Article Processing Charges (APCs) and Open Access Publishing: Gold & Hybrid Open Access

Benefits/Advantages

• Free access is from the moment of publication
• Typically authors retain copyright
• Content often available under Creative Commons.
• Often requires a fee per article to publish

Hybrid Open Access

• Authors decide how their articles are published in journals that offer traditional subscription as well as open access content
• Hybrid (OA) is based on a payment for publishing as open access from the moment of publication
• Authors generally retain copyright if paying for open access, and can usually archive the published version in institutional or subject repositories straightaway