Glossary of Publishing Terms

Creative Commons (CC) licenses provide a standardized way for authors to grant public permission to use their work under copyright law. These licenses range from the most permissive (CC BY) to more restrictive options (e.g., CC BY-NC-ND).

🔗 Explore CC License Types
🔗 Open Access & Copyright Overview
🔗 CC in Open Access Publishing

Open Access (OA) makes research freely accessible to the public, allowing for increased transparency, collaboration, and the sharing of knowledge on a global scale. OA is an aspect of Quantitative Medicine that is consistent with ISoP’s mission. 

🔗 https://doaj.org/
🔗 https://www.coalition-s.org/
🔗 Open Access Trends & Models

Impact Factor is an established metric that indicates the average number of citations received by articles published in a journal. Although Quantitative Medicine is a new publication and does not have an Impact Factor, ISoP has instituted procedures to enhance the discoverability of QM from its inception in order to increase engagement, with the goal of applying for indexing in PubMed and Medline. These initiatives are part of a broader strategy aimed at positively influencing the journal's future impact factor.

Metadata in publishing refers to the structured information that describes key attributes of research articles and other scholarly works, such as title, author, abstract, keywords, publication date, and digital identifiers. Accurate and comprehensive metadata enhances the visibility and discoverability of publications by enabling search engines, databases, and indexing services to efficiently catalog and retrieve content. In the context of open access and modern scholarly communication, high-quality metadata is essential for ensuring that research reaches a global audience and is properly credited, cited, and linked within the scientific ecosystem.

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🔗 Metadata 2020 Principles