Academic Medicine Glossary
3 terms total — 3 showing — Last updated 15 Sep 2026
embargo
A temporary restriction on when published research findings can be reported by news media, typically until official publication.
embargo
A temporary restriction on when published research findings can be reported by news media, typically until official publ...
impact factor
A metric that measures the average number of citations received by articles published in a journal during a specific tim...
peer review
A quality control process where scholarly work is evaluated by independent experts in the same field before publication.