SAGE and Jisc Increase Transparency and Impact of Open Research through the Jisc Publications Router

Thousands of articles per year made open access (OA) under a transformative OA agreement between Jisc and SAGE Publishing will become more accessible with the inclusion of Hybrid Gold OA articles in the Jisc Publications Router project, vastly increasing the transparency and discoverability of the UK’s open research. 

The announcement follows the signing of a three-year ‘Read and Publish’ agreement between SAGE and Jisc last year, which secures authors at participating institutions unlimited free OA publishing rights in over 900 hybrid SAGE journals and a 20% discount on Article Processing Costs in 150+ pure Gold OA journals. As a result of this agreement, 87% of all Jisc member research was published open access by SAGE in 2020. 

“The UK SAGE ‘Read and Publish’ agreement represents a significant step in driving open access and its transition in opening up high-caliber research to users in the UK and beyond,” said Anna Vernon, Head of Licensing at Jisc. “We have been delighted to offer social scientists and humanists with a compliant route to publish open access with SAGE at no cost to authors. With the inclusion of Hybrid Gold OA articles institutions will benefit from the automatic capture of all their OA published articles with SAGE directly into their systems and repositories.”  

David Ross, Vice President of Open Research at SAGE, said: “We are thrilled with the success of our transformative agreement with Jisc to date. The expansion to include Hybrid Gold OA through the Jisc Publications Router further solidifies SAGE’s commitment to enabling more openness in the research process and supporting the UK research community. Enabled by the SAGE Open Access Portal, authors of eligible articles are automatically contacted by SAGE to make them aware of their options and to manage the selection of open access licenses.” 

Jisc is the UK’s higher, further education and skills sectors’ not-for-profit organization for digital services and solutions. 

SAGE was an early participant in the Jisc Publications Router project, supporting its library customers by automatically populating their repositories with some of the world’s leading Humanities, Social Sciences and Science, Technical and Medical research. SAGE was also a founding board member of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association; one of two publishing partners in the European Commission-funded FP7 Framework project, the Study of Open Access Publishing; and in 2011 launched SAGE Open, the first broad-spectrum open access journal aimed specifically at the Social and Behavioral Sciences. 

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About SAGE Publishing 

SAGE is a global academic publisher of books, journals, and a growing suite of library products and services.  

Driven by the belief that social and behavioral science has the power to improve society, we focus on publishing impactful research and enabling robust research methodology. We produce high quality educational resources that support instructors to prepare the citizens, policymakers, educators, and researchers of the future. We publish more than 1,000 journals and 900 new books globally each year, as well as library products and services that include archives, data, case studies, and video. SAGE is majority owned by our founder, Sara Miller McCune, and after her lifetime will become owned by a charitable trust that secures the company’s continued independence. 

About Jisc 

Jisc’s vision is for the UK to be the most digitally advanced education and research nation in the world. At its heart is the super-fast national research and education network, Janet, with built-in cyber security protection. Jisc also provides technology solutions for its members (colleges, universities and research centres) and customers (public sector bodies), helps members save time and money by negotiating sector-wide deals and provides advice and practical assistance on digital technology. Jisc is funded by the UK higher and further education and research funding bodies and member institutions.