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SAGE releases five-year Journal Impact Factors in a move to broaden the impact conversation

PublishersAugust 4, 2020

In break with convention, SAGE recognizes five-year Impact Factors instead of traditionally recognized two-year metrics (31 Jul 2020) SAGE Publishing has today released the five-year Journal Impact Factors (JIF) for all its social and behavioral science (SBS) journals. Download the 2019 data (Source: 2019 Journal Impact Factor, Journal Citation Reports (Web of Science Group, 2020.)) This is the second year that SAGE has published JIF data from a five-year period in a move to widen the conversation…

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SAGE Publishing launches free-to-access research collection on structural racism and police violence

PublishersJune 10, 2020

(9 Jun 2020) A new collection of freely accessible social and behavioral science research related to structural racism and police brutality is now available on SAGE Journals. The collection aims to support researchers in their future work and amplify Black scholars’ critical scholarship; educators in discussions on systemic racism; and policymakers and community organizers in their efforts to…

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SAGE waives article processing charges for research related to COVID-19

Covid-19, PublishersMarch 30, 2020

(26 Mar 2020) SAGE Publishing announces that it will publish open access any accepted research that is relevant to the treatment, transmission, cure, or social impact of COVID-19 without requiring article processing charges (APCs). Additionally, SAGE will fast track these papers for rapid publication and dissemination. “SAGE aims to support the medical community in its efforts…

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SAGE Open Access Portal launched to streamline open access publishing process

PublishersFebruary 27, 2020

(24 Feb 2020) SAGE Publishing announces the launch of a new portal that enables authors, consortia, libraries, and funders to manage the open access publishing workflow. Named the SAGE Open Access Portal, the platform currently supports SAGE Choice, the publisher’s hybrid Open Access (OA) publishing option, for 900+ journals. Later in 2020, it will be extended…

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SAGE launches comprehensive research methods reference resource

Publishers, ToolsSeptember 24, 2019

(23 Sep 2019) SAGE Publishing today launches SAGE Research Methods Foundations, an online reference resource on all aspects of research methods and the research process for the social sciences. The resource contains hundreds of entries written by an international roster of methods experts, such as psychologist Paul Stenner and sociologist Guillermina Jasso, each between 500 and 10,000…

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SAGE debuts Terminology Service with open Social Science Thesaurus

Publishers, ToolsJune 22, 2019

(18 June 2019) Housing over 61,000 concepts, SAGE Publishing’s new Terminology Service is a valuable tool to aid researchers in understanding and exploring key concepts. It launches with the SAGE Social Science Thesaurus, a multidisciplinary vocabulary of the most important concepts in the social sciences that combines concepts, relationships and definitions. Most of this vocabulary has…

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Lean Library’s Library Alternatives module to now support eBooks

Asia Pacific, eBooks, Publishers, TechnologyDecember 18, 2018

(13 December 2018) Lean Library’s Library Alternatives, the module of the Lean Library browser extension that facilitates alternative routes to full-text resources, will now support eBooks. Acquired by SAGE Publishing earlier this year, the award-winning technology platform allows seamless access to journals, articles, open access content, and now eBooks that are licensed by a user’s…

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SAGE Publishing invests in Thusly to bring crowd annotation software to social scientists

Asia Pacific, Data, Publishers, ToolsDecember 8, 2018

(5 December 2018) SAGE Publishing, a leading global academic publisher, today announces that it has made a major seed investment in Thusly Inc. – a technology start-up creating research tools for big data analysis of document archives. The investment is the first for SAGE as part of its SAGE Ocean initiative, and will support the…

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SAGE Publishing launches MentorSpace, a how-to hub for research methods

Publishers, Research SupportNovember 14, 2018

(9 November 2018) SAGE Publishing announces the launch of MethodSpace, a new free-to-access online community space that allows users to tap into the wisdom of those who have executed a specific aspect of the research process and want to share their knowledge with others. The site is a place for users to connect, share insights,…

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SAGE Publishing acquires Lean Library to bring library services into the patrons’ workflow

Open Access, Publishers, TechnologySeptember 13, 2018

(12 September 2018) SAGE Publishing has acquired technology start-up Lean Library and its associated products to promote the value of the academic library to patrons and bring library services directly into the patron’s workflow via their web browser. The Lean Library browser extension provides seamless, one-click access to all licensed library resources, both on and…

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