SAGE and the Italian consortium of Biomedical Research Libraries, Bibliosan, have announced a new open access agreement. The deal will provide online access for Bibliosan’s network, which includes 68 research institutions, to SAGE’s full journal collection of 114 fully open access and 240 hybrid peer-reviewed journals.

Under the agreement, which has been valid from 1st January 2022, researchers at participating institutions will be able to publish their research open access in all hybrid journals and will receive a discount on article publishing charges for SAGE’s 150+ pure Gold Open Access journals. The deal will be Sage’s first open access deal in Italy, continuing its mission of creating world-class academic resources and unlocking new publishing opportunities for the Bibliosan consortium.

“We are proud to reach this agreement with Bibliosan and to further support sustainable open research,” said David Ross, Vice President, Open Research at SAGE. “This agreement will enable the development and dissemination of vital research within the biomedical field.”

Moreno Curti, M.D., Bibliosan Coordinator, said: ‘It is the first year that Bibliosan has signed an open access agreement with Sage. This is an important step towards making the results of publicly funded research available, making it easier for researchers of Bibliosan members, the Italian Scientific Research and Care Institutes, to publish their research in open access journals, both hybrid and gold”.

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About SAGE

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 600 new books globally each year, as well as library resources that include archives, data, case studies, video, and technologies for discovery, access, and engagement. SAGE’s founder, Sara Miller McCune, has transferred control of the company to an independent trust, guaranteeing its independence indefinitely.

About Bibliosan

Bibliosan was born in 2003. Funded and supervised by the Italian Ministry of Health, Bibliosan includes all the libraries of all Italian Biomedical Institutions. The ultimate goal of Bibliosan is to promote a collaborative network between healthcare libraries and scientific documentation services of the participating organizations within the National Healthcare System in order to support innovative research and in step with the latest scientific knowledge, integrate and rationalize all available information settled, immediately ready for welfare workers’ activities implementing their research at the fullest.