Once you have signed a contract with us, the writing begins! These guidelines tell you how to adhere to Sage house style, write with diversity, equity and inclusion in mind, manage third-party permissions, format and deliver your manuscript, and understand the stages of the production process. Submitting your manuscript in accordance with these guidelines means we will be able to accept your manuscript and hand it over to our Production team as smoothly as possible and without avoidable delay.

The following lists the pure gold open access journals published by Sage. All articles published in the journals provide worldwide, barrier-free access to the full-text of articles online, immediately on publication under a creative commons license. All articles are rigorously peer-reviewed retaining the quality hallmarks of the academic publishing process that authors would experience in publishing in any traditional Sage journal.

Sage is committed to promoting equity throughout our publishing program, and we believe that using language is a simple and powerful way to ensure the communities we serve feel welcomed, respected, safe, and able to fully engage with the publishing process and our published content. Inclusive language considerations are especially important when discussing topics like age, appearance, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, emigration status, and weight.

Sourcing reviewers can be the most time-consuming part of an editor’s role. The following guidance aims to minimise the number of invites an editor must send for each manuscript and improve time to decision for our authors.

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