The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a scientometric index calculated by Clarivate that reflects the yearly mean number of citations of articles published in the last two years in a given journal, as indexed by Clarivate's Web of Science.
SAGE Publishing, formerly SAGE Publications, is an American independent publishing company founded in 1965 in New York by Sara Miller McCune and now based in Newbury Park, California.
Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). EID is a public domain journal and covers global instances of new and reemerging infectious diseases, putting greater emphasis on disease emergence, prevention, control, and elimination. According to Journal Citation Reports, the journal's 2016 impact factor is 6.99, ranking it 4th out of 82 journals in the infectious disease category. The journal also has a 2016 Google Scholar h5-index score of 79, ranking it 2nd in both the epidemiology category and among open-access epidemiological journals, as well as 4th in the communicable diseases category and 1st among open-access communicable disease journals.
Zootaxa is a peer-reviewed scientific mega journal for animal taxonomists. It is published by Magnolia Press. The journal was established by Zhi-Qiang Zhang in 2001 and new issues are published multiple times a week. From 2001 to 2020, more than 60,000 new species have been described in the journal accounting for around 25% of all new taxa indexed in The Zoological Record in the last few years. Print and online versions are available.
Surgical Endoscopy is a peer-reviewed medical journal published by Springer Science+Business Media. It is the official journal of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons and the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery.
Journal for the History of Astronomy (JHA) is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the History of Astronomy from earliest times to the present, and in history in the service of astronomy. The journal's founding editor was Michael Hoskin of Cambridge University and it is currently edited by James Evans of the University of Puget Sound. It has been in publication since 1970 and is currently published by SAGE Publications.
Evolutionary Psychology is a peer-reviewed open access academic journal published since 2003. It covers empirical, philosophical, historical, and socio-political aspects of evolutionary psychology. Its editors-in-chief are Todd K. Shackelford, Bernhard Fink, David A. Puts, and Rebecca Sear. In 2015 the journal moved to SAGE Publications.
Political Studies is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering all areas of political science, established in 1953 and published quarterly by SAGE Publications on behalf of the Political Studies Association.
Sociological Perspectives is the official publication of the Pacific Sociological Association. It is a peer-reviewed academic journal published in six issues each year by SAGE. It was first published in 1957 as The Pacific Sociological Review, with John M. Foskett as founding editor. Since 1983 it is known under its current name.
Media, Culture & Society is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers media studies. The editors-in-chief are Raymond Boyle,, John Corner, Anna Reading, Paddy Scannell, Philip Schlesinger, and Colin Sparks. It was established in 1979 and is published by SAGE Publications.
Social Studies of Science is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers relating to the history and philosophy of science. The journal's editors-in-chief are Nicole Nelson Sergio Sismondo. The journal was established in 1971 under the name Science Studies and assumed its present title in 1975. It is currently published by SAGE Publications.
Journal of Humanistic Psychology is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of Psychology. The journal's editor is Sarah R. Kamens. It has been in publication since 1961 and is currently published by SAGE Publications. Former editors of the journal include Thomas Greening.
Criminology & Criminal Justice is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the field of criminology. The journal's editors-in-chief are Michele Burman, Laura Piacentini and Sarah Armstrong. It was established in 2001 and is published by SAGE Publications in association with the British Society of Criminology.
Urban Studies is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the field of urban studies. The editor-in-chief is Andrew Cumbers, and its three managing editors are Jon Bannister, Yingling Fan and Tony O'Sullivan. It was established in 1964 and is published by SAGE Publications on behalf of Urban Studies Journal Ltd.
Palliative Medicine is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of medicine. The journal's editor is Catherine Walshe. It has been in publication since 1987 and is currently published by SAGE Publications on behalf of the European Association for Palliative Care.
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of communication and journalism. The editor-in-chief is Daniela Dimitrova. The journal was established in 1924 as the Journalism Bulletin, the flagship journal of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. It is published by SAGE Publishing in association with the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. It publishes original articles and book reviews on topics including theoretical and methodological developments in journalism and mass communication, international communication, media technologies and society, advertising, public relations, journalism history, media law and policy, media management and economics, political communication, and health communication.
The International Journal of Cultural Studies is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering cultural studies. The first editor-in-chief was John Hartley. The journal was established in 1998 and is published six times per year by SAGE Publications. The journal is currently run by chief editor Jonathan Gray along with co-editors: Jean Burgess ; Anthony Fung ; Paul Frosh ; Myria Georgiou and Lori Kido Lopez.
In scholarly and scientific publishing, altmetrics are non-traditional bibliometrics proposed as an alternative or complement to more traditional citation impact metrics, such as impact factor and h-index. The term altmetrics was proposed in 2010, as a generalization of article level metrics, and has its roots in the #altmetrics hashtag. Although altmetrics are often thought of as metrics about articles, they can be applied to people, journals, books, data sets, presentations, videos, source code repositories, web pages, etc.
SAGE Open is an open access, peer-reviewed, academic mega journal. It is the "first broad spectrum open access title aimed specifically at the behavioral and social sciences communities".
Sexualization, Media, and Society (SMS) is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary open-access academic journal, published by SAGE, to provide a resource for diverse scholars and activists interested in critically examining the phenomenon of sexualized media as it affects individuals, relationships, communities, and societies.
