Citations & Acknowledgments

Our funding agency tracks citations as a measure of our success. Help us continue to grow and amplify our impact by citing us in your research.

Citing the Indiana CTSI

The Indiana CTSI advances translational science and translational research at all our partner institutions. When investigators cite the Indiana CTSI, they help the Indiana CTSI continue this work. Your achievements are critical to ensuring the future of clinical and translational science.

“Research reported in this [publication/press release] was supported by the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, which is funded, in part, by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under award number [grant number]. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.”

Grant numbers and additional language for specific awards are below.

Citation is required

Citing the Indiana CTSI isn’t just nice to do—it’s required by federal law! The Indiana CTSI is partially supported by a Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Investigators who receive Indiana CTSI funding or use its services must comply with NIH grant acknowledgement and public access policies. These acknowledgements are a critical performance measure when we report our annual progress and productivity to the NIH.

Publications resulting from research supported in whole or in part by Indiana CTSI services or resources are required to:

All peer-reviewed manuscripts resulting from Indiana CTSI funding or the use of Indiana CTSI resources or services must be compliant with the NIH Public Access Policy. This policy requires that researchers submit the final peer-reviewed manuscripts upon acceptance for publication via the NIH Manuscript Submission System to receive a PubMed Central ID (PMCID). Please note: PMCID is NOT the same as a PubMed ID (PMID).

The author who received Indiana CTSI support is responsible for ensuring this process is completed even if this not the lead author. Some journals automatically submit articles to receive a PMCID, others will submit upon request and usually for a fee, and others require an author to submit. Use the NIH identification wizard to find journals that submit automatically or upon request.

When working with a journal:

  • Notify them that the article is supported by NIH funds.
  • Provide the award citation language for their acknowledgment or funding sources section.
  • Determine whether they will submit to PubMed Central automatically or for a fee.
  • Clarify what the journal includes with “open access” because open access does not equal compliance with the Public Access policy — only submitting to PubMed Central and receiving a PMCID meets compliance.
  • If an author will be submitting the final peer-reviewed manuscript to PubMed Central, ensure the copyright agreement allows for this.

When to cite the Indiana CTSI

If you used Indiana CTSI resources or received funding from us, including pilot funding, you must cite us in your publication. Publications include:

Examples of Indiana CTSI support

Citation Language

General language

Prior to publication, coordinate with the journal publisher and the correspondence author to ensure the following language is included in the acknowledgement or funding section of your article:

“Research reported in this [publication/press release] was supported by the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, which is funded, in part, by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under award number [grant number]. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.”

Grant number

You must cite all award numbers under which you received support. The number is determined by the year(s) in which you received award monies or used Indiana CTSI services or resources.

If you have questions about what constitutes “support,” the year(s) in which you received support, or which awards you should cite, please contact Joe Hunt.

Language for specific awards and services

“This project was funded with support from the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute which is funded in part by Award Number UL1TR002529 from the National Institutes of Health, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Clinical and Translational Sciences Award. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.”

“This project was funded with support from the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute which is funded in part by Award Number UM1TR004402 from the National Institutes of Health, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Clinical and Translational Sciences Award. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.”

“This project was funded with support from the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute which is funded by Award Number UM1TR004402 from the National Institutes of Health, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Clinical and Translational Sciences Award. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.”

“This project was funded with support from the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute which is funded in part by Award Number T32TR004389 from the National Institutes of Health, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Clinical and Translational Sciences Award. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.”

“This project was funded with support from the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute which is funded in part by Award Number TL1TR002531 from the National Institutes of Health, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Clinical and Translational Sciences Award. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.”

“This project was funded with support from the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute which is funded in part by Award Number KL2TR002530 from the National Institutes of Health, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Clinical and Translational Sciences Award. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.”

“This project was funded with support from the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute which is funded in part by Award Number K12TR004415 from the National Institutes of Health, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Clinical and Translational Sciences Award. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.”

“The project described was supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) of the National Institutes of Health under award number R25TR004387. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.”

Investigators must ALSO acknowledge NCRR Construction Grant RR020128.

Citing REDCap

The REDCap database service is provided by the Indiana CTSI. If your research used REDCap as a database tool, please remember to acknowledge its use in your citations. We suggest the following language:

“Study data were collected and managed using REDCap electronic data capture tools hosted at Indiana University.”

Related Services & Resources

Contact

  • For Acknowledgment Questions:

    Joe D. Hunt, MPH
    Director, Tracking & Evaluation
    Email
    317-274-2292

  • For REDCap Questions:

    Email