Academic Journal Management Glossary

The editorial authorization process that verifies an article meets open access requirements including copyright transfer...

A publishing approach where peer-reviewed research articles are made freely available to readers without subscription fe...

A publishing model where research articles are freely available to readers without subscription fees, typically funded t...

A contractual arrangement between journal and author whereby the published article is made freely available to all reade...

A journal publishing approach making peer-reviewed articles freely accessible to readers without subscription fees, typi...

A strategic plan implemented by journals to shift from subscription-based publishing models to open access formats where...

A formal request mechanism allowing authors to publish in open access journals or with open access licenses without payi...

The editorial management of author fee exemptions or reductions for open access publication in journals utilizing author...

Official records and approvals for exempting authors from open access publication fees or publishing requirements under...

A formal application submitted by authors or institutions to reduce or eliminate publication fees associated with open a...

The editorial assessment process for reviewing author requests to publish articles in open access without standard publi...

A transparent review process where reviewer names and identities are disclosed to authors, and often reviewer reports ar...

A persistent digital identifier that distinguishes individual researchers and connects them to their scholarly contribut...

A citation in an article's reference list that is not cited or mentioned anywhere in the article's main text, figures, o...

A fee charged to authors or their institutions for publishing their accepted manuscript in a journal. These charges typi...

The established procedures governing the collection, tracking, and application of author fees charged for manuscript pub...

The assignment of sequential page numbers to articles within a journal issue, determining where each article appears in...

A quality control process where subject matter experts evaluate submitted manuscripts before publication.

The systematic implementation of blind or double-blind review procedures to ensure reviewer and/or author identities rem...

The systematic process of selecting and assigning qualified reviewers to evaluate submitted manuscripts based on their e...

A computational system that automatically matches submitted manuscripts with qualified reviewers based on expertise, ava...

The systematic criteria and algorithms used by editorial management systems to match manuscripts with appropriate review...

A structured framework that systematically matches manuscript submissions with qualified reviewers based on expertise do...

The systematic process of identifying, inviting, and assigning qualified reviewers to evaluate submitted manuscripts bas...