Sage Publishing / IOS Press

The SUB Göttingen has signed a framework agreement with the publisher Sage, which offers members of the University of Göttingen and the University Medical Centre Göttingen the following support for Open Access publishing.

Time period: 2025

The following points were specified:

  • Read access to the full journal portfolio.
  • The eligibility for hybrid open access publishing via ‘Sage Choice’ and in selected IOS Press journals
  • A discount of 20% is granted for article processing charges in Gold Open Access journals.
  • Title lists of eligible journals.

Diamond Open Access

For publishing in the following journals of the publisher: ‘Corresponding authors’ have the possibility to publish their articles Open Access without additional costs via the ‘Subscribe to Open Agreement’.

  • Dialogues on Climate Change
  • Medical Law International
  • Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights

Hybrid Open Access

Publishing in hybrid journals: ‘Corresponding Authors’ are given the opportunity to publish their articles free of charge Open Access (‘SAGE Choice’) in subscription-based journals via the so-called ‘Read and publish license’.

Eligible article types for this are: Original Research Papers, Review Papers, Brief Communications, Commentary, Short Reports and Case Reports.

Please note: For all other article types, any OA publication costs incurred must be funded by the ‘corresponding author’.

In this short list you will find the journals for which a publication in hybrid Open Access is not available.

Hybrid Open Access (IOS Press)

As of 2025, 65 hybrid journals from IOS Press are included in the publishing agreement. ‘Corresponding authors’ of the University of Göttingen can publish in these journals, the costs are financed centrally as part of the agreement. Exceptions are 13 titles for which additional page charges are due. These fees must be paid by the authors or their institution, as they cannot be covered by the agreement or the publication fund.

Gold Open Access

‘Corresponding authors’ of the University of Göttingen receive a 20% discount on publication costs when publishing in Gold Open Access journals from Sage Publishing. This also applies to 18 journals from IOS Press, which were transferred to the Sage portfolio in 2025. The reduced publication costs for ‘corresponding authors’ of the University of Göttingen can be financed in full or in part via the University of Göttingen's publication fund.

The publication process for authors

Detailed descriptions specifically about the publication process can be found on the publisher page.

  • You are a ‘corresponding author’ and submit your article directly to the journal.
  • After your article is accepted, you will receive an email from Sage asking you to select the publication route.
  • Select Open Access and complete your registration in the Sage Publication Portal.
  • Select CC BY 4.0 as your publication license.
  • The SUB Göttingen Open Access team will then be notified of your article and asked to confirm payment.
  • When publishing Open Access in subscription journals (Hybrid Open Access), there is no cost to you, provided the article type is eligible.
  • When publishing in the pure Open Access journals, you may need to plan for a cost contribution from your institution.
  • For publication costs, the publisher usually charges only the net price. To this must be added the tax portion of 19%, which must be paid by the university's finance department. This results in the total price with the gross amount.

Updated: January 2024