Affiliation: Confirming association with University of Akron either by having an "@uakron.edu" email or by having a librarian confirming status.
Article Processing Charge (APC): The fee charged to the author(s) of an open access article
Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM): A manuscript that has been approved for publication, before formatting for the journal.
Corresponding Author: The person who handles the manuscript and correspondence during the publication process. Important Note: The corresponding author's university affiliation that determines if an article qualifies for a Read and Publish Deal.
Creative Common License: An open access license that enables free distribution of an otherwise copyrighted work. Articles published as open access through University Libraries deals are most often granted CC BY licenses.
Gold Open Access Journal: Open access where the article processing charge is paid for by the author (if not part of a University Libraries publishing deal). These articles are then available to the public without cost.
Green Open Access: Refers to when an article only has the preprint available as open access, and the version of record is still behind a paywall.
Hybrid Open Access Journal: A journal that publishes traditional and open access articles; therefore, access to some articles in a hybrid journal requires a subscription.
Open Source: The code for open source software is available to view and may be sharable and adaptable depending on licensing terms.
Open Access (OA): A work that is available to view, and may be sharable and adaptable depending on licensing terms.
Open Education: Educational materials created from open access sources and provided to the public without barrier.
Open Scholarship / Science: The idea that scholarly information should be made available to researchers and to the public with fewer restrictions.
Postprint: Another term for Author Accepted Manuscript.
Predatory Publishers: An organization that creates a fake journal in order to take advantage of the OA APC model and does not provide competent peer review or editorial services.
Preprint: A manuscript submitted to a journal before before approval and peer review.
Read and Publish Deal: Allows users to access subscribed journals as well as waiving the article processing fee in some or all of the publisher's journals.
Transformative Agreement: An umbrella term that includes "Read and Publish" deals.
Version of Record: The final published version of an article. DOI will be assigned to this version.
Frequently Asked Questions
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