FinELib and Sage agree on a new Open Access deal for Finland
17.3.2025
Building on the previous transformative agreement between FinELib and Sage, the new deal allows researchers at participating institutions to publish an unlimited number of open access articles in Sage’s hybrid journals at no additional cost.
For articles submitted to Sage’s Fully OA (Gold) journals, institutions can choose between a 20% discount on the APC or full coverage based on their selected model.
The agreement also provides reading access to Sage’s journal portfolio, while reducing costs and aligning with FinELib’s acquisition requirements.
A complete list of participating institutions can be found here.
Key Benefits of the Agreement
- Access to Sage Premier 2022 or 2025 collection including over 900 or 1,150 journals.
- Reduction in fees for all institutions regardless of the choice of collection.
- Perpetual access rights to subscribed content.
- Unlimited OA publishing in SAGE's hybrid journals.
- A 20% APC discount or unlimited publishing in Sage’s Fully OA (Gold) journals depending on the model chosen by institutions.
- CC BY license by default for all published articles.
- Annual opt-out for institutions.
For more details, please refer to our author instructions.