PROPOSAL GUIDELINES

This booklet outlines what our Commissioning Editors find useful in a book proposal.

Sage publishes a number of Open Access articles under our Gold Open Access journals and Sage Choice options. See below for information regarding the reuse of these articles. Please note that Sage may make additional non-Open Access content freely viewable on Sage Journals, and the reuse of such material may require permission.

The Sage Books Author Hub

As a leading international publisher of books, journals and electronic media, we work closely with authors and editors to produce the most outstanding works in the fields in which we publish. Here you’ll find a selection of handy resources - for both prospective and current authors - that are designed to make submitting a book proposal or publishing your book as easy as possible.

SAGE Knowledge includes an expansive range of SAGE eBook and eReference content, including scholarly monographs, reference works, handbooks, series, professional development titles, as well as business case studies, and streaming video - making this the ultimate social sciences digital library for students, researchers, and faculty.

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Sage publishes a number of Open Access articles under our Gold Open Access journals and Sage Choice options.  See below for information regarding the reuse of these articles.

A number of funders require research articles which have resulted from their funding to be made open access. Sage helps authors comply with these mandates either via the gold open access publication route or green open access archiving.

Funder Agencies' Open Access Mandates

Please check with your funder if there is a mandate to publish your research open access and the criteria for compliance. There are other resources which may also be helpful:

At Sage we value the hard work and dedication of our reviewers, so we are very happy to offer the following rewards every time you review for a Sage journal:

Why publish Sage Choice? 

Content published in Sage journals represents the view of the author(s) and does not necessary reflect those of the journal, the affiliated organization(s) or Sage.

The following (online) shops offer a reliable and fast way to get your books in time for the semester:

Print Books

Sage is fully compliant with the Wellcome Trust Open Access Policy. Any article published by Sage that has had an Article Processing Charge (APC) funded by the Wellcome Trust will be published under a Creative Commons, Attribution (CC BY) licence, Version 4 (effective 1st April 2017) and will be automatically deposited in PubMed Central (PMC) on behalf of the author without embargo.