NIH Preprint Pilot Expands to Include Preprints Across NIH-funded Research – NIH Extramural Nexus

"To prepare for Phase 2, we’ve reviewed user feedback from Phase 1 and are taking steps to more clearly communicate what preprints are, their peer review status, and why they are included in NLM literature resources. We have also been exploring new strategies for presenting the record of versions in our literature databases and reviewing filter options to support different search and discovery workflows. We continue to develop materials to increase awareness of preprints and to consolidate resources of interest in our Librarian Toolkit.

What do authors and investigators need to know about Phase 2?

• For a preprint to be included in the pilot, it must be posted to a participating preprint server: bioRxiv, medRxiv, arXiv, or Research Square.
• Preprints must acknowledge direct NIH support or have an NIH-affiliated author. Investigators should follow guidance NIH released in March 2017 (NOT-OD-17-050) to enable identification of preprints with NIH support, including clearly acknowledging NIH support. Preprints that do not clearly acknowledge direct NIH support or only acknowledge indirect support will not be included in the pilot.
• NIH encourages investigators to select a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license or dedicate their work to the public domain. All preprints made available under a Creative Commons license will undergo full-text indexing in PMC to support preservation and greater discovery.
• New preprint records are identified by NLM staff and added to PMC weekly. However, it may take up to two weeks for a preprint to be added to PMC and PubMed. Preprints do not fall under the NIH Public Access Policy and therefore should not be deposited via the NIH Manuscript Submission (NIHMS) system. NIHMS is only for peer-reviewed author manuscripts that have been accepted for publication in a journal.
• Preprints can be reported to NIH as products of an award. NLM simplified the steps to add preprint citations to My Bibliography. See this video for details...."