What can publishing open access with Sage do for you?
By Martha Sedgwick, Vice President, Innovation, Research and Learning
Trust is perhaps the paramount criterion when choosing a publisher for your academic research. You can have confidence that, at Sage, we take our journal publishing seriously. With robust review and specialist support from our publishing experts, we actively work with the academic community to maintain the same high levels of research integrity in the publishing process as we did when we were founded in 1965. By publishing open access, we are empowered to amplify the impact your work by offering broad dissemination and barrierless access.
From ethnography to endocrinology, we offer a diverse and broad portfolio of over 200 gold open access titles in areas across social sciences, medicine, engineering and the life sciences. If you are just embarking on your research career and not sure where to start, we have a whole range of resources on our Author Gateway, including our OA Author Explainer Videos and our award-winning “How to Do Research and Get Published” webinar series. If you’re having trouble selecting a journal, we have our Journal Recommender to help you.
We believe that what makes journals successful and impactful are the research communities that are convened around them. As we develop our journals, we look to find new ways to foster those communities. These might be through extending formal roles connected to a journal such as board membership, guest editorship or reviewer contributions, or through one of the many new partnerships we are forming with like-minded organizations. Through our collaboration with ResearchGate we are extending our reach to connect with engaged researcher communities. Meanwhile our work with Cassyni allows us to offer a platform to host seminars for guest editors and authors for a number of our titles this year as a new way to share and discuss research published.
At Sage, integrity remains at the heart of our publishing approach. Our open access publishing follows the same approach to rigorous review as our broader journal portfolio. We proudly investigate and correct the scholarly record when we are alerted to cases of fraudulent research – which are unfortunately on the rise industry-wide – and we have further invested in a global research integrity team that works alongside our Editorial teams, dedicated to preserving the integrity of our journals. Across our wider publishing program, we have developed resources to support rigorous research, from our leading research methods publishing program to online research integrity courses offered through Epigeum.
Key to our publishing service is the specialist support we can offer to our authors. We have a global team of open access publishing experts, available throughout time zones, to provide support to our authors from pre-submission to post-publication. Our Editorial teams are recruited with the scientific and publishing experience needed to work with the academic community to develop our journals to be best in class, with strong Editorial Boards and academic networks needed for a robust peer review. Our aim is to provide you with the constructive and actionable reviews necessary to develop your research and refine your manuscript into the best shape for publication.
Your paper will be published on our Sage Journals gateway, which receives hundreds of millions of visits every year and is optimized for discovery and accessibility to give your paper the boost it needs to be read by peers in your field. After your paper is published, you’ll continue to receive our support with access to key metrics on your paper and advice on how to promote it. You also benefit from access to our free Sage Policy Profiles tool to explore how your research is used to inform government policy around the globe.
So, Sage is adapting to the rapidly changing nature of the open access publishing landscape and evolving to better serve the needs of researchers, but throughout, we continue to be a publisher you can trust. Together, we can maximize the potential of your research and make a positive impact on society.
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