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Not sure about the submission status of an NIH-supported work published in a Springer journal? Use the new form that Springer provides for NIH-funded authors to ensure timely submission of the work in order to be compliant with the NIH Public Access Policy. Why is timely submission important? A PMCID is required within three months of publication.

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