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Sage policy on abusive behavior and bullying in relation to editorial processes

If the named authors for a manuscript change at any point between submission and acceptance, an Authorship Change Form must be completed and digitally signed by all authors (including any added or removed). An addition of an author is only permitted following feedback raised during peer review. Completed forms can be uploaded at Revision Submission stage or emailed to the Journal Editorial Office contact (listed on the journal’s manuscript submission guidelines). All requests will be moderated by the Editor and/or Sage staff.

Sage has an agreement with Consorcio Colombia to publish articles open access.The agreement for participating organizations will run commencing January 01, 2025, through December 31, 2027. The details of the agreement are as follows:

Sage has an agreement with the University of South Carolina, Columbia  to publish articles open access. The agreement for participating organizations will run from January 01, 2024, through to December 31, 2026. The details of the agreement are as follows:

To qualify for the agreement, the corresponding author must be affiliated with the University of South Carolina, Columbia  and have an article accepted for publication between January 01, 2024, and December 31, 2026.

Sage has an agreement with Illinois State University to publish articles open access. The agreement for participating organizations will run from January 01, 2024, through to December 31, 2026. The details of the agreement are as follows:

To qualify for the agreement, the corresponding author must be affiliated with Illinois State University and have an article accepted for publication between January 01, 2024, and December 31, 2026.

Sage has an agreement with Rice University to publish articles open access. The agreement for participating organizations will run from the January 01, 2024 through to the December 31, 2026. The details of the agreement are as follows: 

To qualify for the agreement, the corresponding author must be affiliated with Rice University and have an article accepted for publication between the January 01, 2024 and the December 31, 2026. 

Sage has an agreement with North Dakota State University to publish articles open access. The agreement for participating organizations will run from January 01, 2024, through to December 31, 2026. The details of the agreement are as follows: 

To qualify for the agreement, the corresponding author must be affiliated with North Dakota State University and have an article accepted for publication between January 01, 2024, and December 31, 2026 

Signing the Journal’s Contributor License

Sage requires the author as the rights holder to sign a Contributor License for all journal articles we publish.

Sage’s Contributor License is a license agreement under which the author retains copyright in the work but grants Sage the sole and exclusive right and license to publish for the full legal term of copyright. Exceptions may exist where assignment of copyright is required or preferred by a proprietor other than Sage. In this case copyright in the work will be assigned from the author to the proprietor.

Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement