Open Access

APC / Article Processing Charge

A fee paid by the author of a paper to a publisher or other organization to make their paper Open Access.

arXiv

It is a pre-print server in the field of physics, etc., which is operated by Cornell University in the United States, where various papers including pre-prints in physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, statistics, etc. are stored and published there. Kyushu University contributes to the operating costs of arXiv. Reference: https://arxiv.org/

author's final version / Author Manuscript  / Accepted Manuscript

A manuscript provided by the author, which is just after the peer-review is completed but before any layout adjustments have been made by the publisher.

Bronze OA

A paper published in a subscription journal but made available free of charge without license grant on the publisher's website.

Creative Commons license / CC license

This is a universal license for copyright holders to indicate how their works can be used by others. There are a total of six types of licenses available, and those such as CC BY (freely available as long as the author is indicated) and CC BY-NC (available for non-commercial purposes only as long as the author is indicated) are often used for academic journal articles.
Reference: https://creativecommons.org/

Diamond OA

A non-profit, non-APC open access publishing model that makes articles open access at no financial cost to either subscriber or author. Also called "Platinum OA".

DOI / Digital Object Identifier

It is a permanent identifier for e-content on the Internet and is often used for journal articles. The DOI can be used to overcome search barriers caused by broken links in URLs, etc. By appending the DOI to “http://doi.org/ ”, you can access the corresponding article.
Reference: https://www.lib.kyushu-u.ac.jp/ja/services/open/pid/doi

embargo

FAIR data principles

The principle for publishing and sharing research data, the results of research, consists of acronyms that stand for Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable. The principle consists of specific recommendations such as assigning unique and persistent identifiers and metadata to data for retrieval, using universally accessible communication protocols for access, adopting widely applicable description languages for interoperability, and providing clear licenses for reuse.
Reference: https://force11.org/info/the-fair-data-principles/

An academic journal in which all included articles are published open access. It is also called “Gold OA journal” because it is based on the Gold OA system, in which authors usually pay APC to get free access.

Gold OA

Author-pays OA publishing model. After acceptance of an author-submitted paper, the author pays APC to the publisher to enable publication in OA. Unlike Green OA, free access to the paper is available upon publication.

Green OA

Authors post their papers, mainly the authors' final version, in their institutional or disciplinary repositories and publicly share them. The publisher's policy may impose embargo periods. In Green OA, there is no financial burden on authors.

harvesting

The collection of metadata from institutional repositories and other public repositories on the Web, using a protocol called OAI-PMH to achieve exhaustive collection. Institutional Repositories DataBase (IRDB), a metadata search service for Japanese institutional repositories, is also realized by harvesting. Also called "harvest."

Hybrid journal

A journal in which authors choose whether or not their papers will be considered open access by paying APC for each individual paper to be listed in the journal. Since only papers for which APC is paid become OA, OA papers and subscription papers are mixed in one journal. Also, double-dipping by publishers due to the annual subscription fee and APC is considered problematic.

Institutional Repository

A database on the Internet that collects, stores, and preserves information on the results of research, education, and other activities at universities and research institutes. It is designed to provide free, permanent, and stable access to these resources. By constructing and operating an institutional repository, the long-term preservation and effective dissemination of information on institutional achievements, improvement of institutional recognition, and contribution to society are expected.

JIF / Journal Impact Factor

A measure of the importance and influence of journals, based on citation frequency. Commonly known as the “Impact Factor,” it is often misunderstood as an indicator of the reputation of a researcher or individual papers, but originally, it measures the relative influence of a journal within its field using the average number of citations of the articles published. It cannot be used for comparisons between different fields, as citation conventions differ depending on the field of research. The database “Journal Citation Reports” provided by Clarivate can be used to confirm this index, which covers journals in the “Web of Science Core Collection,” Clarivate's academic paper database. Other journal evaluation indices include the CiteScore, which has been provided since 2016 by Elsevier, the largest academic publisher in the world.
Reference：https://guides.lib.kyushu-u.ac.jp/IF_CI

metadata

Data that provides information about other data. Data about data. It is especially commonly used for information on the Internet.

