The corresponding author is not in the US, or is not NIH-funded, and I'm afraid they are responsible for NIHMS review/approval. What can I do?
Answer
Contact the Library. We can help you correspond with your co-authors to confirm whether they are able to complete the necessary approval/review steps. If they can't, or are unwilling, we can contact NIHMS and request that the reviewing/approving author be changed to another author or awardee.
If an author or awardee is not the reviewing/approving author but they would like to take over the approval and review responsibilities on a stalled submission, NIHMS has implemented mechanisms for this.
- If you have a grant that has been associated with the paper in NIHMS, you can use the "Claim Manuscript" button which displays under the article summary in NIHMS. The original reviewer will have one week to reject this request, after which you can take over these responsibilities.
- If you are an author but do not have any grants associated in NIHMS, you can use the "Watch Manuscript" button available in NIHMS to associate yourself with the paper. Once the watch request is approved, you will have the option to "claim" the manuscript and take over reviewing and approving duties.
For more information, visit the the NIHMS FAQ.