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- Gold open access: immediate open access upon payment of an article publication charge fee.
- Green open access: publication via the ‘standard’ model, with free access to the full article 12 months after publication (Cochrane Reviews) or upon publication (protocols for Cochrane Reviews).
Gold open access
Via our publisherCochrane's publisher (Wiley's) open access service, Online Open,authors and their funders have the option to fund individual articles, or groups of articles, to enable them to be published on an open access basis immediately, using a Creative Commons licence.
How and at what stage in the article's development do I pay for immediate open access?
Authors should contact the Managing Editor to discuss open access as early as possible and before the authors sign the licence for publication form. (Further information for Managing Editors.)
Article publication charge (APC)
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Funders should contact Deborah Pentesco-Gilbert (dpentesc@wiley.com) to discuss discounts, such as the block purchase of APCs.
How and at what stage in the article's development is payment made for immediate open access?
Authors should contact the Managing Editor to discuss open access as early as possible and before the authors sign the licence for publication form. (Further information for Managing Editors.)
Green open access
From 21 September 2016: Cochrane Reviews* (including updates) published in the CDSR will be made free to access in the CDSR 12 months after publication. Cochrane Reviews (including updates) will also be deposited automatically in PubMedCentral, where they will become available 12 months after publication.
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