My NCBI Login Changes in June

Tuesday, I got an email regarding Important Changes to NCBI Accounts Coming in 2021. Basically, NCBI will be transitioning away from NCBI managing logins (My NCBI, SciENcv, and MyBibliography) require people to login to their My NCBI using federated account credential from eRA Commons, Google login, or a university or institutional point of access to login. While I get that NCBI wants to be out of the password management game, I have some concerns regarding the impact this might have. The eRA Commons is primarily used by people and institutions for grants. “The eRA Commons is online interface where grant applicants, grantees and federal staff at NIH and grantor agencies can access and share administrative information relating to research grants.” Looking at the institutions listed on their list of federated institutions (login drop down menu on left side), it is primarily all universities and colleges which makes sense since it is for NIH grantees. I counted only 3 hospitals, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Mayo Clinic, and Johns Hopkins. Now several large hospitals partner with universities and colleges to do research, so some people at other hospitals might have this type of login through their research with a listed university, but many may not. Google is a complicated hot mess in hospitals these days. Quite frankly I am surprised that NCBI didn’t realize this. In November, hospitals around the United States blocked access to Google and ma...
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