New England Journal of Medicine customers will receive an email that contains account information and customer number. Use the link provided to begin the activation process. Administrators will create their own personal My NEJM account as part of the activation process. Site license administrators are responsible for maintaining up-to-date information on their institutional accounts (IP addresses, branding, and link resolvers) through the Institution Administration Center.

NEJM Journal Watch Online customers will have their account activated on their behalf and will receive an email with account information when this is complete.

Administrators who currently have an administrative account for their institution and have registered as an individual using separate email addresses should contact us to combine them under one email address.

NEJM Group supports both OpenAthens and Shibboleth as access methods for institutions with a site license or archive access. More information on OpenAthens and Shibboleth can be found below.

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The NEJM.org website has migrated from HTTP to HTTPS hosting to increase online security. While access through OpenAthens and Shibboleth will not be impacted, maintaining remote access through a URL rewriting proxy server such as III WAM or OCLC EZProxy will require configuration changes.

Required changes include:

• ensuring that an SSL certificate has been installed
• updating your proxy server’s configuration with the newest NEJM database stanza found here on the OCLC site.

If you have EZProxy hosted service, OCLC will automatically make these updates. If you use the EZProxy standalone service, your IT department should be able to make the required changes. For additional help, contact OCLC Customer Support in your region.

URL redirects will remain in place indefinitely. Redirects for services such as A To Z Serials Access will also happen automatically, but we recommend that you manually update links to reflect the change to HTTPS.

Browsers which are compatible with HTTPS include:

• Internet Explorer 10 and later
• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Safari

Additional resources may be found below:

OCLC Support & Training:  Configure Resources (config.txt)

Atypon:  Publishers’ Move from HTTP to HTTPS Secure Websites

If you have other questions not addressed here, please contact us at institutionsales@nejm.org.

Yes, please download our Guide for Institutional Administrators.

As an administrator, you will have your own My NEJM account. Once you are signed into NEJM.org, look for the link to My NEJM at the top right of the page. There, you will also see a link to My Account; this will bring you to your account summary.

You may reset your password by clicking on “Sign-In” and selecting the “Forgot Password” link. An email will be sent to the email address associated with your account with instructions for resetting your password. Your password should be 6 to 20 characters long.

Please contact us for further assistance with your password.

An IP address is the numeric address of a computer connected to the Internet. On most networks, each computer has its own IP address. An IP address is not the same as a domain name or an email address. By inputting your institution’s IP addresses, you are uniquely identifying the eligible machines on your network and allowing access only to authorized users of your subscription.

You can add your institution’s IP address(es) within the Institution Administration Center. Note that there is a description field alongside the IP entry field. This field is optional, but you can use it to describe the IP address(es) that you are entering. For example, one IP address might be the university library, while another might be the science lab. Use the description field to distinguish between the two. Please note that if you wish to obtain usage statistics for specific IP addresses under your license, you will need to contact Customer Service.

There are a few rules that you must follow when entering an IP address:

• All IP addresses contain 4 numeric segments, up to 3 characters long, and separated by periods (eg., nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn).
• Place each IP address or range in the box provided, following these rules:
  • The only characters allowed are numbers, colons (:), periods (.), and asterisks (*).
  • Dashes are not accepted.
  • The allowed values for the first segment are 1-223.
  • The allowed values for segments 2, 3, 4 are 0-255.
  • You can enter a range in the last segment by using a colon (:).

To verify your IP address: Visit http://www.nejm.org/action/showIdentities and note the IP address present on the page, or send us a screenshot and we can identify it for you. Please contact us if you are still having trouble inputting your IP addresses.

How does the remote-access feature work?
The NEJM.org remote-access feature is based on a pairing of accounts: the patron’s free NEJM.org account with your site license subscription. Any device can be used to pair and, once activated, patrons can use any device to access your NEJM.org subscription as long as they are signed in to their NEJM.org account.

To pair accounts, patrons sign in to their free NEJM.org account while within their institution’s IP range. After which, patrons will have access to your NEJM.org subscription holdings beyond the institution’s network for 60 days. NEJM.org remote access is automatically reauthenticated and extended another 60 days every time patrons sign in to their NEJM.org account while within your organization’s network.

