Article Processing Charges (APCs): SAGE Publishing

SAGE is a global academic publisher of books, journals, and a growing suite of library products and services.

Driven by the belief that social and behavioral science has the power to improve society, we focus on publishing impactful research, enabling robust research methodology, and producing high quality educational resources that support instructors to prepare the citizens, policymakers, educators and researchers of the future. We publish more than 1,000 journals and 600 new books globally each year, as well as library resources that include archives, data, case studies, video, and technologies for discovery, access, and engagement. SAGE’s founder, Sara Miller McCune, has transferred control of the company to an independent trust, guaranteeing its independence indefinitely.

Our mission is building bridges to knowledge — supporting the development of ideas through the research process to scholarship that is certified, taught, and applied.

SAGE is the world’s leading independent academic publisher and is committed to global dissemination of research. As a professional publisher of books, electronic media, and more than 1000 journals, we offer the opportunity for your research to reach an international community of scholars, practitioners, researchers, and students who span a wide range of subject areas. 

Our commitment to quality and innovation consistently distinguishes SAGE's publishing programs. Our products include:

• Journals at the forefront of knowledge, contributing to the disciplines of the future and delivered in varied electronic and print formats. Visit our SAGE Discipline Hubs to access all new journal content

• Academic and reference books with breadth of vision and valuable content

• Innovative teaching texts for college courses

• Professional books reflecting practical approaches to new perspectives and challenges

SAGE has an agreement with SANLiC, the South African National Library and Information Consortium to publish articles open access. The agreement for participating organizations will run commencing January 1, 2022 between 2022 and 2024. The details of the agreement are as follows:

The corresponding author must be affiliated with a member institution participating in the license agreement for their article to qualify for the article processing charge (APC) discount.

Please review the participating member institution list for more information.

Subscription journals: Corresponding authors publishing an article in 900+ subscription journals (the 2022 SAGE Premier package) which offer hybrid open access publishing (SAGE Choice) can be published open access, free of charge. Charges other than the author article process charge (APC) may still apply, please refer to individual journal submission guidelines.

Authors in subscription journals do not need to take any action to benefit from this offer. SAGE will contact all eligible authors informing them of the Open Access agreement with SANLiC inviting 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.

Please note all authors should still complete the steps to sign SAGE’s Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement on acceptance as normal. SAGE still requires this agreement for your article to proceed to production at SAGE. Through the SAGE Open Access Portal, you will automatically receive an open access (SAGE Choice) Contributor’s Agreement that will replace the earlier signed agreement.

Gold open access journals: Corresponding authors publishing an article in a gold open access journal are also entitled to a 20% 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.