Publication Units (PU)

[leothomas]

Publication Units (PU) are defined as:
PU = word_count / 500 + figures_count + tables_count

Publication Units are used to determine publication cost:

< 12 PU --> Regular Fee
12 < PU < 25 --> Overage Fee
PU > 25 --> Unpublishable

Publication units should be displayed in the dashboard - I assume with some sort of colour coordination to highlight the publication fee.

I think there are 2 avenues to getting the PU into the API response for ATBDs:

1. Dynamically calculate in LIST /atbds after filtering for the versions that the user has access to
2. Calculate it whenever data content of the ATBD Version gets updated and store it in the AtbdVersion's data.

I suggest option 1. as an initial implementation since it won't require a background task for every single data update to the AtbdVersion

[danielfdsilva]

Given that counting the words is not a terribly expensive operation, it would be good to do dynamically (opt 1). This is quicker to implement and easier to maintain.

We need to clarify what elements should be checked when counting the words:

• Do the titles of the different sections count?
• Are the image and table captions counted as part of the table/image unit or should the words be counted?
• Does each latex equation count as a "word" or should they be ignored.

[danielfdsilva]

Update from IMPACT: Because the formula is likely to change do not calculate the Publication units, but present the value for each item (words, figures, and tables)

[danielfdsilva]

Update from IMPACT:
Word count includes abstract, text (and in-text citations), figure captions, and appendices. Each equation counts as a word.
Word count excludes title, author list and affiliations, plain language summary, table text, references, and supporting information.