SAGE Publishing has released the five-year Journal Impact Factors (JIF) for the third year running, as part of a wider initiative to broaden the scope of alternative measures of research impact.  

While citation data does not provide the whole picture when it comes to impact, SAGE believes this five-year measure delivers a longer-term and more balanced picture compared to the standard two-year measure. Particularly for research in the social and behavioral sciences (SBS), citations can take time to accrue and the full impact of a research article is not always demonstrable within a two-year period. 

In this year’s Journal Citation Reports (Web of Science Group, 2021), 94 SAGE journals have received a top 10 category rank and SAGE publishes the market-leading journal within 14 Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) categories and one Science Citation Index (SCI) category.

View the full results here and learn more about SAGE’s work to broaden the Impact conversation on the SAGE Publishing website. 

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About SAGE Publishing 

SAGE is a global academic publisher of books, journals, and a growing suite of library products and services.  

Driven by the belief that social and behavioral science has the power to improve society, we focus on publishing impactful research and enabling robust research methodology. We produce high quality educational resources that support instructors to prepare the citizens, policymakers, educators, and researchers of the future. We publish more than 1,000 journals and 900 new books globally each year, as well as library products and services that include archives, data, case studies, and video. SAGE is majority owned by our founder, Sara Miller McCune, and after her lifetime will become owned by a charitable trust that secures the company’s continued independence.