Glossary of Terms

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Scholarly Journal

It is the same as academic journal

Scopus

It is the world's largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature.

Secondary Sources

In scholarship, a secondary source is a document or recording that relates to or discusses information originally presented elsewhere. An indexing & abstracting database is a kind of secondary sources, so are annual reviews in the field.

Serials Crisis

A term to describe the exponential increase in subscription cost of many scholarly journals.

Symposium

It is an academic meeting for researchers to present and discuss their work.