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What happens during peer review? 

Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation to check that it conforms to the submission requirements. If it doesn’t, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejected without peer review at this point if they are out of scope for the journal or otherwise unsuitable.   

What happens during production and post-publication? 

Contributor’s Publishing Agreement  

Article access for your readers

We also provide paywall-free links to the Sage articles you cite so your audience can read the underlying scholarship for free. To get a paywall-free link to an article in Sage journals, please email press@sagepub.co.uk with the name of the article and the journal one business day ahead of the publication of your article.    

The table below summarises the open access archiving policy for book content published by Sage.

The policy outlined below has been developed to enable authors of Sage books and Institutional Repository Managers to easily identify what book content can be archived under what terms. For the archiving of content outlined below in open access archives, no additional, specific permission to archive is required.

Open Access                                                                                                                                         

Many Sage journals are hosted on Sage Track, a web based online submission and peer review system powered by ScholarOne™ Manuscripts. Please see the submission guidelines of the journal you wish to submit to find out its preferred submission method. 

How to access Sage eTextbooks

There are several different ways for institutions or individuals to access Sage eTextbooks. Learn more about the options below, and speak to your local Sage representative to discuss which is best for you or your students. 

At Sage Publishing, we are committed to being an inclusive organization where all individuals are treated with fairness and respect. We believe that diversity is one of the cornerstones of a vibrant culture and we seek to promote the benefits of diversity in all of our activities. We welcome applications for our open editor positions from people of all backgrounds, irrespective of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief. 

How to Attract and Publish High Quality Content

Below are some ideas on encouraging submissions to your journal which you may like to discuss with your Sage editor.

The SAGE production process

• Communication: We are conscious of, and understand, how keen authors are to see their work published. SAGE Production Editors maintain regular communication with journal editors and authors throughout the production process.

• Proofs: We will email a PDF of the proofs to the corresponding author. Please return corrected proofs as soon as possible, or by the deadline requested, so as not to delay the publication process. 

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We provide researchers flexible routes to getting published with specialist support along the way. And we are proudly independent, which means we're free to champion your research, creating a positive impact on society.