Academic Publishing Glossary

Master the terminology of scholarly research and journal selection.

Article Processing Charge (APC)

An Article Processing Charge (APC), also known as a publication fee, is a fee which is sometimes charged to authors …

Diamond Open Access refers to scholarly journals that are free for both authors to publish in and for readers to …

The h-index is a metric that attempts to measure both the productivity and the citation impact of a specific researcher's …

The Journal Impact Factor (JIF) is a proprietary metric used to rank the relative importance of a journal within its …

Open Access (OA) is a publishing model that provides unrestricted, free online access to peer-reviewed scholarly research. By removing the …

Peer review is the essential quality-control process of academic publishing. Before a manuscript is accepted, it is subjected to the …