SAGE Gold Open Access
"Corresponding Authors" at Freie Universität Berlin receive a 20% discount on the publication fees for all articles submitted in SAGE Gold Open Access journals. This option is made possible by the participation of Freie Universität Berlin in a national consortium for a Sage magazine package. The agreement does not include central accounting via Freie Universität Berlin.

• You are a "corresponding author" or "submitting author" and submit your article directly to the journal as usual. Refer to your affiliation with Freie Universität Berlin during the submission process.
• If the article fulfills the conditions for funding, you can submit an application for refunding of publication costs after the article has been accepted by the publisher.
• Membership of Freie Universität Berlin grants the above-mentioned discount on article fees.

SAGE Choice (hybrid open access):
The open access publication fees for articles by "Corresponding Authors" of Freie Universität Berlin in hybrid journals from SAGE (SAGE Choice), however, are completely covered by the institutional agreement. There is no reimbursement or savings associated with renouncing the Open Access offer. Offer applies to manuscripts submitted to Sage between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2025.

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