TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Overview

• How do I complete payment in the Sage Open Access Portal if I am based in China?
• Contact Information

Overview

In compliance with directives from the Chinese government regarding sales tax on Article Processing Charges (APCs), Sage has revised its payment workflow for authors based in China. Payments for APCs will be collected through registered Agents to ensure adherence to local regulations.

How do I complete payment in the Sage Open Access Portal if I am based in China?

If you are an author based in China and need to pay an Article Processing Charge (APC) to publish Open Access with Sage, you will first be asked to complete the following steps: 

1. Open Access Summary / Choose OA
2. Register/Log In
3. License Selection

These steps do not differ from the standard workflow, please see the relevant support articles for more information: Sage Open Access Portal Navigation

4. Assign a bill payer for the APC, Chinese authors must select 'I am the bill payer'. If you are not completing the payment yourself and instead wish to choose a different bill payer, you will have the option to add their details at the next step. 

5. Enter the billing details, if you are the bill payer please enter your own details, if you are nominating a different bill payer please enter their details here:

6. Select an Agent at the bottom of the page. Due to regulation from the Chinese government, all payment made by bill payers based in China, will be collected via an Agent. You have the option to select one of two Agents, either Socopay (CEPIEC) or Publink.

7. After selecting your preferred Agent, you will be directed to their website to complete the payment process, to do so click 'Continue'. You will see confirmation that an order has been placed with either SOCOPAY or PubLink. When on this screen, you can select 'Pay Now' to be taken to the Agent site.

8. Complete payment on the Agent website. If you are nominating a different bill payer to pay the APC, share the link to the payment page with them so they can complete this step.

Example of SOCOPAY payment page:

Example of PubLink payment page:

9. Once the Agent has received your payment, we will mark your invoice as paid the Sage Open Access Portal. You will then receive confirmation of the payment and we will proceed to publish your article Open Access.

Contact Information