Open Access (OA) is a publishing model that makes research free to read upon publication. The publication process is supported by an Article Processing Char...

Sage supports a variety of Open Access initiatives/routes, including gold open access publication, green open access archiving and our hybrid open access op...

Sage's Gold Open Access journals publish all of their content Open Access under a Creative Commons license. Most gold Open Access journals charge an Art...

Green Open Access: Sage’s Archiving and Sharing Policy You may share the Original Submission or Accepted Manuscript at any time after your paper is accepte...

Each open access manuscript is citeable using the online publication date and the Digital Object Identifier (DOI). DOIs are assigned to all Sage content for...

Each journal has an editorial office and submission guidelines. However, we encourage you to review Sage's Manuscript Submission Guidelines and the jour...

Creative Commons licenses allow authors to retain the copyright of their work while allowing others to copy, distribute and make some use of their work. The...

Authors choose to publish open access for a variety of reasons: To meet your funder’s open access policy requirements. Many funding bodies require researc...

You can find open access content on Sage Journals using Advanced Search and filtering for open access content only. You can also visit our list of gold ...

If you are an author, please visit Sage's Author Archiving and Re-Use Guidelines for instructions on which versions and under what circumstances you ar...