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SAGE launches new open access publication for the Social Sciences<br>
SAGE Open to launch Spring 2011<br>
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Los Angeles CA (November 17, 2010) - SAGE, the world's leading<br>
independent academic and professional publisher today announced<br>
the launch of SAGE Open: a new publication to support open access<br>
publishing in the social and behavioral sciences and the<br>
humanities.<br>
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SAGE Open will publish peer-reviewed original research and review<br>
articles in an interactive, open access format. The journal will<br>
offer authors quick review and decision times; a speedy,<br>
continuous-publication format; and global distribution for their<br>
research via the SAGE Journals Online platform. The articles will<br>
also be guaranteed professional copyediting and typesetting.<br>
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The publication supports the growing number of authors who<br>
require their articles to be freely available on publication,<br>
either because of personal preference or because of university or<br>
government mandates.<br>
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Unlike traditional journals, SAGE Open will not limit content due<br>
to page budgets or thematic significance. Rather it will accept<br>
articles solely on the basis of the quality of the research,<br>
evaluating the scientific and research methods of each article<br>
for validity.<br>
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"SAGE's position as a global leader in social science publishing<br>
gives authors submitting their work to SAGE Open an assurance of<br>
high quality," said Jayne Marks, Vice President and Editorial<br>
Director for SAGE's Library Information Group. "We will be<br>
creating an advisory board consisting of discipline leaders and a<br>
large editorial board of subject experts to ensure high quality<br>
publication."<br>
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SAGE Open will also include several enhanced features to give<br>
readers greater power to determine the significance of articles<br>
published, with usage metrics, commenting features, subject<br>
categories, article ranking and recommendations.<br>
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"SAGE has a long history of supporting and nurturing new<br>
interdisciplinary fields of research," said Bob Howard, Director<br>
of Social Science Journals. "By covering multiple disciplines in<br>
one place, we hope that SAGE Open will also facilitate the<br>
discovery of the connections between papers, whether within or<br>
between disciplines."<br>
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For more information, visit <a href="http://www.sageopen.com" target="_blank">http://www.sageopen.com</a><br>
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electronic media for academic, educational, and professional<br>
markets. Since 1965, SAGE has helped inform and educate a global<br>
community of scholars, practitioners, researchers, and students<br>
spanning a wide range of subject areas including business,<br>
humanities, social sciences, and science, technology, and<br>
medicine. An independent company, SAGE has principal offices in<br>
Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC.<br>
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Members of the media qualify for free access to this and 560+<br>
other SAGE journals. Contact Jim Gilden (<a href="mailto:jim.gilden@sagepub.com">jim.gilden@sagepub.com</a>)<br>
for further information.<br>
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Press contact:<br>
Jim Gilden<br>
<a href="mailto:media.inquiries@sagepub.com">media.inquiries@sagepub.com</a><br>
805-410-7335<br>
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Kind regards,<br>
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Sheenagh McCarthy<br>
Associate Director, Marketing<br>
Library Information Group<br>
SAGE Publications Inc<br>
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Thousand Oaks, CA 91320<br>
USA<br>
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