A
- Academic social network
- A social network where academics can deposit their publications, e.g. ResearchGate or Academia.edu.
- Accepted version
- The final author-created version that incorporates peer-review comments and is accepted for publication. Also known as: Author's Accepted Manuscript (AAM), author's accepted version, final author version, post-print.
- Any website
- Any website or repository, including author's homepage, institutional repository, etc.
- Article Processing Charge (APC)
- A fee which is charged to authors to publish in an open access journal. Also known as: publication fee, article processing fee.
- Associated publisher
- An organisation that is associated with the journal, for example an academic society.
- Author's homepage
- The personal home page of the author.
C
- Copyright owner
- Who owns the copyright of the version of the manuscript, such as author or publisher.
- Creative Commons
- A collection of open licences. For more information, see https://creativecommons.org.
D
- Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- A persistent identifier that uniquely identifies an article.
E
- Embargo period
- The period of time after publication when author is permitted to archive their manuscript.