What is the difference between Sage Open Access and Sage Open?

Sage Open Access is a journal publishing route that means academic research is free to all without requiring a subscription or paywall to view the content. Sage publishes over 200 Gold Open Access journals, view this list of Gold Open Access journals on our website. Articles are published under a Creative Commons license, allowing distribution and reuse. The publication of these articles is funded by an article processing charge (APC) usually paid for by the authors, their institution, or a funder. Please see our website page Open Access at Sage for more information, or find answers to common questions in Open Access Support.

Sage Open is a peer-reviewed, "Gold" open access journal that publishes original research and review articles in an open access format. Accepted articles span the full extent of the social and behavioral sciences and the humanities. Please see the full Sage Open Journal description for more information, or find answers to common questions in Sage Journals Support.