London, UK. SAGE Publishing today announces the launch of the Asian Journal of Comparative Politics (AJCP) in association with the University of Niigata Prefecture. AJCP publishes theoretically or methodologically original articles focused on conceptual and theoretical perspectives in Comparative Politics.
It is important that the UK has enough well-qualified scientists to meet the demand, but there is much evidence to suggest that there is a shortfall in the numbers of young people coming through into science-related occupations. This explains why science continues to hold core subject status with the National Curriculum. The ASPIRE Project reported concern that women, and working-class and some minority ethnic groups are under-represented in the study of science, especially in the physical sciences and engineering (Archer et al., 2013).
Study shows homosexuals are 5% less likely to be offered job interview in UK
A new study shows that discrimination of gay and lesbian job seekers is commonplace within both private firms and the public sector in the UK.
The research, carried out by Dr Nick Drydakis of Anglia Ruskin University and published by SAGE in the journal Human Relations, involved 144 young people – all first-time job seekers – making 11,098 applications.
London, UK. SAGE Publishing, one of the world’s leading independent and academic publishers today announced the acquisition of the journal Women’s Health from Future Medicine, an imprint of Future Science Group. SAGE will begin publishing the journal from its July issue.
Los Angeles, CA - Leading SAGE medical journal, Menopause International, the flagship journal of the British Menopause Society (BMS), is expanding its scope and changing its name to Post Reproductive Health from March 2014.
Los Angeles, CA- SAGE Publishing is pleased to announce a partnership with the National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN) to publish Hispanic Health Care International (HHCI). The quarterly journal disseminates the latest information on clinical practice, education, research and policy issues concerning the Hispanic/Latino population to address their current and future health needs.
SAGE Publishing is pleased to announce that it has begun to publish the Transportation Research Record (TRR): Journal of the Transportation Research Board in partnership with the Transportation Research Board, a program unit of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
TRR presents the latest research findings in policy, planning, administration, economics and financing, operations, construction, design, maintenance, safety, and more, for all modes of transportation. It publishes nearly 70 issues annually.
Addressing Harry Potter, Mean Girls, and other pop-culture references, the new text Social Psychology takes a storytelling approach to teaching the science of how people influence each other’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Written by award-winning teacher-researchers Thomas Heinzen and Wind Goodfriend, the text is available now from SAGE Publishing.
“Each topic in this book is important because it is relevant to thousands, if not millions of people,” writes Heinzen and Goodfriend.
London, UK. SAGE Publishing today announces that six academic journal titles from Intersentia, an independent publishing house specialised in providing legal content for the professional market, will transfer to SAGE, commencing publication in early 2017.
The six titles cover European law, network industry law, labour law, human rights and criminal law. A full list of the transferring journals can be found below:
One of the nation’s most accomplished scholars of race, inequality, and poverty will deliver a public award lecture in June at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences.
SAGE Publishing and the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University are pleased to announce that William Julius Wilson is the 2017 recipient of the SAGE-CASBS Award.
The London Book Fair will present the LBF Lifetime Achievement Award 2018 to Sara Miller McCune, Founder and Executive Chairman of SAGE Publishing.
Sara Miller McCune is a visionary publisher, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. She oversaw the growth of SAGE from a start-up to one of the largest independent publishing companies in the world. For over 50 years, she has led the publishing industry in business, through her tireless support for social science research and through her passion for philanthropy.