[GOAL] Article processing charges reduced to $99 on SAGE Open humanities and social sciences “mega journal”

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Article processing charges reduced to $99 on SAGE Open humanities and social sciences "mega journal"
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Back in May of last year I posted about SAGE Publication's open access multidisciplinary humanities and social sciences "mega journal" called SAGE Open (eISSN 2158-2440). The journal, launched in May 2011, is operated using a producer-side revenue model, where authors (or their sponsors) are charged an article processing fee (APC) once a submitted manuscript has been accepted for publication. The format for SAGE Open is similar to PLOS ONE, the multidisciplinary open access science "mega journal" published by the non-profit open access publisher Public Library of Science (PLOS).
 
I just learned (thanks to Richard Poynder for the tip) that SAGE has reduced the APC levied for published articles in SAGE Open to $99. (Here is a link to the SAGE press release.) This charge is reduced dramatically from the standard fee of $695, and down significantly from the "introductory rate" of $395 that was previously in force. I confirmed the price change on the Manuscript Submission page of the journal site. ...

Gary F. Daught
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