Submission FAQs

• Who should submit to the NOAA IR?
  • All NOAA authors and grantees are required to submit their publications no later than one year after publication to the IR according to the NOAA Public Access Policy for Scholarly Publications (Public Access Policy). As some NOAA offices are submitting on behalf of authors, please check with your program manager or supervisor to see if this situation applies to you. However, it is the responsibility of the author to ensure their publication is submitted to the NOAA IR.
• How do I submit my material(s)?
  • Submission Form: The submission form is available to anyone with a noaa.gov email address. It is a 2-step process. First, submitters will attach PDF files that are Section 508 compliant. Second, submitters will need to fill out the form portion indicating the document type, author names, article title, and the item's DOI (if available).
  • Email: You are also able to submit to the repository via the IR's service account at noaa.repository@noaa.gov. Email is the best method if you are submitting a batch of documents. If this is a batch submission, indicate how many documents are included. In the body of the email, include the article citation if it is a single item submission. For single documents, attach the document PDF or a link to the item in Google Drive. For batches, include the Excel batch submission template. Use the spreadsheet to provide document links to either an outside web source or to a Google Drive file/folder. For both single and batch submissions include information on the primary point of contact (if it is different than the submitter).
  • Via RPTS. For those offices that have implemented the Research Publication Tracking System (RPTS), there is an option to directly submit publications to the NOAA IR via the tool. 
• Should my submission be Section 508 Compliant?
  • Yes. According to Sect. 7.2, of the NOAA PARR Plan: "Submitted manuscripts shall be required to be in an accessible format (for example, Adobe Portable Document Format [PDF] with Adobe Accessibility Check performed)." Section 508 compliance standards can be found here. For more information on Section 508 compliance and resources, please see the library's Section 508 Compliance LibGuide.
• I need to have my journal article remediated, how can I do that?
  • For journal article manuscripts, the NOAA Central Library will perform your 508 remediation for you! Simply submit your journal article manuscript and you are done - the IR staff will take care of the rest. 

Please see our extended FAQs page for more information.