TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Overview

• Does Sage offer Research4Life waivers?  
• How are Research4Life waivers are applied?
• Contact Information

Overview

Research4Life is a program that provides institutions in low-and middle-income countries with online access to academic and professional peer-reviewed content. We kindly invite you to visit the Research4Life website to confirm your eligibility

Does Sage offer Research4Life waivers?  

Sage offers a 100% waiver on an APC in fully Gold Open Access journals where the corresponding author is affiliated with an institution based in a country listed in Research4Life's Group A and Group B*. Hence, if the corresponding author's country is part of the program, your article will qualify for a complete waiver of the APC and you will not be required to pay any fees.

*Journal Exceptions: 

The following journals use World Bank income levels to prioritise full and partial waivers. Please consult the journal’s website or contact the journal’s editorial office for more information.

• Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine
• Video Journal of Sports Medicine
  

If you have opted for your article to undergo a technical edit in the following journals, your article will not be eligible for a waiver: 

• Advances in Mechanical Engineering
• Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment

How are Research4Life waivers are applied?

Research4Life waivers are automatically applied to your article, you do not need request a waiver or enter any promotional codes. Once your article is accepted, our production system will apply a Research4Life automatically if you are eligible according to the policy described above. You will then receive an email from the Sage Open Access Portal clearly stating that you have had a waiver applied to the APC and inviting you to select a Creative Commons license.

Contact Information

For further information, please contact Sage's Open Access Customer Services team at openaccess@sagepub.com