Sage Journals open access

Bibsam - Sage agreement

Agreement

Sage has an agreement with the Bibsam Consortium to assist with open access article processing charges (APCs) for eligible authors.

To qualify for the agreement, the corresponding author must be affiliated with an institution that is part of the Bibsam Consortium agreement and have an accepted article in an eligible journal that enters production between January 01, 2024, and December 31, 2027.

Publish open access in a subscription journal
As a corresponding author you can publish open access in your choice of 1000+ subscription journals offering hybrid open access (Sage Choice) free of charge, with no APC to pay.

*Corresponding authors from select institutions also have access to the Royal Society of Medicine package, please view the participating member institution list for more information.

Publish in a gold open access journal
As a corresponding author you can publish your article in a gold open access journal free of charge, with no APC to pay.

Charges other than the author APC may still apply, please refer to individual journal submission guidelines.

Eligible Institutions

The agreement is open to corresponding authors affiliated with Bibsam Consortium institutional members.

Eligible journals

Visit the Sage Journals website to discover the right journal for your research, then use the lists below to check whether your chosen journal is one of the 1000+ Sage journals that offer free open access publishing as part of the Bibsam Consortium agreement.

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