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