Sage: Open Access Agreement
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Details and eligibility
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Review and original research articles can be published immediately Open Access at no cost to the author.
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Agreement applies to subscription-based journals offering SAGE Choice Open Access, as well as subscription-based journals in the IMechE Journal Collection and the Royal Society of Medicine Collection.
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Agreement applies to both funded and unfunded papers.
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Corresponding author must be affiliated with The University of Manchester.
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This publisher’s portfolio is primarily focused on disciplines within the Humanities and Social Sciences, but does include some science and medicine titles.
How to access the agreement
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During the submission process, state that you are affiliated with the University of Manchester and use your university email address.
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Once your article is accepted, SAGE will invite you to the SAGE Open Access Portal where you can select to publish your article Open Access.
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Authors should complete SAGE’s Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement on acceptance as normal. An Open Access Contributor’s Agreement will replace this once you select Open Access in the SAGE Portal.
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If you have a choice of Creative Commons licence, the University encourages authors to select the Creative Commons by Attribution (CC-BY) licence.
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Further support
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