Academic Journal Management Glossary
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Editorial Revise
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.
Copyediting Workflow Integration
The systematic process of incorporating copyediting stages into the manuscript publication pipeline to ensure consistenc...
Copyright and Licensing Assignment
The editorial process of documenting and managing the transfer of intellectual property rights from authors to the publi...
Copyright License Assignment
The formal process by which authors transfer or license their intellectual property rights to the publisher according to...
Copyright Transfer Agreement Execution
The formal legal process by which authors assign or license their intellectual property rights to the publishing journal...
Correction Notice
A published statement that addresses errors discovered in a previously published article, allowing readers to be informe...
Correction Notice Issuance Standards
The formal guidelines establishing when and how corrections to published articles are issued, distinguishing between err...
Correspondence
A section of academic journals containing letters, comments, and responses from readers regarding previously published a...
Correspondence Column
A dedicated section in a journal featuring letters from readers responding to previously published articles, offering co...
Correspondence Column Moderation
The editorial oversight of letters to the editor, reader responses, and commentary submissions, including selection, fac...
Correspondence Section
A journal section publishing brief peer-reviewed communications including letters to the editor, responses to published...
correspondence section editorial
The editorial management and curation of the letters-to-the-editor or correspondence section of a journal. This involves...
Correspondence section editorial curation
The systematic editorial oversight of letters, responses, and comments submitted by readers, involving selection, editin...
corresponding author
The designated author who serves as the primary point of contact for all communications about a manuscript during submis...
Corresponding Author Verification Protocol
A standardized procedure for confirming the identity, institutional affiliation, and contact information of the manuscri...
Cross-Journal Citation Network
A system that maps and analyzes citation patterns across multiple journals to identify research connections, interdiscip...
Cross-journal citation tracking
Systematic monitoring and analysis of citation patterns across multiple affiliated journals to identify research trends,...
Cross-Journal Publishing Ethics Liaison
The editorial function responsible for coordinating ethical standards, best practices, and policy alignment across multi...
Cross-Reference Validation System
An automated or semi-automated mechanism that checks citations, figure references, table citations, and footnote linkage...
Crossmark Compliance
Adherence to the Crossmark standard, which provides readers with a reliable mechanism to identify the current version an...
Crossover Review Assignment
A peer review methodology where reviewers are strategically assigned manuscripts from different research domains or meth...
crossref
A not-for-profit membership organization that provides Digital Object Identifier (DOI) registration services and citatio...
Crossref Deposit
The process of submitting bibliographic metadata and DOI information to Crossref, a scholarly infrastructure organizatio...
Crossref DOI Registration
The editorial process of registering a published article with Crossref, a digital object identifier registration agency,...
Crossref Metadata Submission
The process of transmitting article metadata, including DOIs, author information, funding details, and citation referenc...