How you log into NCBI accounts is changing this summer
Posted July 28, 2021
Disciplines: All
Do you log into NCBI to use MyNCBI, SciENcv, or MyBibliography? Do you submit data to NCBI? Beginning in June 2021, there will be changes to how you log into these and all other NCBI accounts.
NCBI is transitioning from using local account passwords (the password you created at NCBI) for logging into NCBI to using only 3rd-party logins (your username and password from Google, Login.gov, ORCiD, your university or research institution account, etc). This change will NOT affect the data in your account, such as your MyBibliography, SciENcv, or submission data. You will also keep your NCBI Username, you just won’t be able to log in with it anymore.
As of June 22, users are no longer be able to create an account with an NCBI-managed password. Shortly afterward, NCBI will be launching a software tool (“wizard”) to walk you through the process of disabling your NCBI password and linking a 3rd-party login. But for now, we suggest linking at least one 3rd-party login to your account now and starting to use it to log into NCBI. This will ensure no difficulties or delays in accessing your accounts in June 2022 when special procedures will be required to access accounts without linked 3rd-party logins.
To learn more about these changes and link a 3rd-party login, click here.
