Welcome to the Editorial Board Members (EBMs) Hub. Whether you are an Early Career Researcher interested in taking the first steps to collaborate with a Journal, or an experienced researcher interested in joining an Editorial Board, you’re in the right place. Here you’ll find guidance on how to gain the experience needed to join an Editorial Board, how to make the most of Editorial Board membership, and how Sage supports and rewards active EBMs.
Want to learn more about peer review? Here’s a list of useful resources to get you started:
“Childhood” is a topic that always inspires discussion and fuels debate. We have selected 5 must-read texts offering varied and multidisciplinary perspectives on childhood, enabling you to deepen your understanding of key issues and theories.
1. The Child in Society
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If you have reached the stage in your career where teaching, lecturing and mentoring form part of your role, Sage has a suite of resources to support you here too.
Whether you are a researcher currently working on an advanced degree, like a PhD or postdoc, or are only a few years out of your program, Sage offers an abundance of resources and services to support early career researchers (ECRs) throughout this initial stage as you work to establish yourself in your chosen field. If you are interested in serving on a Journal’s Editorial Board but are not sure about the steps involved, this page is a great place to start.
Adherence to issue due dates is imperative to ensure on-time issue publication, as this can affect your journal’s institutional subscriptions, impact factor, and subscription revenue. Please remember the following for smooth sailing through issue production:
Your journal has a contractual number of pages allowed per volume. Maintaining awareness of your page usage (both when accepting manuscripts and planning issues) is important for optimizing publication schedules and minimizing extra costs. Exceeding your page budget can be costly and we strive to help you keep your journal within its page budget:
Since our founding in 1965, Sage has passionately advocated for the social sciences. Sage has developed a high-quality portfolio of journals across the social science disciplines, publishing the work of many leading authors, researchers and societies across the field, disseminating their research globally and nurturing emerging disciplines such as urban affairs and behavioural science.
Sourcing reviewers can be the most time-consuming part of an editor’s role. The following guidance aims to minimise the number of invites an editor must send for each manuscript and improve time to decision for our authors.
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