Sage Journals open access

NorthEast Research Libraries (NERL)

Agreement

Sage has an agreement with NERL 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 eligible NERL institution and have an accepted article in an eligible journal that enters production between January 01, 2026, through to December 31, 2028.

Publish open access in a subscription journal
As a corresponding author you can publish open access in your choice of 900+ subscription journals offering hybrid open access (Sage Choice) free of charge, with no APC to pay.

Publish in a gold open access journal
Some members can also 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.

Please see the institution member list below which states whether each member qualifies for hybrid APC waivers only, or both hybrid and gold APC waivers. 

The agreement is open to corresponding authors affiliated with NERL 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 900+ Sage journals that offer free open access publishing as part of the NERL agreement.

FAQs

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