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Publication Notification Process for VA Investigators

See also

Checklist for publishing VA research

Media Clearance Flow Chart

VA investigators or their local research offices are required to notify VHA Research Communications of all scientific publications or presentations, upon acceptance by a journal or meeting sponsor, in accordance with VHA Directive 1200.19.

Please submit your notifications using the ORD PubTracker Website by following the simple steps below:

  • Go to the ORD PubTracker Website by copying and pasting the following URL into browser:
    https://vaww.pubtracker.research.va.gov (Access restricted to VA Intranet)
  • Click the submission type – pre-publication, presentation, media, or other – and fill in the form
    (Be sure to upload a copy of the presentation abstract or complete accepted article)

For questions related to notifications for: Brain, Behavioral and Mental Health, Medical Health, Rehabilitation Research, Development, and Translation, and the Cooperative Studies Program please contact Tristan Horrom, VA Research Communications, at Tristan.Horrom@va.gov or 410-336-9899.

For questions related to Health Systems Research and QUERI notifications please send an email to HSRDWeb.Boston@va.gov.

For technical assistance with the PubTracker site, contact the ORD Web Team ORD.Web@va.gov.


Compliance with the above procedures (that is, submission of your manuscript or abstract to VHA Research Communications through the PubTracker system) does not satisfy the requirement to deposit your peer-reviewed manuscript, upon its acceptance for publication in a journal, in NIH's PubMed Central, as part of VA's public access policy.




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Any health information on this website is strictly for informational purposes and is not intended as medical advice. It should not be used to diagnose or treat any condition.