Step 1: Collect & Prepare Files for Submission
If you are depositing a publication in the NIH Manuscript Submission system, you will need to make sure you have all the documents for your submission.
It is important to note: You cannot submit the final, published version of the manuscript because of copyright. Therefore, you will need to track down the following documents:
- The Author's Accepted Manuscript
- This is the version of the manuscript that was submitted after peer review but before the publisher's formatting, copyediting, and typesetting.
- Make sure that the manuscript also has any titles and captions for Tables and Figures.
- Again, you cannot submit the final version of the publication due to copyright so it is essential that you track down this version of the manuscript.
- All Tables & Figures (Including Supplementary Tables & Figures)
- You will be asked to submit Tables and Figures as separate files.
- Make sure that the versions of the Tables and Figures that you are submitting match the versions referenced in the manuscript. For example, make sure that if Figure 1 A-D are referenced, that the version you are submitting has parts A-D.
- Any Additional Supplementary Information
- You will also need to upload any supplementary documents associated with the publication.
A note on file formats: the Manuscript Submission System supports a wide variety of file formats when submitting documents.
- Manuscripts are often submitted as MS Word or PDF documents but other file formats (WordPerfect, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.) are also accepted.
- High resolution images (.pdf, .tiff, .jpg, .eps, .ai) should be submitted for best quality. ChemDraw files are not accepted and will need to be converted to another format.