Can I withdraw my article from Sage Journals: Licensing & Payment?

Modified on Tue, 11 Feb at 7:53 AM

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Gold Journals

If you wish to withdraw your article from Sage Journals: Licensing & Payment, please email [email protected] and include the following information:

  • Article Title
  • DOI
  • Journal 
  • Corresponding Author


If you have not yet raised or paid your APC invoice, your article will be withdrawn from publication. If your have already paid your APC invoice, this will require further investigation and approval. Please wait until you have received confirmation that your article has been withdrawn before taking any further action. If the withdrawal and refund is approved, the paid amount will be refunded to you and your article will be officially withdrawn from production.



Hybrid Journals


If you would like to withdraw your article from Sage Choice:


When accessing the Sage Journals: Licensing & Payment portal, you will see an option to select open access if the journal offers Sage Choice for open access publishing. This option appears as a banner at the top of the page. Please select either Yes or No for open access publishing, if you do not wish to publish open access choose 'No' and proceed to select the exclusive license. If you encounter any difficulties, email [email protected] for assistance. 


If you would like to withdraw from subscription publication: 


If you wish to withdraw your article from subscription publication, please reach out to the journal's Editor whose contact information can be found in the Manuscript Submission Guidelines. To find this, visit the Sage Journals platform, search for the journal title, and go to the submission guidelines tab. The journal's Editor email address can be found in the last section of these guidelines.



Can I reactivate my article? 

If you wish to proceed with publishing the article in the journal at a later date and would like to re-activate, please refer to the support hub article mentioned below for more details:

Can you resend the invitation to publish open access?



Contact Information

If you require further assistance, contact our Open Access Customer Services team at [email protected].

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