Last year, the SAGE Journals team released a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) pledge using a framework from the Royal Society of Chemistry’s joint commitment for action on inclusion and diversity. The pledge aims to ensure that SAGE’s identity, values, and animating principles such as our guaranteed independence and our mission of building bridges to knowledge, are incorporated into our DEI work. In this blog post, Martha Avtandilian, Publisher for SAGE's Social Science Journals division and lead of the Research Pillar's Application Stream, and Jessica Lipowski, Publishing Editor on the STM Journals Editorial team, reflect on our DEI pledge for SAGE Journals a year in and looks ahead to new goals to create more inclusive journals publishing at SAGE.
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We believe that the social and behavioral sciences can play a key role in deepening our understanding of the present state of the world, including the history and current issues related to the war in Ukraine. Accordingly, we created a free-to-read collection that highlights research related to the Russia-Ukraine war. Topics touch on historical background; issues around information and media, race, ethnicity, and religion; the humanitarian crisis; geopolitics; economic sanctions; and how to move forward.
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Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day provide an opportunity to both celebrate historical contributions and consider the issues and obstacles to true equity today and tomorrow. This year’s Women’s History Month theme, “Women Providing Healing, Promoting Hope,” recognizes the central role women have served in frontline jobs and caregiver roles throughout history and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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Communication Disorders Quarterly (CDQ) publishes reports on typical and atypical communication—from spoken language development to literacy. The journal’s research extends across age. Articles range from an analysis of baby babble; to the effectiveness of choral singing for patients with Parkinson's who exhibit degradations in speech; to clinical interventions for patients with age-related hearing loss.
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