Glossary
Authors can safeguard simple rights of use on their publications at the time of contract conclusion without the need to go through the copyright transfer agreement in great detail. Using an author addendum is a good way of doing this. Many such addenda are freely available on the Internet. Click here for a list of links to some of these author addenda. Max Planck authors can find more information on the intranet .
Creative Commons licences are model agreements. They are used to give the public the right to use a work protected by copyright.
See Use of Creative Commons Licences.
Genuine Open Access Journals
See Open Access Journals
The “Golden Road” is the name given to making a publication accessible to the public free of charge in electronic form in line with Open Access requirements at the time of its initial publication.
The “Green Road” is the name given to the secondary electronic publishing of primary publications which are usually accessible only for a fee. Secondary Open Access publication takes place in parallel with or after the original publication.
The term “self-archiving” is often used as a synonym for the “Green Road” in the Anglo-Saxon world in particular.
Hybrid Open Access Journals
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The price of many scientific journals has risen way above the inflation rate since the 1970s. These price rises have caused widespread cancellation of journal subscriptions and significant cuts in budgets for book acquisitions. That is why for numerous scientific institutions a not-insignificant part of the scientific information is not accessible.
Publishers typically differentiate between three text stages in the publication process:
- The manuscript submitted/accepted (pre-print, stage one)
- The manuscript edited after peer review (post-print, stage two)
- The final publisher version in the journal layout (publisher?s PDF, publisher version, stage three)
In the context of publication processes, the term ?metadata? refers to information that identifies and describes a publication and its content. It includes all of the details necessary for correct citation. Other metadata may relate to the place, format and content. Extensive and standardised metadata make it possible or easier for publications to be managed and searched.
In the scientific sphere, the term “Open Access” refers to unrestricted and cost-free access to scientific information on the Internet. A more precise definition of Open Access is provided in the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities.
Accordingly, users should have the right not only to read a publication, but to distribute it to a wider circle and to make use of it, for instance for the purposes of teaching. The original author must, of course, always be credited.
Publication on the Internet without expressly transferring rights to the user in the meaning mentioned above does not meet the requirements of Open Access.
Concerns that Open Access contravenes the rules of good scientific practice are unfounded, given that the same rules apply here as apply to conventional publications (ban on plagiarism, improper adaptation, etc.).
Journals that make some or all of the articles they contain available to the public free of charge and in line with Open Access requirements at the time of their initial publication are called Open Access journals.
Genuine Open Access-Zeitschriften
Genuine Open Access journals make all of the articles in the electronic issue freely accessible. Access to the journal is not restricted by any subscription charges.
Hybride Open Access Zeitschriften
Hybrid Open Access journals make only some of the articles in the electronic issue accessible free of charge. Access to the other articles in the journal is essentially restricted by subscription charges.
Persistent identifiers are used in repositories to permanently and unambiguously assign metadata, bibliographical data and attached files.
Post-print
See Manuscript Versions
Pre-print
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Some Open Access journals demand publication charges for making the articles they contain directly accessible. In the case of certain journal, these fees are paid for members of the Max Planck Society out of a central budget at the Max Planck Digital Library. Click here for more information.
Publisher Version
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In the context of Open Access, the term “repository” refers to databases that make publications and research date available electronically, permanently and with a persistent identifier.
Institutional repositories are differentiated from subject repositories. Institutional repositories make works available that are created by the members of that organisation. Subject repositories draw their content from scientists working in the field covered by the repository. They are forums for certain scientific disciplines. You can search for repositories in the Directory of Open Access Repositories. The Max Planck Society currently operates two central institutional repositories: eDoc and PubMan.
Self-Archiving
See Green Road