SAGE sign a transformative agreement with Finland’s FinELib consortium

SAGE Publishing has signed a new open access publishing agreement with the FinELib Consortium, serving member institutions including Finnish universities, universities of applied sciences, research institutes and public libraries. The three-year read and publish agreement applies to all articles received and accepted from January 1st, 2020 and will provide Finnish researchers with:

Unlimited open access publishing rights in more than 900 hybrid journals including titles published on behalf of, or in association with, over 400 societies
A 20% discount in 150+ pure Gold Open Access journals published by SAGE
Read access rights to more than 900 peer-reviewed journals (950,000+ articles), content ownership of the subscribed content published by SAGE, as well as new content added to the package annually
Publishing with a CC BY licence unless otherwise requested by the author

As part of SAGE’s ongoing efforts to support and provide solutions for the open access landscape, this agreement allows Finnish researchers to easily access more research and have their work available to read immediately on publication.

“We are pleased that our agreement with SAGE allows unlimited open access publishing for authors at our institutions,” says Arja Tuuliniemi, head of services at FinELib. “This transformative agreement allows authors to publish in line with Plan S and Finnish open access guidelines.”

“This is a great step in creating more openness in research and expanding our partnerships for a more open access future,” says David Ross, Vice President of Open Research at SAGE. “It’s part of our commitment to disseminate vital research to the broadest community and simplify the publishing process for authors across Europe.”

To support the open access workflows SAGE is also excited to announce the launch of the SAGE Open Access Portal, a new centralized platform for authors, consortia, libraries and funders to manage open access publishing at SAGE. For more information please visit this page.

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Sara Miller McCune founded SAGE Publishing in 1965 to support the dissemination of usable knowledge and educate a global community. SAGE is a leading international provider of innovative, high-quality content publishing more than 1000 journals and over 800 new books each year, spanning a wide range of subject areas. A growing selection of library products includes archives, data, case studies and video. SAGE remains majority owned by our founder and after her lifetime will become owned by a charitable trust that secures the company’s continued independence. Principal offices are located in Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore, Washington DC and Melbourne. www.sagepublishing.com

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