Gold Open Access: Creative Commons-licensed journal articles deposited in institutional repositories

Information for authors

Authors of articles published with a Creative Commons license may arrange for the articles to be posted on the author's institutional repository immediately upon its acceptance to a Sage journal.

For information about specific funding agency Open Access policies and ensuring compliance of agency-funded articles, please see our Funding bodies, policies and compliance page.

Information for users of the institutional repository

Users who access an article in a repository may use the article in any manner consistent with the terms of the Creative Commons license attached to the article. For more information on the terms of use and summary of the Creative Commons licenses, please see our Reusing Open Access and Sage Choice content page.