Tools to Help with the NIH Public Access Policy

Trying to track publications for the NIH Public Access Policy? The University of Wisconsin - Madison has created instructions on how to use EndNote and RefWorks to assist in this process.

EndNote
Use EndNote to keep track of the manuscripts submitted to PubMed Central (PMC). Create a separate PMC Manuscripts EndNote Library for your manuscripts. Set up this special library as instructed on the PDF linked above. When you submit the manuscript to NIH, add the manuscript reference and the NIHMSID number to this library. When the PMCID number is issued, add this number to the EndNote reference record. Use the special NIH-PMCID output style to cite these references in future NIH grant progress reports and applications.

RefWorks
Use RefWorks to keep track of the manuscripts submitted to PubMed Central (PMC). Create a separate PMC Manuscripts RefWorks Library for your manuscripts. Set up this special library as instructed below. When you submit the manuscript to NIH, add the manuscript reference and the NIHMSID number to this library. When the PMCID number is issued, add this number to the RefWorks reference record. Use the special NIH-PMCID output style to cite these references in future NIH grant progress reports and applications.

NEW! RefWorks added PubMed (PMID) and PubMed Central (PMCID) fields to every reference type. Refworks modified their NLM PubMed import filter for to place these two ID fields in their respective RefWorks fields.