Citing the CTSA Grant

As an NIH-funded organization, the CTSC requires all investigators employing CTSC-supported research in their publications to comply with NIH citation policies. All publications resulting from federally funded research must have a  PubMed Central Reference Number (PMCID) to comply with NIH policy. This applies to all publications resulting from CTSC-supported research. This citation is critical for the CTSC and all research facilities who receive federal funding. Requesting a PMCID is the responsibility of the awardee. Awardees may coordinate with their publisher to request or include the PMCID, but should not assume their publishers have requested the PMCID. A PMCID must be requested as soon as the research is accepted for publication. No submittal window is provided in which to request a PMCID. The NIH 12-month submittal window for publication refers only to public availability on PubMed Central.

Defining CTSC-Supported Research

Support from the CTSC 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 CTSC in all applicable research publications, and submit all CTSC-supported publications to PubMed Central.

Recommended Citation Language

To properly acknowledge the grant in your manuscript and link the final publication to the CTSA grant once it is accepted, please follow the instructions below. Merely citing the CTSA 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 UL1TR001449 and/or KL2TR001448.”

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

NIH and renewal grant reviewers may check any CTSA's 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 CTSC or KL2 Grant is not listed, go to the “Search/Add other awards” tab. Enter either UL1TR001449 or KL2TR001448, or the names Nancy Pandhi, Matthew Campen, or Judy Cannon. Select the grant UL1TR001449 or KL2TR001448 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.

Other Resources

• NIH PMCID Policy
• NIH PMCID Policy FAQ