Friday, 3 May 2024, 2:02 AM
Site: Welcome to OER on Open Access
Course: Scholarly Communications (en-sc)
Glossary: Glossary of Terms
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PatentIt is a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time, inexchange for the public disclosure of the invention. |
Peer ReviewIt is the evaluation of work by one or more people of competence to the producers of the work. It constitutes a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. |
Primary SourcesThey provide first-hand testimony or direct evidence concerning a topic under investigation. They are created by witnesses or recorders who experienced the events or conditions being documented. |