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Citing CTSA in Publications

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) requires that investigators cite the CTSA grant if they:

  • Received funding through the CTSA
  • Used any CTSA services to support their research

The CTSA relies on these citations as a critical performance measure when reporting annual productivity (publications) to NIH. Please bookmark this site for the NIH-approved citation text to be used in your manuscript.

As a reminder, publications supported by the CTSA must be submitted to PubMed Central and be assigned a PubMed Central ID (PMCID). For instructions, visit the NIH Public Access Policy site on the Mayo intranet (requires that you be logged in to the Mayo network).

Here are four common situations and the appropriate citation language for each:

  • I used CTSA facilities or services (e.g., the CRU or core labs; CTSA consultative services such as biostatistics, bioinformatics, volunteer recruitment, etc).
    • Use this citation: This publication [or project] was supported by Grant Number UL1 TR000135 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.
  • I received training or funding through the CTSA (e.g., Small Grants Program, Novel Methodology Development Award, Scholarly Opportunity Award, etc).
    • Use this citation: This publication [or project] was supported by CTSA Grant Number UL1 TR000135 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.
  • I am a KL2 Mentored Career Development Program scholar
    • Use this citation: This publication [or project] was supported by CTSA Grant Number KL2 TR000136 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.
  • I am a CTSA TL1 student (Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. in Clinical and Translational Science).
    • Use this citation: This publication [or project] was supported by CTSA Grant Number TL1 TR000137 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.
  • June 26, 2012
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