID yet may use the following: PMCID: PMC Journal - In Process

• Citations may also end with the following when appropriate: Not a peer reviewed journal article.