Open Access prepaid accounts (OAPAs)
Institutions with an open access prepaid account (OAPA) have a fund with Sage which can be used to cover Open Access processing charges (APCs) in both Sage Gold Open Access journals and Hybrid subscription journals (Sage Choice).
If you are an institution that would like to open an OAPA with Sage, please view more information or contact: [email protected].
Below is a list of all institutions that currently have an OAPA with Sage. To use your institution’s OAPA funds, contact your institution’s librarian for more information.
When wishing to use an OAPA for an APC payable through Sage Journals: Licensing & Payment in the assign Bill Payer steps select your institution as the Bill Payer. This will automate a payment request to your administrator to approve or decline the payment request. Where approved your administrator can select the OAPA as their payment method. You will receive confirmation the payment decision and, where approved, no further steps are required on your part.
| INSTITUTION | TERMS | CONTACT |
|---|---|---|
| Cardiff University | UKRI-funded authors only. If you are non-funded, email the contact address to apply for support covering APCs through invoice. | [email protected] |
| Durham University | UKRI-funded authors only. | [email protected] |
| Lancaster University | Ask your librarian. | [email protected] |
| Newcastle University | Ask your librarian. | [email protected] |
| Queen Mary University of London | Ask your librarian. | [email protected] |
| University College London | UCL is only able to use its OAPA to pay open access charges for papers in fully open access journals that acknowledge UCL-held Wellcome Trust, UKRI, Cancer Research UK or British Heart Foundation funding. | [email protected] |
| University of Birmingham | UKRI/Wellcome Trust/COAF funded authors, or for publication in fully open access journals. | [email protected] |
| University of Bristol | Bristol can pay APCs for UKRI, Wellcome Trust and COAF funded authors. Only UKRI funded authors can use the OAPA. For non-UKRI-funded research, please contact the library. | [email protected] |
| University of Glasgow | Ask your librarian. | [email protected] |
| University of Hull | Ask your librarian. | [email protected] |
| University of Leeds | UKRI/Wellcome Trust/COAF funded authors only. | [email protected] |
| University of St Andrews | Ask your librarian. | [email protected] |
| University of Surrey | UKRI-funded authors only. Limited funds are available for other Surrey corresponding authors who are full members of staff or students who are not funded or whose funder does not cover open access APCs. | [email protected] |
| University of Warwick | Ask your librarian. | [email protected] |
| University of Guelph | The Library has prepaid vouchers to cover Guelph authors publishing open access in the journal Sage Open. Please contact the library for information on how to apply for these vouchers. | [email protected] |
| Memorial University of Newfoundland | Ask your librarian. | [email protected] |
| Simon Fraser University | Ask your librarian. | [email protected] |
| UNC Greensboro | Ask your librarian. | Please visit the website for contact information. |
| Qatar National Library | Ask your librarian. | [email protected] |