What is Gold Open Access – useful links for beginners | Open Science

"Open Access publishing is becoming an alternative and increasingly popular model for disseminating research papers. It offers three distinct models: Gold, Green, Libre (and numerous variants of all three). In the Gold Open Access, in simple terms, the author publishes the paper in an OA journal or a book, supported by OA publisher. The terms of publication are the same as in the case of traditional publishers, except that the published paper is freely available to the public. The Gold Open Access does not charge the reader and assigns the costs (APCs) to the author, although it should be noted that an increasing number of OA publishers waive these charges. So, if you are thinking of publishing your paper or a book in the Gold model, you will find below a number of useful links that will help you make the best of it ..."