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SAGE is pleased to announce a new webinar series focused on the academic publishing process. This monthly series will conduct a deeper dive into the journal world, providing expert advice to researchers and authors on how to get published in a peer-reviewed academic journal.
Read MoreSAGE is proud to sponsor the 7th World Conference on Research Integrity, with its focus on research integrity in relation to inequality. Find out more about SAGE’s role in fostering research integrity in an unequal world.
As part of SAGE’s mission of building bridges to knowledge and commitment to fostering a more inclusive and diverse publishing community, SAGE Journals is adding Plain Language Summaries (PLS), or nontechnical abstracts, as an option authors can add to their articles for select journals participating in the pilot. The summaries will appear wherever abstracts are available (just below the abstract) and are open to all readers. As an initial priority, SAGE’s goal is to add the PLS function to a limited trial of journals that highlight research representing oppressed, marginalized or otherwise silenced communities.
Read MoreWhen you publish an article with a prominent academic journal, you are participating in a conversation with your colleagues around the world as well as scholars who came before you and will come after you. Anyone who reads your article should be able to easily identify your unique contributions and the works you have built on to make those contributions.
Read MoreIt is widely acknowledged that there is a lack of formal training for early career researchers trying to become peer reviewers, especially how to be invited to review for a journal. In order to increase your chances of being selected as a reviewer, here are some tips to strengthen your reviewer profile on our online submission and peer review systems.
Read MoreWhat do the words “arrests “, “exorbitant”, “extraordinary”, and “destruction” have in common? At first glance, you might say “absolutely nothing”. My response, as Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Toxicology, would be that non-scientific words such as these are not appropriate for use in the titles of journal articles that present the results of biomedical research.
Read MoreThe theme of Peer Review Week 2021 is Identity in Peer Review, a timely topic that raises some interesting questions. Does anonymity provide a fairer peer review process? How does the identity of peer reviewers shape publications? And how can we make sure that the peer review process is welcoming and inclusive to all?
Read MoreUnderstanding how to effectively navigate the review process is key to success in publishing. Too often, the sense of elation at having submitted a paper is often replaced by frustration as the paper waits to go through the various steps in the review process.
Read MoreEarlier this year SAGE announced a partnership with Clarivate to offer transparent peer review on four of our journals. This year’s Peer Review Week, dedicated to the theme “Identity in Peer Review”, is the perfect time to reflect on the results we’ve seen so far.
Read MoreYou have received an email invitation to review a manuscript for a journal…. and now you are deciding your next steps. The first question to ask: is this a legitimate journal (and not a predatory one)? If it is a true professional journal and the topic is in your area of expertise, you might be asking yourself, why should I?
Read MorePeer Review Week 2021 kicks off today, and we at SAGE are once more looking forward to a week of discussing the latest developments and directions in peer review, after a defining year of disruption and change around the world. This year’s theme is Identity in Peer Review, and to celebrate this most timely topic, we’ll be sharing blog posts throughout the week, with a mixture of updates from SAGE and advice for authors and reviewers from our journal Editors.
Read MoreAs Aanchal, Devyn, and Louise wrap up their time as SAGE Research Hive Scholars at the University of Sussex, they reflect on the experience of supporting a PhD community at Sussex. They have sailed the Hive through several faculty strikes and a global pandemic, while undertaking their PhDs and multiple side projects.
Read MoreWhat are journal editors, funders, and publishers doing to support researchers of all backgrounds – specifically those who have been underrepresented, unheard, and underprivileged? What impact does this effort have on the research environment and even for the research itself? And what can we learn from each other to enable new changes that address shortcomings?
Read MoreSAGE is committed to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and we were founded on the premise that high-quality, rigorous social science creates better societies. The killing of George Floyd in 2020 put the spotlight on how much work there still is do to eradicate the scourge of racism from our society, and the world stood-up and paid attention.
Read MoreToday, this blog post isn't about highlighting the work SAGE is doing to create a fairer and more equitable society, rather it is to highlight the important work other organisations are doing that we feel privileged to be able to promote and support.
Read MoreWhen SAGE Publishing was founded, we committed, as a business and as an ethos, to the lifelong pursuit of an improved global society on the easel of science. An undeniable basis of doing so with success is to challenge the systems that create barriers – most urgently, for marginalized and underserved communities.
Read MoreSAGE’s mission is building bridges to knowledge – supporting the development of ideas through the research process. We continually aim to disseminate high-quality, impactful research with robust methodology, and we want to ensure researchers can easily find and access our content.
Read MoreAs you are getting ready to publish your manuscript and are narrowing in on your journal of choice, you might face a variety of terminology in the submission guidelines about various costs associated with publication. Business models vary journal by journal and publisher by publisher. Here we breakdown the definitions of possible fees you may encounter as you decide to which journal you should submit.
Read MoreAs a founder of a working group committed to advocating for the rights of transgender scholars to be correctly named within the scholarly record, I am keenly aware of the risks and harms that trans authors endure, and the challenges faced by academic publishers seeking to adopt and enact inclusive policies.
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