Gold open access refers to publications made publicly available by charging for publication, rather than subscription. The majority of publishers operate a “hybrid model”, which as well as subscription offers individual articles to be made open access with an article processing charge (APC) paid. The typical cost of an APC is £1,500 and can rise to £5,000.
Green open access is the cost-free route to open access. The author accepted manuscript can be made available through an institutional repository (GCU uses PURE). In most case embargo periods will apply to this type of publication. The library will check the embargo periods for every research output and apply the correct one for you.
