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Figshare
Figshare is an online open access repository where researchers can preserve and share their research outputs, including figures, datasets, images, and videos. It is free to upload content and free to access, in adherence to the principle of open data. Figshare is one of a number of portfolio businesses supported by Digital Science, a subsidiary of Springer Nature.
lead author
first named author(s) of a publication who provided the greatest contribution; not relevant for alphabetical listings
Association of American University Presses
association of mostly North American university presses
Ingelfinger rule
refusal of some journals to publish non-new material
Cairn.info
Cairn.info is a French-language web portal, founded in 2005, containing scholarly materials in the humanities and social sciences and recently scientific, technical, and medical sciences. Much of the collection is in French, but it also includes an English-language international interface to facilitate use by non-francophones. Primary research areas include communications, economics, education, geography, history, literature, linguistics, philosophy, political science, law, psychology, sociology, and cultural studies. The site provides gratis open access to some publications.
FUTON bias
bias exhibited by scholars
H-Soz-Kult
H-Soz-u-Kult (Humanities – Sozial und Kulturgeschichte) is an online information and communication platform for historians which disseminates academic news and publications.
Funding bias
tendency of a scientific study to support the interests of its funder
Érudit
thumb|267x267px|Logo of Érudit Érudit () is a Quebec-based non-profit publishing platform. Founded in 1998, it is the largest provider of Canadian French and bilingual research publications in the humanities and social sciences, as well as select physical and natural science journals. The organization is a consortium of Université de Montréal, Université Laval, and Université du Québec à Montréal. Over 95% of the content on Érudit is offered in open access; for some journals, the most recent two or three years of issues are restricted, and by subscription only.
Access2Research
thumb|right|thumbtime=68|A video by Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition|SPARC in support of the campaign. thumb|A normalized heatmap of per-capita signatures to the petition by U.S. state. Highest support from Massachusetts (red), lowest from [[Mississippi (white).]] thumb|The Access2Research Founders, Heather Joseph, [[John Wilbanks, Michael W. Carroll and Mike Rossner after meeting at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.]] Access2Research is a campaign in the United States for academic journal publishing reform led by open access advocates Michael W. Car
Altmetric
Altmetric, or altmetric.com, is a data science company that tracks where published research is mentioned online, and provides tools and services to institutions, publishers, researchers, funders and other organisations to monitor this activity, commonly referred to as altmetrics. Altmetric was recognized by European Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn in 2014 as a company challenging the traditional reputation systems.
Journal Article Tag Suite
XML format used to describe scientific literature published online
journal club
group of individuals who meet regularly to critically evaluate recent articles in the academic literature
manuscript for publication
work that an author submits to a publisher or editor for publication
Electronic Information for Libraries
not-for-profit working with libraries for access to knowledge in Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America
Least publishable unit
smallest amount of information that can generate a publication in a peer-reviewed journal
diamond open access
journal or other forms of scholarly publication with no access barriers (such as cost) for both readers and authors
citation impact metric
Metrics designed to measure journal article influence
DataCite
thumb|Data Cite's Logo
Leiden Manifesto
list of "ten principles to guide research evaluation"
data sharing
practice of making data available to others
Portugaliae Monumenta Historica
a collection of texts from Portuguese history
OurResearch
OurResearch, formerly known as ImpactStory, is a nonprofit organization that creates and distributes tools and services for libraries, institutions and researchers. The organization follows open practices with their data (to the extent allowed by providers' terms of service), code, and governance. OurResearch is funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the National Science Foundation, and the Arcadia Fund.
Subscribe to Open
open access publishing model
data publishing
act of making research datasets available, often a large quantity at one time
article-level metrics
measurements designed to measure scholarly article impact
Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
organization in Peterborough, United Kingdom
public health journal
scientific journal devoted to the field of public health
duplicate publication
multiple publication of the same scientific material
embargo
period during which access to academic journals or other content is not allowed
Science 2.0
scientific Elementary Intermedia
graphical abstract
Graphical or visual equivalent of a written abstract