Our quick A-Z glossary provides you with the definitions of key publishing terms you’re likely to come across while you move through each step of your research publishing journey.
Understanding these key definitions will help you make important decisions about your publication. You’ll also be able to gain further understanding about the wider academic publishing landscape.
Index
A
Abstract
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Acceptance rate
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Academic impact
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Aims and scope
Read more about how to use the aims and scope to find the right fit for your research.
Accepted Manuscript (AM)
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Altmetric Attention Score
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Article publishing charge (APC)
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Article publishing charge (APC) waiver
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Article transfer
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Article templates
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Attribution License (CC BY)
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Attribution-Noncommercial License (CC BY-NC)
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Authorship
The authorship list and order on your article must be agreed between all listed authors before submission, including who will take on the role of the corresponding author.
Read more about defining authorship in your research paper.
Author’s Original Manuscript (AOM)
Under the green open access route, you can share your AOM on social media and scholarly collaboration networks, or by uploading it to a non-commercial preprint server.
Read more about sharing versions of your work.
Authorship for sale
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C
Call for papers
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Central Article Tracking System (CATS)
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Citation
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Citation manipulation
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Citation metrics
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CiteScore
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Competing interests
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Copy editing
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Copyright permissions
Read more about using third-party material in your article.
Cost finder
Use the open access cost finder.
Cover letter
Read more about writing a cover letter for your submission.
Creative Commons license
Read more about copyright and licensing for authors.
Cultural or societal impact
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D
Data availability statement
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Data note
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Data repository
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Data sharing policy
Read more about data sharing policies.
Datasets
Read more about sharing and citing data.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
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Double-anonymous peer review
Read more about the different types of peer review.
E
Economic impact
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Editing Services
Editorial board
Editorial policies
In addition to the journal’s own policies, the journal may also be subject to the editorial policies of the publishing group.
Read the Taylor & Francis Editorial Policies.
Embargo period
The embargo period for each Taylor & Francis journal is listed in the open access cost finder.
Environmental impact
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Eprint
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“Ethics dumping”
Read the Taylor & Francis Misconduct Policy.
F
F1000Research
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Format-free submission
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Funder mandate
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Free access article
Full open access journal
Review the list of full open access Taylor & Francis journals.
G
Ghost authorship
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Gift authorship
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Gold open access
With gold OA, authors retain the copyright to the work. You will usually need to pay an article publishing charge (APC) to publish gold OA.
Read more about open access publishing options.
Green open access
Under green open access, authors typically assign copyright to the publisher and do not need to pay an article publishing charge.
Read more about open access publishing options.
H
HSS
Health and well-being impact
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Hybrid journals
Review the list of Open Select journals.
I
Impact Factor
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Indexing
Instructions for authors (IFAs)
Read more about the instructions for authors.
Institutional repository
Read more about open access publishing options.
J
Journal metrics
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Journal Suggester
Try the Taylor & Francis Journal Suggester.
Journal usage
Read more about journal metrics.
K
Keywords
Read more about using keywords effectively in your article.
L
Literature review
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M
Mega journal
Mosaic plagiarism (patchwork plagiarism)
Read the Taylor & Francis Plagiarism Policy.
O
Open access
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Open access agreement
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Open access article
Open access membership
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Open data
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Open data sharing policy
Read more about open data sharing policies.
Open peer review
Read more about the different types of peer review.
Open research
Read more about Taylor & Francis’ commitment to open research.
Open Select
Read more about publishing in an Open Select title.
Open Science Badges
Read more about Open Science Badges.
ORCiD
Read more about including your ORCiD when you submit.
P
Peer review
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Peer review policy
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Plagiarism
Read the Taylor & Francis Plagiarism Policy.
Policy impact
Read more about research impact.
Predatory publishing
Read more about Think. Check. Submit., an initiative designed to help researchers identify and avoid predatory journals.
Post-publication peer review
Read more about the different types of peer review.
Press release
Read more about working with the media.
Preprint server
Read more about preprints and preprint servers.
R
Read and publish agreement
Registered reports
Read more about registered reports.
Review article
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S
Scimago Journal Rank (SJR)
Read more about journal metrics.
Self-archiving
Read more about open access publishing options.
Self-plagiarism/text-recycling
Read the Taylor & Francis Plagiarism Policy.
Search engine optimization (SEO)
Read more about SEO for academic articles.
Single-anonymous peer review
Read more about the different types of peer review.
Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
Read more about journal metrics.
Standards of reporting
Read the Taylor & Francis Standards of Reporting Policy.
STAR
Read more about the STAR programme.
STEM
Subject repository
Read more about sharing your article.
Submission system
Read more about making your submission.
Subscription publishing
There are no article publishing charges associated with this publishing option (except in some cases where small charges may be made for reproducing figures or images in color, in the print version of a journal).
Supplementary material
Read more about supplementary material.
T
Think. Check. Submit.
Read more about Think. Check. Submit.
Third-party material
Read more about third-party material.
Transformative agreement
View a list of transformative agreements available to authors publishing with Taylor & Francis.
Typesetting
Read more about moving through production.
v
Version of Record (VoR)
Read more about sharing your article.
Video abstract
Read more about video abstracts.
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