Do I have to do anything to ‘turn on’ this feature for my patrons?
Remote access is automatically enabled for NEJM.org when the patron accesses their free NEJM.org account while logged into your institution’s network.

How do I ensure usage resulting from the NEJM.org remote-access feature is captured in COUNTER?
Without any change in process for you, all remote-access usage will be captured automatically in COUNTER reports – providing a more accurate assessment of NEJM.org site license usage.

Can site license administrators view how many patrons are using the remote-access feature?
This information is available upon request. For more information, please contact customer service.

Must my patrons be physically on campus to activate NEJM.org remote access?
Patrons must be logged in to your network to pair your NEJM access rights to their free NEJM.org account. If patrons can access your IP network by remote means, like VPN, they do not have to be physically on campus.

Is there a limit to the number of devices and/or browsers that can be used simultaneously?
Yes, there is a limit of 3 active concurrent sessions. Patrons will be notified via the Remote Access tab in My Account when they have reached the limit and will be asked to sign out of their NEJM.org account on one of the devices or browsers being used or wait 30 minutes until a session times out.

Will I need to do anything to oversee or manage patrons’ remote access to NEJM.org?
No oversight is needed. Patrons can easily monitor their institutional remote-access status from the My Account Remote Access tab while signed in to NEJM.org.

Where can I learn more about this feature?
Visit the Resource Toolkit section of NEJM LibraryHub Resource Toolkit for a site license administrator user guide. The Resource Toolkit also highlights the promotional materials available for use in your own library communications by emailing your request to institutionsales@nejm.org.

OpenAthens (part of Eduserv) is a service used to authenticate and authorize users for access to online services. You can learn more about using OpenAthens for your institution on the OpenAthens website.

New to OpenAthens?
If you would like to set up an OpenAthens account, you must first register with OpenAthens and then contact us to provide your OpenAthens Organization ID.
For more information about setting up an OpenAthens account, visit the OpenAthens website.

Please contact us with any further questions or if you are having trouble with your OpenAthens-based access to NEJM.

Shibboleth, like OpenAthens, is a service used to authenticate and authorize users for access to online services. You may manage your institution’s Shibboleth access information within the Institution Administration Center.

New to Shibboleth?
Learn more about joining a Shibboleth Federation and getting started. After you’ve set up your account, you can log into the Institution Administration Center to add your Entity ID URL.

Want to add NEJM to your Shibboleth Federation?
Please contact us.

Who can pull reports?
Any institution administrator can pull COUNTER reports for the institution(s) for which they are an administrator. If you’re not sure how to do this on your own, please contact us for instructions.

How can I pull reports?
COUNTER-compliant usage reports are available via email delivery in XML, HTML, and tab-delimited format using the Email Reports function on the Usage Reports tab of the Institution Administration Center. You can select the time period for which you want the reports, specify any additional recipients, and opt-in to be notified when COUNTER reports become available each month.

Is NEJM COUNTER 4 compliant?
Yes, NEJM switched to COUNTER 4 reporting standards on December 12, 2013. All reports pulled after that date are in the new structure. For more information about what is new in COUNTER 4, you can consult the documentation from COUNTER here.

Reports from July 2010 – December 2013
Reports for the period July 2010 – December 11, 2013 were in the COUNTER 3 reporting format. If new copies of reports are desired for this date range, they will be delivered in the COUNTER 4 reporting format.

Reports from January 2005 – July 2010
COUNTER 3 reports from 2005 to July 2010 are available in a zip file at the bottom of the Usage Reports tab. Each report is a tab-delimited file.

You will only find partial data for the month of July 2010 in this zip file due to a platform transition we undertook on July 24, 2010. In order to get an accurate COUNTER report count for the month of July 2010, you will need to combine the July 2010 report in the zip file with the July 2010 report that is generated via email. We’re sorry for any inconvenience that this causes. Reports from August 2010 forward are available in their entirety and should be generated using the Email Reports function at the top of the page.

