[Moderator's Note: See http://romeo.eprints.org/stats.php for the journal-based version of the Romeo directory]]
------------- For immediate release: Contacts: SAGE Publications, Inc. Carol Richman Director of Licensing [email protected] +1 805 499-9774 SAGE Publications, Ltd Leo Walford Associate Director, Journal Publishing [email protected] +44 (0) 207 324 8500 www.sagepublications.com SAGE Publications goes ROMEO Green Thousand Oaks, California, and London, United Kingdom (5 October 2004) - SAGE Publications is pleased to announce its improved author self-archiving copyright policy as part of its ongoing commitment to provide the highest standards of service and support to authors. This new policy makes SAGE Publications a Green publisher according to the SHERPA/ROMEO Publisher Copyright classification. "As a leading publisher across many disciplines, we have always had a mission to disseminate knowledge and to serve authors. While we have been letting authors archive their own copy on request for some time, we have now decided to make our policy more straightforward," said Anthony Ross, Vice President, Content Management. "We will be encouraging authors who archive their own copy to include a link to the published version of the article as it appears on our new journal delivery platform: SAGE Journals Online, http://online.sagepub.com."; This improved policy comes into effect immediately and applies to all journals where SAGE is responsible for author copyright policy. It allows authors to self-archive their own copy pre-print (i.e. submitted), and their own copy post-print (i.e. accepted for publication). Please visit: http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo.php for more information on the SHERPA/ROMEO listings. For additional information regarding this policy or other SAGE policy statements, please contact Leo Walford ([email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ) or Carol Richman ([email protected]). Please see the individual journal homepages on www.sagepub.com for full details. About SAGE SAGE Publications is a leading international publisher of journals, books, and electronic media for academic, educational, and professional markets. Since 1965, SAGE has helped inform and educate a global community of scholars, practitioners, researchers, and students. SAGE Publications, a privately owned corporation, has principal offices in Thousand Oaks, California, and in London, United Kingdom. SAGE Publications actively supports Book Aid International, the Journal Donation Project, and the World Health Organization HINARI initiative. SAGE Publications is a member of CrossRef and of the COUNTER Project. Visit SAGE Publications at www.sagepublications.com. Visit SAGE Journals Online, SAGE's new online journal delivery platform at http://online.sagepub.co.uk. Free access to our full-text journals is available through 31st October 2004. ***
