Common Terminology in OA | Lingnan University Fong Sum Wood Library

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Terms	Definition
Article Processing Charge (APC)	A fee charged by some OA journals during the publication process in lieu of subscription fees.
Author-accepted Manuscript	The version of the manuscript provided by the authors after peer review and acceptance by publisher.
Bronze Open Access (OA)	An article is freely available online at the publisher's decision, but has no license nor guaranteed permanent access.
Creative Commons licenses	A set of standardized permissions that allow creators to easily share their work while retaining certain rights.
Embargo	A period in which access to an academic article is blocked.
Gold Open Access (OA)	Publishing the final version of an article with immediate open access in a journal, usually requiring a payment of Article Processing Charges.
Green Open Access (OA)	Publishing the author manuscript of an article in an online platform without an additional cost, often deferred with an embargo.
Hybrid Open Access (OA)	Similar to Gold OA, but the final version of an article is published only in subscription-based journals.
Pre-print	An author's own version of an article that has not yet undergone peer review or been published by a publisher.
Post-print	An article incorporating all the changes and suggestions required by peer reviewers and editors, but not the publisher's own copy-edited and formatted version. Also known as Accepted Author Manuscript.
Publisher's version / Published paper	The formal version that could be accessed and downloaded from publisher's website, includes publisher's value-added contributions such as copy-editing, formatting, technical enhancements and pagination.
Predatory journals	A publication that operates deceptively, seeking to exploit researchers for financial gain rather than promoting high-quality scholarly content.
Platinum/Diamond Open Access (OA)	Similar to Gold OA, the main difference with Gold OA is no article processing charges or publication fees for authors.
Open Access (OA)	Making scholarly or creative outputs freely accessible online without copyright or licensing-related charges or restrictions.
Transformative Agreement (TA)	Also called Read and Publish (R&P) Agreement. It transforms the subscription-based model of publishers so that institutions may simply pay the journal subscription fee in order for researchers to publish their works in OA without paying APCs.