Read & Publish Agreements and Publisher Discounts: Sage

The 2023 agreement allows for publishing in 924 journals with no Article Processing Fees:

Full title list with R&P inclusion status (airtable)

Titles not include in the agreement for open access publishing may still benefit from a 20% discount on open access article processing charges (APCs). Please check the full title list to see which journals offer a discount.

These article types qualify for the R&P agreement:

• Original Research Papers
• Review Papers
• Brief Communications
• Short Reports
• Case Reports.

• The number of articles that will be accepted under this agreement is not limited
• Articles approved during the term of the agreement will be eligible for OA publishing 
• 11 Sage titles are not included for Open Access within the agreement

Creative Commons licenses offered on SAGE journals include:

• CC BY
• CC BY NC

For more information on Creative Commons licenses see the home page of this guide.

Each SAGE journal has its own Editorial office and its own Manuscript Submission guidelines.

To submit your article, go to the list of SAGE journals, search for the one you wish to submit to, click on the Manuscript Submission guidelines tab to get details on how to submit your article.

For help finding an open access journal, use the SAGE Journal Recommender – enter keywords and the title of your manuscript to search over 1,000 SAGE journals and compare those most relevant for your research. Search results can be limited to those participating in SAGE Path, a service that helps you quickly and easily find, submit, and get published with the right SAGE journal.

Authors will be identified as eligible for open access publishing by their 

• email address
• institutional affiliation

Authors must use their institutional email address when submitting an article for publication in order for the publication to be approved to be published open access with no transactional APCs.

Authors do not need to take any action to benefit from this offer. SAGE will contact all eligible authors to inform them of the agreement and invite them to the SAGE Open Access Portal to take up the offer as soon as their accepted article has been received into SAGE’s Production department.

• Sage Journal Recommender - Find relevant journals for your manuscript, verify against aims & scope, and submit to one directly or use SAGE Path.
• Sage open access agreements - Australia & New Zealand (CAUL) - Sage's information page on the CAUL agreement inclusions
• Read & Publish agreements negotiated by CAUL - details on the Sage agreement