Re: Results of the NIH Plan

[Heather Morrison <heatherm@eln.bc.ca>]

Thanks, Peter -

Your instructions for authors, on the URL you list below, says:

[snip]

Post-prints must include the following statement of provenance and, once
the final version has been published in the journal, a link to the final
published version of the paper on the journal's Web site: "This is an
author-created, uncopyedited electronic version of an article accepted for
publication in Diabetes (http:// diabetes.diabetesjournals.org). The
American Diabetes Association (ADA), publisher of Diabetes, is not
responsible for any errors or omissions in this version of the manuscript
or any version derived from it by third parties. The definitive
publisher-authenticated version is available online at [URL]."

The version of the manuscript deposited or posted must be identical to the
final accepted version, with the exception of the above statement. Please
note that authors are not permitted to deposit, post, or later substitute
the final published version of the manuscript for the post- print.

[snip]

If authors are reluctant to post articles with this message in PMC, could
it be because they consider it humiliating to have to add this statement?

If ADA is interested in a sincere experiment to find out whether authors
are interested in complying with the NIH policy, then it is essential to
ensure that authors have a final copy which does not require any such
statement.

Can you provide a copy of the acceptance letter as well?  If you are
presenting this as scientific data, you need to present your methodology.

best -

Heather Morrison