It means free availability of peer-reviewed scholarly research on the public Internet.  There are some ways to realize OA: self-archiving (green-road), OA journals (gold-road), Bronze OA, and so on.

ORCID iD / Open Researcher and Contributor ID

A permanent and unique digital researcher identifier of the researcher and contributor, assigned to each researcher. While it is sometimes difficult to identify researchers by name due to the same surname, change of surname, inconsistent spelling, or transfer of employment, ORCID iD facilitates name identification. Researchers can use this information to disclose their biographies, research achievements, grant awards, and other accomplishments. The format is structured starting with "https://orcid.org/", followed by 16 digits separated by hyphens every 4 digits.
Reference: https://www.lib.kyushu-u.ac.jp/ja/services/open/pid/orcid

Post-Print

A manuscript of a paper that has been peer-reviewed and accepted by the publisher. It includes the author's final version, accepted pre-publication drafts, edited by the publisher, and revised or edited versions after the final peer-reviewed manuscript.

Predatory Journal

It refers to malicious academic journals (mainly open access journals but also including subscription journals) that aim to make profits through APC and other means. The following characteristics are pointed out: the quality of papers is not ensured without proper peer-review or editing, exorbitant APC fees are charged, the names of prominent researchers are used without permission, and solicitation of paper submissions is made under the guise of an actual academic journal that is not a predatory journal (e.g., by using a confusing logo). "Clone journals,” which imitate real journals in their entirety, have also appeared, and Japanese university bulletins have also become targets, so caution is needed. There are also “Predatory societies” that charge fees for participation in academic societies.
Reference: https://www.lib.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/services/open/gold/pj

Pre-Print

Manuscripts that have not been published prior to peer-review.

Read & Publish Model

This is one of the forms of transformative agreement. Initially, the institution pays the subscription fees for the e-journal package and the OA contract amount corresponding to APC together, and then the institution can obtain OA publication slots. This makes it possible for researchers affiliated with the contracting institution to publish an article in OA without paying APC individually.
Reference: https://www.lib.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/services/open/gold/apc

Remote Access

Accessing e-journals and databases from off-campus, such as from home, by connecting to the campus network.
Reference: https://guides.lib.kyushu-u.ac.jp/remote-access-en

ResearchGate

Social Networking Service for scientists and researchers to share original papers, ask and answer questions, and recruit collaborators. If you wish to publish your paper on ResearchGate, your paper needs to conform to the publisher's publication policy.
Reference: https://www.researchgate.net/about

self-archiving

Authors have the option to post their papers and other materials on their own servers, on servers in their field, or on servers operated by their institutions and make them available to the public free of charge.

Serials Crisis

In the 1980s, the prices of academic journals in the West continued to rise. This led to a decrease in individual and university library subscriptions, which in turn led to further price increases. This situation was referred to as the "Serials Crisis". In Japan, by the 1990s, the number of foreign journals purchased had decreased from nearly 40,000 titles to about 20,000 titles due to price increases. It is called "Japanese Serials Crisis".

transfer

The transfer of journal copyrights between publishers. There are various cases of transfer from an academic society to a commercial publisher or between commercial publishers. This not only changes the platform offered, but also alters the range of publication years available, in some cases can make access impossible, and even causes prices to skyrocket, creating problems during the transfer.

An agreement that aims to shift from an e-journal subscription model to an open access publishing model by gradually transferring e-journal subscriptions to APCs. There are the “Read&Publish model,” which is a set of subscription fees paid by university and APCs traditionally paid by authors; the “Publish&Read model,” which allows access to non-OA articles by paying APCs; the “Offset contract,” which reduces subscription fees by the OA rate of the hybrid journal to which the university subscribes.