This year’s International Open Access Week, to be held October 19-25, launches with the Theme “Open with Purpose: Taking Action to Build Structural Equity and Inclusion.”

Building on previous themes “Designing Equitable Foundations for Open Knowledge” and 2019 “Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge”, 2020 marks the third consecutive year that International Open Access Week will focus on the urgent need for action on equity and inclusion.

We are celebrating Open Access Week 2020 through our continued work on providing resources to guide and support the research community, provide transparent information on funding for authors as well as shining a spotlight on our options for publishing Open Access through SAGE Choice or our portfolio of Gold Open Access titles.

How SAGE is supporting equity and inclusion within Open Access

A critical focus for us is our commitment to accelerating progress in providing an equitable, transparent publishing system that allows flexible routes for publishing Open Access research.

• We are Open for Our Researchers; we are seeking to make it as simple and straightforward as possible for you to find a route to publishing open access. Explore your options.

• We are here to support our authors advance their research findings through every step of the publishing process. Find out more about how you can access our author services.

• We are actively working with national consortia in Europe and elsewhere to develop national-level and institutional open access sales deals, which offer a valid transition to open access in the light of Plan S. Find out if your institution is part of an open access agreement and how this may enable you to publish open access.

• The pandemic is transforming research dissemination, calling for access to research findings quickly, efficiently, and without pricing barriers. In response to COVID-19, we have created a free collection of the latest medical research from SAGE related to the virus as well as top social and behavioral research to help individuals, communities, and leaders make the best decisions on dealing with the outbreak and its consequences. Access this content for free.

• The work of social and behavioral scientists is crucial in helping to dismantle mechanisms of discrimination, oppression, and violence and create a radically improved society. Our Structural Racism collection shares freely accessible articles to support researchers in future scholarship and amplify their critical work; educators as they discuss the impacts of systemic racism with students; and policymakers and advocates in their fight to make sweeping reform.

Find out more information on International Open Access Week and join the conversation at #OAWeek.