This portion of the Dell Medical School Libguide is meant to help you navigate the publishing process with confidence and efficiency.
Open Access: Open Access is a publishing model where the publication is free to readers. The author may have to pay an article processing charge (APC) to publish in an Open Access journal.
Subscription Access: Also called "Toll Access," Subscription Access journals charge the reader a fee to access their articles.
Hybrid Journal: Hybrid journals use a combination of Open Access and Subscription Access publishing models. An author can choose to pay an APC to make their article Open Access, or they can choose to restrict access to those with subscriptions to the journal.
Index: An index is a list of articles, journals, or other publications. Examples include PubMed, Web of Science, Directory of Open Access Journals.
Institutional Repository: An institutional repository collects and stores copies of the works produced by the students, staff, and faculty of their managing institution(s). If you want your works in the repository, you can submit them to UT’s two main repositories: Texas ScholarWorks and Texas Data Repository. The Texas Digital Library is a consortium of academic libraries from across Texas that supports and provides the infrastructure for these Open Access repositories.
ORCID: ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is a website that can give you, as a researcher, a unique identifier that will always distinguish you and your credentials and research history from any other researcher.
Peer Review: After an editor has decided that they are interested in publishing your manuscript, they send it to other experts in the field, who review it and send it back to you and the editor with notes for improvement.
Copyright: Copyright is an agreement between the author(s) and the publishing journal. It includes who owns the article, how the article can be distributed, which versions of the article can be distributed outside of the journal (usually the pre-prints), and embargo periods. See these resources for more information:
Submission Expectations: Check each journal’s submission guidelines. Submission guidelines include file format, citation style, or additions like a cover letter. Check out these two guides:
Peer Review and Manuscript Management in Scientific Journals
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This comprehensive yet concise book provides a thorough and complete guide to every aspect of managing the peer review process for scientific journals. Until now, little information has been readily available on how this important facet of the journal publishing process should be conducted properly. "Peer Review and Manuscript Management in Scientific Journals" fills this gap and provides clear guidance on all aspects of peer review, from manuscript submission to final decision. "Peer Review and Manuscript Management in Scientific Journals" is an essential reference for science journal editors, editorial office staff and publishers. It is an invaluable handbook for the set-up of new Editorial Offices, as well as a useful reference for well-established journals which may need guidance on a particular situation, or may want to review their current practices. Although intended primarily for journals in science, much of its content will be relevant to other scholarly areas. ? ?This wonderful work by Dr. Hames can be used as a textbook in courses for both experienced and novice editors, and I trust that it is what Dr. Hames intended when she prepared this beautiful book. Every scientific editor should read it.? "Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professionals, 2008" ? This book is co-published with the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) (www.alpsp.org) ALPSP members are entitled to a 30% discount on this book.
The Publishing Intro section of this guide was created and developed by the UT iSchool graduate student Diandra Douglis, in Spring 2023, as part of her Capstone Project.
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