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As stated in the open access policy, an author team can choose to pay an article publication charge (APC) to publish a protocol or review as gold open access (immediate open access upon payment of an article publication charge). Some author teams will be eligible for an APC waiver.
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- Author team wants to pay the APC for gold open access.
- Contact author alerts Managing Editor.
- Managing Editor sends template email from Editorial Manager that explains open access licence for publication form options and payment information to author; 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: group sites.)
- Author lets Managing Editor know which open access licence for publication form the team would like or is mandated to use.
- Managing Editor selects agreed gold open access licence for publication form on manuscript details. (for For further information, see Licence for Publication forms: group sites.)
- 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.
- Cochrane Review published with open access logo, and relevant copyright and legal information.
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- 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.
- Contact author alerts Managing Editor.
- Managing Editor checks eligibility against Research4Life list.
- Managing Editor 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). 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: group sites.)
- Contact author lets Managing Editor know which open access license for publication form the team would like to select.
- Managing Editor selects agreed gold open access licence for publication form on manuscript details. (for For further information, see Licence for Publication forms: group sites.)
- 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).
- 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: group sites.
Scenario 1: author pays APC for gold open access
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