Publish Open Access Articles in Sage

The University of the Fraser Valley Library is participating in CRKN’s first transformative “read and publish” agreement with Sage.  Sage publishes highly respected journals in a wide range of disciplines, including the humanities and social sciences, science, technology and medicine. 

Through the agreement, authors affiliated with UFV may now publish their articles as open access with no Article Processing Charge (APC) in over 900 Sage Choice Journals.   In addition, the agreement includes a 40% discount on APCs in SAGE’s Gold Open Access Journals.

As Clare Appavoo, Executive Director of CRKN states, “The real success of this agreement is how we continue to work together as a Canadian community to meet our shared goals of transforming scholarly communications. The open access components of the SAGE agreement will make a significant contribution to the discoverability of Canadian research output.”  (Full public announcement)

Here is more information from the Sage website:

"The details of the agreement are as follows:

Subscription journals: Corresponding authors publishing an article in 900+ subscription journals (the 2021 SAGE Premier package) which offer hybrid open access publishing (SAGE Choice) can be published open access, free of charge. 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.  List of Sage Choice Journals with no APC's.

Gold open access journals: Corresponding authors publishing an article in a gold open access journal are also entitled to a 40% discount on the prevailing article processing charge (APC) for that journal. For participating journals view the Gold journal title list. This discount will be applied automatically in the SAGE Open Access Portal. Where an author is eligible for more than one discount, discounts cannot be combined but the highest discount available to the author will be applied to the APC due."

To facilitate open access publishing, processing of the APC waiver for SAGE Choice journals and the discount for gold open access journals is done automatically via the SAGE Open Access Portal (SOAP) when corresponding authors identify themselves as affiliated with UFV. 

SOAP is a dashboard for authors to select a copyright license, assign a bill payer (if applicable), and view article status. A Creative Commons license CC BY will be applied to open access publications unless a different license is requested by the author.

For more information on using SOAP, see:

The SAGE Open Access Portal User Guide for Authors Publishing Open Access in a Subscription Journal  (Sage Choice Journals, No APC Fee)

The SAGE Open Access Portal Guide for Authors Publishing in a Pure Gold Open Access Journal  (40% Discount on APC)

Bill Payer Frequently Asked Questions

For more information on publishing in a Sage Journals, see:  Journal Author Gateway

For more information on other APC discounts, see:  Open Access Publishing LibGuide.

For questions, contact your liaison librarian.

Updated by Patti Wilson, March 24, 2021