Please contact us with questions about your COUNTER reports or if you are having trouble accessing them.

SUSHI (Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative) is a way for you to collect your institution’s COUNTER reports automatically, thereby eliminating the need for you to obtain each report manually.

We provide access to COUNTER 4 reports through the SUSHI protocol, version 1.6. Learn more about how to get started with SUSHI at the NISO website.

Please contact us if you need help configuring your SUSHI client or have other questions about SUSHI.

You can upload your institution’s logo and name on the Branding & Link Resolvers tab of the Institution Administration Center. The logo and name will be displayed at the top center of pages on NEJM.org whenever members of your community access through your IP addresses. We support up to 50 characters of text or a greyscale logo of up to 200 x 28 pixels, in .jpg, .gif, or .png formats. If you upload a logo, it will override and display in lieu of any customized text you have entered.

Contact us if you have questions or encounter trouble uploading your branding graphics.

OpenURL is a type of Uniform Resource Locator (URL) intended to enable Internet users to more easily find a copy of a resource that they would be allowed to access. With OpenURL, your users can link directly from citations in NEJM to resources available in your library.

Already Have OpenURL?
You can configure OpenURL directly within the Branding & Link Resolvers tab of the Institution Administration Center. Redirects are in place, so you can continue to construct your links to NEJM using one of the following configurations:

• http://www.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/%VOLUME%/%ISSUE%/%SPAGE% OR
• http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/%VOLUME%/%ISSUE%/%SPAGE%

New to Open URL?
If you are interested in setting up OpenURL for your institution, visit the SFX Implementation page.
Please contact us with any questions or concerns.

In response to early feedback from site visitors, we created a ”Quick Guide“ which explains in simple language how to find and use article tools, navigate the site, and much more.

Click here to see answers to commonly asked questions.

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Both the New England Journal of Medicine and NEJM Journal Watch are owned and published by the Massachusetts Medical Society.

Each publication’s editors are responsible for the content of their respective publications.

NEJM.org is committed to being a valuable and accessible resource for all users. We strive to follow federal standards for technology accessibility for people with disabilities (Section 508) and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. recommended by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

NEJM commissioned an accessibility expert in December of 2018 to examine a representative subset of our pages and characterize our level of compliance with WCAG 2.0 AA guidelines. With these findings in mind, we will continue to investigate how to follow best practices and strive to provide a website in compliance with the latest accessibility guidelines and standards. Read more here.

To view the current VPAT report for NEJM.org, click here.

Upon termination of a site license subscription, the subscriber may request in writing to maintain online access to the content published from the effective date of the Subscription Agreement through the date of termination for a reasonable annual access fee.

Licensed institutions may supply single copies of articles from the subscribed products to a noncommercial library located in the same country as the licensee by post, facsimile, or digital transmission to fulfill requests for Interlibrary Loan (“ILL”), provided such use is in accordance with applicable copyright law and subscriber’s ILL procedures.

An institution that has an active site license may link to or display discrete items of content from the subscribed products in course management systems via a secure network in connection with course instruction.

For printed course packs, institutions in the United States can obtain permission by contacting the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) in Danvers, Massachusetts. Institutions outside the United States should contact the appropriate Reproduction Rights Organization in their home country.

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The New England Journal of Medicine is listed under the Medicine, General and Internal category.

The NEJM 2018 Journal Impact Factor is 70.670, making NEJM the highest-ranking medical journal in the general medicine category. (Source: 2018 Journal Citation Reports, Web of Science Group, 2019)

NEJM has 52 weekly cycles of publication. The date printed on the cover of the New England Journal of Medicine is the Thursday of each week. NEJM.org is updated each Wednesday at 5pm ET. Online First articles are published continuously.

The New England Journal of Medicine prints an average of 4,992 pages per year.

The New England Journal of Medicine deposits content into CrossRef. The date and volume of the first deposit into CrossRef is 2001, Vol. 344.

NEJM Journal Watch does not deposit any content into CrossRef.

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