Sage

Type: CRUI Transformative Agreement (Read & Publish).

Term of the agreement: January 1, 2025 – December 31, 2027.

Benefit: Full coverage of APCs for open access articles, with no cost to authors. The final acceptance date of the article must fall within the validity period of the agreement.

Publishing license: CC BY. Copyright remains with the authors and is not transferred to the publisher.

Eligible article types: Original research papers, review papers, brief communications, short reports, and case reports.

Eligible journals: More than 1,000 hybrid journals published by Sage and included in the Premier Collection subscribed to by the University of Brescia. Journals that transition from a hybrid model to a fully gold open access model during the term of the agreement will remain eligible. The agreement excludes journals that are already fully gold open access, as well as titles that are not part of the subscribed collection.

Only corresponding authors who are affiliated with the University of Brescia at the time the article is finally accepted by the journal are eligible. The institutional affiliation of other authors – including the first or last author – is not relevant.
During submission and after acceptance, the corresponding author must indicate their affiliation by selecting or entering the University of Brescia where required. Using an institutional email address is recommended. The declared affiliation will be verified and confirmed by the University Library System staff.

No limit applies to the number of APCs that may be covered under the agreement.

Details on the procedures for the retrospective conversion of articles accepted between January 1, 2025, and the start of the contract in October 2026 will be shared shortly.