Frequently asked questions
- What is an Article Processing Charge (APC)?
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An APC is a fee paid to the publisher to cover research paper publishing costs. With production costs then covered, the article can be made free at point of access. The cost of publication is moved from the reader (via subscriptions and pay-walls) to the author (via the APC).
- What does Green Open Access mean?
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Green Open Access means making the full text of your research article publicly available via Sussex Research Online or a subject based repository.
- What does Gold Open Access mean?
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Gold Open Access is where a paper is published immediately as OA in an online journal and stored in the publisher’s system. To cover the costs of Gold OA, publishers normally charge a fee to the author or their institution, known as the Article Processing Charge (APC - see above). The version of the paper published as Gold OA is the publisher’s final (formatted) version.