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Definitions
List of terms for Science publishing
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Advance Online Publication (AOP)
A policy adopted by several science journals to publish papers online in advance of print publication. The papers are placed on the journal's website as soon as they are edited and reviewed, and are identical to the printed version in every way except pagination.
Article processing charges
See 'Author fees'.
Author fees
Also called 'article processing charges' and 'publication charges'. Fees that journals charge scientists to publish a paper. They are intended to shift editorial and publishing costs away from the reader. Several publishers, such as PLoS [link: http://www.plos.org/] and BioMed Central [link: http://www.biomedcentral.com/] , have a policy of waiving author fees for those who cannot afford them.
