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Academic Journal Management Glossary

766 terms total — 24 showing — Last updated 06 Oct 2026

Editorial Revise

Basic Technical IVT

A decision category indicating that an article requires revisions determined by editors without full peer re-review, typically for clarity, scope alignment, or minor technical issues. This expedited revision process bypasses formal re-review when substantive changes aren't needed.

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A research article synthesizing quantitative data from multiple published studies using systematic statistical methods t...

Metadata Enrichment Protocol

Basic Technical IVT

A standardized procedure for enhancing manuscript records with additional structured information including subject class...

Metadata Schema Integration

Basic Technical IVT

The process of aligning manuscript metadata (author information, keywords, abstracts, institutional affiliations) with s...

The implementation of consistent formats and structures for recording and organizing article metadata, including author...

Open Access

Basic Technical IVT

A publishing model that makes research articles freely available to readers without subscription fees or access restrict...

Open Access Agreement

Basic Formal IVT

A contractual arrangement between authors and a journal specifying that published articles will be freely accessible to...

Open Access Compliance Audit

Basic Technical IVT

A systematic examination of a journal's adherence to open access publishing standards, copyright permissions, and licens...

The systematic recording and verification of adherence to open access publishing requirements, including licensing stand...

A systematic approach to ensuring published research meets open access requirements, including licensing standards, depo...

The editorial process of confirming that manuscripts designated for open access publication meet all licensing, data dep...

Open Access Designation

Basic Technical IVT

The formal assignment of an article's access level, specifying whether it is freely available to all readers (gold open...

A contractual timeframe during which a published article remains under restricted access before becoming freely availabl...

Open access fee

Basic Technical IVT

A publication charge paid by authors or their institutions to make an article freely available to all readers immediatel...

A systematic policy that allows authors to publish in open access journals without paying article processing charges bas...

Open Access License

Basic Technical IVT

A legal agreement specifying the terms under which published research is made freely available to readers, including per...

A contractual arrangement specifying the terms under which published content is made freely available to readers without...

The process of selecting and assigning appropriate Creative Commons or open access licenses to published articles to def...

The process of choosing specific Creative Commons or equivalent licensing frameworks that determine how published articl...

Open Access Licensing

Basic Technical IVT

The assignment of standardized intellectual property licenses (such as Creative Commons licenses) that specify how publi...

A comprehensive set of guidelines and policies governing how published articles are distributed under open access licens...

The adherence to institutional, funder, or journal policies requiring published research to be made freely accessible to...

Open Access Model

Basic Technical IVT

A publishing model where research articles are freely available online to all readers without subscription fees or acces...

Open Access Policy

Basic Technical IVT

An editorial guideline or mandate that requires or encourages published articles to be freely accessible to readers with...

Open Access Publication

Basic Technical IVT

A publishing model where peer-reviewed scholarly articles are made freely available to readers immediately upon publicat...

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