Green Open Access: subscription journal articles deposited in institutional repositories

Information for authors

Authors of articles published in subscription journals may share and reuse their article as outlined on the Sage’s author archiving and re-use guidelines page and stated in their signed Contributor license.

Under Sage's Green Open Access policy, the Accepted Version of the article may be posted in the author's institutional repository and reuse is restricted to non-commercial and no derivative uses.

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

Information for users of the institutional repository

Users who receive access to an article through a repository are reminded that the article is protected by copyright and reuse is restricted to non-commercial and no derivative uses. Users may also download and save a local copy of an article accessed in an institutional repository for the user's personal reference. For permission to reuse an article, please follow our Process for requesting permission.