Authors can make their articles Open Access by archiving their article at no charge via the Green route.
Authors who have published in a subscription journal can do this by depositing the version of the article accepted for publication (version 2) in their own institution’s repository.
Complimentary Author Copies
Your journal has a contractual number of pages allowed per volume. Maintaining awareness of your page usage (both when accepting manuscripts and planning issues) is important for optimizing publication schedules and minimizing extra costs. Exceeding your page budget can be costly and we strive to help you keep your journal within its page budget:
Sage has an agreement with Vanderbilt University to publish articles open access. The agreement for participating organizations will run from January 01, 2023, through to December 31, 2027. The details of the agreement are as follows:
To qualify for the agreement, the corresponding author must be affiliated with Vanderbilt University and have an article accepted for publication between January 01, 2023, and December 31, 2027.
Sage has an agreement with University of Pennsylvania to publish articles open access. The agreement for participating organizations will run from January 01, 2023, through to December 31, 2025. The details of the agreement are as follows:
To qualify for the agreement, the corresponding author must be affiliated with University of Pennsylvania and have an article accepted for publication between January 01, 2023, and December 31, 2025. The participating member institution list is available here.
Sage has an agreement with Northeastern University to publish articles open access. The agreement for participating organizations will run from January 01, 2024, through to December 31, 2026. The details of the agreement are as follows:
To qualify for the agreement, the corresponding author must be affiliated with Northeastern University and have an article accepted for publication between January 01, 2024, and December 31, 2026.
Sage has an agreement with Rowan University to publish articles open access. The agreement for participating organizations will run from January 01, 2024 through to December 31, 2026. The details of the agreement are as follows:
To qualify for the agreement, the corresponding author must be affiliated with Rowan University and have an article accepted for publication between January 01, 2024, and December 31, 2026.
Sage has an agreement with Texas A&M College Station to publish articles open access. The agreement for participating organizations will run from January 01, 2024 through to December 31, 2024. The details of the agreement are as follows:
To qualify for the agreement, the corresponding author must be affiliated with Texas A&M College Station and have an article accepted for publication between January 01, 2024, and December 31, 2024.
Sage has an agreement with the Singapore Alliance of University Libraries (SAULeres) to publish a limited number of Open Access articles in Hybrid journals per institution. The agreement for participating organizations will run from January 1, 2024, through to December 31, 2024. The details of the agreement are as follows:
In recent years, there have been calls to make scholarly articles more accessible to non-specialist audiences. Research has always helped shape the public realm, empowering people across all sectors of society to make informed decisions. Academic or topic-specific jargon can hinder the general understanding and impact of such publications, which is where Plain Language Summaries (PLS) or Plain Language Summaries of Publications (PLS-P) can be very helpful.