If your paper does not meet the criteria for Public Access Compliance, for example if it was not peer reviewed or supported by NIH money, you do not need to make your paper compliant. You still must complete a step reporting that your publication is not subject to Public Access Compliance regulations.
For more detailed information about whether a publication is subject to the Public Access Compliance regulations please see the "Do I need to deal with this?" tab of this LibGuide.
Find the publication in "My Bibliography" and select "Edit Status". If the publication does not appear in the "My Bibliography", you can find Instructions for Adding Publications to My Bibliography at this link.
Step 2. A dialog will then pop up, giving you several options to explain why this publication is non-applicable. A very common reason is that the publication only underwent editorial review and was not peer-reviewed. Preprints have not undergone peer review; if you are modifying a preprint in the My Bibliography, you can check the not peer reviewed option. If you have questions about whether the manuscript was peer reviewed, contact your editor at the journal and they should be able to provide guidance. Click the applicable option and then click "Save".
The publication will then display a "Not applicable-Exempted" status in My Bibliography with a grey box. Any linked applications to the My Bibliography (such as eRA Commons for NIH RPPRs) should update with this information in a few minutes.
