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1. Author team wants to pay the APC for gold open access.
2. Contact author alerts Managing Editor.
3. Managing Editor sends a link to webpage template email from Editorial Manager that explains open access licence for publication form options and payment information to author; Managing Editor to copy in author team and David Hives (dhives@wiley.com; Cochrane Production Manager, Wiley )are copied in to template. [See template email for scenario 1 below to explain the process, costs and mandated roles.] (See also Licence for Publication forms.)
4. Author lets Managing Editor know which open access licence for publication form the team would like or is mandated to use.
5. Managing Editor releases selects agreed gold open access licence for publication form to all authorson manuscript details. (for further information, see the Archie help file Licence for Publication forms.)
6. Archie sends alert to Template email from Editorial Manager copies in David Hives (dhives@wiley.com; Cochrane Production Manager, Wiley) to say open access has been selected. David Hives will manage the payment process from this point onwards. 
7. Cochrane Review published with open access logo, and relevant copyright and legal information.

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1. Author team eligible for gold open access waiver because first author is from a Research4Life Group A or B country, provided funding for the Cochrane Review does not include funds for the article publication charge.
2. Contact author alerts Managing Editor.
3. Managing Editor checks eligibility against Research4Life list.
4. Managing Editor confirms with author that sends template email from Editorial Manager to confirm if author is eligible (or not) and sends a link to webpage that explains the two OA lfps that the author can select (CC BY-NC or CC BY-NC-ND) and copy in author team. Author team and David Hives (dhives@wiley.com; Cochrane Production Manager, Wiley are copied in to template. [See template email for scenario 2 below to explain the process.] (See also Licence for Publication forms.)
5. Contact author lets Managing Editor know which open access license for publication form the team would like to select.
6. Managing Editor releases selects agreed gold open access licence for publication form to all authorson manuscript details. (for further information, see the Archie help file Licence for Publication forms.)
7. Archie sends alert to David Template email from Editorial Manager copies in  David Hives (dhives@wiley.com; Cochrane Production Manager, Wiley) to say open access has been selected and is eligible for a waiver (i.e. no payment required).
8. Review published with open access logo, and relevant copyright and legal information.

Template emails for Managing Editors to send to authors (stored in Editorial Manager)

See Licence for Publication forms.

Scenario 1: author pays APC for gold open access

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Once you have read the information about the charge for gold open access forms and have let me know which of the Creative Commons licence for publication forms you would like to use, then I will provide you with the agreed form via Archie (when your review is approved for publication) to enable your review to be open access immediately upon publication.

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Once you let me know which of the Creative Commons licence for publication forms you would like to use, I will provide you with the agreed form via Archie (when your review is approved for publication) to enable your review to be open access immediately upon publication. 

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