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Overview 

Authors are required to select a Creative Commons (CC) license in Sage Journals: Licensing & Payment. This step includes selecting the CC license type from the range of available options, declaring copyright ownership, agreeing to the terms and conditions, and confirming your co-authors authorization.

How do I select and sign a license in Sage Journals: Licensing & Payment?

When you reach the 'Sign License' stage in Sage Journals: Licensing & Payment, please follow the below steps:

1. Select your license type for your article, this step is important as it determines how others can use, share, and distribute your work.  Please refer to What types of licenses are there available in Sage Journals: Licensing & Payment? for more information.
2. Specify who holds the copyright for your contribution. This means you will need to indicate whether you, as the author, retain the copyright to your work, or if it is owned by another entity, such as your employer or institution. This step ensures that the correct copyright holder is identified, which is important for the licensing and publication process of the article. Please refer to What are the copyright options in Sage Journals: Licensing & Payment? for more information.
3. Accept the terms and conditions and check the box that confirms you are authorized to select and sign the Creative Commons license on behalf of any other contributing authors. 
4. Once you have made the above selections, press 'Continue' to complete this step. 
5. This will trigger the creation of a digitally signed Creative Commons license. A copy of this signed license will be send to all authors. This email will be sent from openaccess@sagepub.com with the subject line ‘Open access license chosen for your paper 10.XXXX/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'.