Chapters 39-42

Info from 'Introduction to Health Research Methods' 3rd edition by Kathryn H. Jacobsen

target journal

target journal

journal a researcher intends to submit a manuscript to first

scope

subject areas the publication covers

impact factor

annual determination by the Clarivate Analytics company about the average number of times an article in a certain journal is cited during its first 2 years after publication

data sharing

willingness of a research team to make their data and methods freely available to other researchers

subscription journal

journal that covers its costs from library and/or individual subscriptions and advertising

open-access fee

charge that authors pay to a journal in order to make their articles available without a paywall

open-access journal

journal that mandates authors to pay a publications fee before their manuscripts are published

hybrid journal

subscription journal that gives authors option to pay to make an article freely available

gold open access

publishing model in which authors or their funders pay to make an article freely available as soon as it is published

green open access

publishing model in which authors are allowed to post a version of a published article on their personal websites or in institutional repositories, usually after 1 year

Creative Commons (CC) license

public copyright license that enables the free distribution of a copyrighted work

submission fee

charge that authors pay prior to review of a manuscript

processing fee (processing charge)

per-article charge that some subscription journals mandate prior to an accepted article published

page fee (page charge)

per-page fee assessed prior to publication in a subscription journal

predatory open-access journal

exploitative journal that does not provide quality editorial and peer-review services associated with legitimate journals

duplicate submission

submitting the same manuscript to two or more journals at the same time; not permitted in health science

duplicate publication

when authors publish a second paper that is the same as or similar to a paper they have already published

text recycling (self-plagiarism)

when one’s own words from one publication are copied into a new manuscript

Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)

organization that provides guidance on how to avoid research misconduct during dissemination phase of research project

author guidelines (instructions for authors)

detailed directives from a journal about how manuscripts should be formatted before submission

corresponding author

coauthor who will communicate with the journal and take the lead on answering questions from readers after the paper is published

ORCID

open researcher and contributor identifier; 16-digit number that serves as a unique persistent identifier for a researcher

desk (bench) rejection

rejection without review that is often based on an editor’s evaluation of whether the cover letter, title, and abstract show an alignment with the journal’s current aim and scope

reject and resubmit

when rejection letter from a journal editor invites authors to revise a manuscript and resubmit it to same journal as a “new” manuscript

revise and resubmit (R&R)

when authors are invited to edit a manuscript in response to reviewer comments and then send updated version to journal for another round of consideration

minor revision

invitation to make a limited set of manuscript updates in response to reviewer comments and then to resubmit for editorial review and final decision about acceptance

major revision

invitation to significantly update a manuscript in response to reviewer comments and then to submit revised version for another round of review by external peer reviewers

provisional acceptance

notification from a journal that a manuscript will be accepted once minor adjustments are submitted

page (galley) proofs

copyedited and formatted version of a manuscript that is sent to a corresponding author for review before publication

advance access

availability of an article on a journal’s website before assigning it to a certain issue of the journal

preprint

unformatted version of the manuscript in advance access sections of a journal after acceptance