SAGE Open

Aims & Scope

SAGE Open publishes peer-reviewed, original research and review articles in an interactive, open access format.

Accepted articles span the full extent of the social and behavioral sciences and the humanities.

SAGE Open seeks to be the world’s premier open access outlet for academic research.

As such, unlike traditional journals, SAGE Open does not limit content due to page budgets or thematic significance.

Rather, SAGE Open evaluates the scientific and research methods of each article for validity and accepts articles solely on the basis of the research.

Likewise, by not restricting papers to a narrow discipline, SAGE Open facilitates the discovery of the connections between papers, whether within or between disciplines.

SAGE Open offers authors quick review and decision times; a speedy, continuous-publication format; and global distribution for their research via SAGE Journals Online.

All articles are professionally copyedited and typeset to ensure quality.

Those who should submit to SAGE Open include: -Authors who want their articles to receive quality reviews and efficient production, ensuring the quickest publication time. -Authors who want their articles to receive free, broad, and global distribution on a powerful, highly discoverable publishing platform. -Authors who want their articles branded and marketed by a world-leading social science publisher. -Authors who want or need their articles to be open access because of university or government mandates.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Web of Science

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 1,600.00 USD. Learn more.

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