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Academic Journal

It is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research.

Author Addendum

A legal instrument that modifies the publisher's agreement and allows you to keep key rights to your articles.

Author Rights

A bundle of rights which are part of copyright law, such as right to share, use, reuse, modify, perform and remix.