MyBibliography
After the completion of Section C, you have the opportunity to link to a bibliography of your work. MyBibliography, the reference tool created by the NCBI, is a centralized place for your publications where citations can be easily accessed, exported as a file, and made public to share with others. It is a great way for the folks at NIH to see the entire body of your work, especially the things that you were not able to include on the NIH Biosketch. Access MyBibliography through your My NCBI account.
The online bibliography listed on your biosketch must be hosted on a federal (.gov) website, which is why the MyBibliography tool is a great option. To clarify, this means that you cannot use your Google Scholar page, Northwestern Scholars page, your FSM faculty profile, or any other non-.gov link.
When you add MyBibliography to your biosketch it will appear as two lines (see image below), so it does not take up a significant amount of space.
Tips
A few other things to know about My Bibliography:
- Best Method for Adding Citations: Use PubMed Search + "Send to My Bibliography"
- The most reliable way to add publications is to search for your name (and affiliation, if needed) in PubMed, select the correct citations, and use the "Send to → My Bibliography" feature. PubMed will automatically filter out duplicate citations already in your bibliography.
- Avoid .RIS File Imports:
- Importing citations via .ris files often results in errors. Additionally, these entries are often added as "manual" citations, which then must be manually reconciled with official PubMed entries.
- Use the Correct Login
- Always log in to NCBI via eRA Commons or Login.gov (using your eRA Commons-linked credentials), as this is essential for linking citations to your NIH grants.
- Other login methods (e.g., university login, ORCID, NIH login) if not properly linked, do not link your My Bibliography to your NIH grant information. Publications added under those accounts will not appear in NIH progress reports or RPPRs.
- If you prefer using another login method (e.g., institutional login), link your eRA Commons and Login.gov accounts to your NCBI account. See step-by-step instructions on Link your My NCBI Account to eRA Commons and ORCID: https://libguides.galter.northwestern.edu/c.php?g=1446636&p=10750803#s-lg-box-wrapper-39786917
- If you’re not working on NIH grants and simply need a formatted citation list, it’s fine to use another NCBI login. Just be aware that citations added under a non-eRA account will not connect to NIH-funded progress reports.
- Public/Private Display Options: Even if your bibliography is set to public, you can mark individual citations as private—they won’t be visible in the shared view.
- Citations can be sorted by author name (either in ascending or descending order), by publication date (newest to oldest or oldest to newest), or by recently updated citations. You can filter your citations by the grants that they are associated with by using the “filter citations” feature.
