PubMan Func Spec Genre specific Submission

This page contains the actual list and descriptons of the genre types currently implemented in the genre specific submission masks of PubMan. The set of genre types has been discussed and cleared with the PubMan Early Adopters and Pilots.

Detailed Genre Table

For a detailed overview of the implementation of genres and GUI groups please take a look at the complete table here.

Genre Types

Genre	German Genre Name	Description
Journal Article	Zeitschriftenartikel	An intellectually closed text, which is published in or submitted to a print or e-journal, magazine, special issue or repository. All articles have passed or will pass some editorial review and/or have been peer-reviewed.
Book	Buch	Either an authored or edited book. A book is defined as already published or intended to be published (publication data already available).
Book Chapter	Buchkapitel	A part of a book.
Proceedings	Konferenzband	Collection of conference papers and talks, from a conference or a series of conferences.
Conference Paper	Konferenzbeitrag	Written composition of a presentation at a conference. It might be published within proceedings.
Talk	Vortrag	A manuscript or recording of a presentation or talk. It is characterised by the event where it is held.
Conference Report	Konferenzbericht	Documentation of a conference, workshop, meeting or other kind of event.
Poster	Poster	A visual stand-alone display of research results at a conference.
Teaching	Lehrmaterial	Any kind of material that is used in connection with teaching and education.
Thesis	Hochschulschrift	A text or aggregation of items to reach a certain degree, e.g. PhD, German Magister, Master, etc.
Report	Bericht	A document which presents results and/or progress of development work. Reports are often published by the funding organisation or by the academic institution where the work has been carried out. Reports can be defined as grey/informal literature, because they are in the most cases not published formally.
Journal	Zeitschrift	A regularly published scientific resp. scholarly journal.
Series	Reihe	A bundle of regularly published items.
Other	Sonstige	This genre should be used for any resource you cannot assign to any existing genre type.
Newspaper Article	Zeitungsartikel	Newspapers are typically expected to meet four criteria: Publicity: Its contents are reasonably accessible to the public. Periodicity: It is published at regular intervals, at least on a weekly basis. Currency: Its information is up to date. Universality: It covers a range of topics.
Editorial	Editorial	An editorial is an introductory article which is published at the beginning of a journal issue.
Contribution to Handbook	Beitrag in Handbuch	A handbook is a team work of several authors, which describes the matter of a science discipline or major subject area by reference to relevant literature in detail and coherently. Handbooks are often published in several volumes.
Contribution to Encyclopedia	Beitrag in Lexikon	An encyclopedia is a type of reference work, a compendium holding information from either all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge. It is divided into articles. Unlike a dictionary which is centred on linguistic, etymological and usage aspects of words, instead, each encyclopedia article's subject is a single concept.
Contribution to Festschrift	Beitrag in Festschrift	A Festschrift is a book honoring a respected academic and presented during his or her lifetime. The term, borrowed from German, could be translated as celebration publication or celebratory (piece of) writing. A comparable book presented posthumously is called a Gedenkschrift (memorial publication).
Contribution to Commentary	Beitrag in Kommentar	Commentaries of a law can occur in form of extensive multiple-volume editions as well as in form of short-commentaries. Some commentaries, that have continually been published for years may become commonly known under the name of its original publisher/author. In this case it may be useful to also enter this publisher/author even though he is not in that function any more.
Contribution to Collected Edition	Beitrag in Sammelwerk	A collected edition is a textbook edited by a publisher. Multiple authors deliver articles about a certain topic. In case of extensive topics the collected edition can consist of multiple volumes. A special form of collected editions are encyclopedia or proceedings.
Book Review	Rezension	A book review is a documented and published form of criticism. The contents of scientific findings are described, analyzed and evaluated. A book review includes bibliographic information, a brief summary of the content and an evaluation / recommendation of the reviewer.
Opinion	Stellungname	The opinion is a written response to drafts of laws, directives, etc. and serves to answer questions that are asked in this regard by the authorities that have such laws, directives, etc. developed.
Case Study	Fallbesprechung	The case study is an important instrument in judicial education and is often provided in form of special courses. In addition case studies can occur as publications containing explanations of the application of the law by the means of an authentic case. The targeted audience mostly consists of students.
Case Note	Entscheidungsanmerkung	Annotation to a court decision.
Monograph	Monografie	A monograph is a comprehensive and complete scientific work on an individual object, i.e. a single work, a particular problem, or a single personality. A monograph is normally written by a single author.
Newspaper	Zeitung	Newspapers are typically expected to meet four criteria: Publicity: Its contents are reasonably accessible to the public. Periodicity: It is published at regular intervals, at least on a weekly basis. Currency: Its information is up to date. Universality: It covers a range of topics.
Encyclopedia	Lexikon	An encyclopedia is a type of reference work, a compendium holding information from either all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge. It is divided into articles. Unlike a dictionary which is centred on linguistic, etymological and usage aspects of words, instead, each encyclopedia article's subject is a single concept.
Commentary	Kommentar	Commentaries of a law can occur in form of extensive multiple-volume editions as well as in form of short-commentaries. Some commentaries, that have continually been published for years may become commonly known under the name of its original publisher/author. In this case it may be useful to also enter this publisher/author even though he is not in that function any more.
Handbook	Handbuch	A handbook is a team work of several authors, which describes the matter of a science discipline or major subject area by reference to relevant literature in detail and coherently. Handbooks are often published in several volumes.
Collected Edition	Sammelwerk	A collected edition is a textbook edited by a publisher. Multiple authors deliver articles about a certain topic. In case of extensive topics the collected edition can consist of multiple volumes. A special form of collected editions are encyclopedia or proceedings.
Festschrift	Festschrift	A Festschrift is a book honoring a respected academic and presented during his or her lifetime. The term, borrowed from German, could be translated as celebration publication or celebratory (piece of) writing. A comparable book presented posthumously is called a Gedenkschrift (memorial publication).
Manual	Leitfaden	A manual is a guideline that aims to streamline particular processes. Guidelines are not binding and are not enforced.
Multi-Volume	Mehrbändiges Werk	A multi-volume work consists of a limited number of physically separate parts. These parts are arranged by numerical, alphabetical or alphanumeric descriptions, often initiated with a formal term e.g. volume, part or other language equivalents.
Manuscript	Manuskript	A handwritten or typewritten manuscript.
Meeting Abstract	Meeting Abstract	A meeting abstract is a brief summary of a conference presentation.
Patent	Patent	A patent is an official document about an invention or process protected by a sovereign state.
Film	Film	A film is a series of moving pictures.
Issue	Heft	An issue is a part of a journal.
Paper	Forschungspapier	A paper reflects innovative concepts and ideas within a discipline in order to stimulate new research and challenges current theories in science. It does not necessarily have to be a concluded contribution based on scientific research. In difference to an article, a paper does not have to meet the editorial standards for publishing and citing.

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