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Open access: Publishing model that makes scientific research available online, free of charge for readers and with expanded reuse permissions.

Crossref: Official DOI registration agency for scholarly publications, which also offers services such as citation discovery (Cited-by) and similarity checking (Similarity Check).

dARK (decentralized Archival Resource Key): A decentralized implementation of the ARK (Archival Resource Key) standard that uses blockchain technology to assign and manage persistent identifiers (PIDs) for digital research resources. Developed by the Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology (IBICT) in partnership with LA Referencia, its goal is to provide an open, federated, and low-cost alternative to centralized PID infrastructure, especially for Global South countries, ensuring link persistence and resolvability independently of a single controlling agency.

DOI (Digital Object Identifier): A unique and permanent alphanumeric code that identifies and provides a stable internet link for digital objects, such as scholarly articles.

Continuous flow (continuous publication): A publishing model in which approved articles are made available online individually and immediately, without waiting to complete a full journal issue.

Persistent identifiers (PIDs): Long-term identifiers that do not change and guarantee permanent access to digital resources, such as articles, authors, or institutions.

Creative Commons License: A set of standard copyright licenses that allows authors to share and permit reuse of their work under predefined terms, such as attribution and non-commercial use.

Metadata: Structured data that describes and provides information about a resource (such as an article), including title, authors, abstract, keywords, and affiliations, essential for discovery and indexing.

OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting): A standard protocol that enables the harvesting of metadata from repositories and portals, facilitating content aggregation in databases and indexers.

ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID): A unique and persistent code to identify researchers, disambiguating authors with similar names and linking all their scientific output.

Preprint: The initial version of a scientific manuscript, shared in a public online repository before submission or completion of peer review at a journal.

Structured abstract: An abstract format that organizes content into standardized sections (such as Objective, Methods, Results, Conclusion), replacing the single-paragraph format to improve clarity and information retrieval.

ROR (Research Organization Registry): A persistent, open, and global identifier for research and educational institutions, ensuring that author affiliations are standardized and unambiguous.

 

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