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Los Angeles, CA. SAGE Publishing, a leading independent academic publisher of journals, books, and digital media, today announces that it has led an investment round for a minority stake in Publons with additional participation by existing investors. Known for its mission to use peer review to speed up science, Publons will remain completely independent and publisher-neutral following this investment, allowing for continued participation from other parties.

Los Angeles, CA. SAGE Publishing, a leading independent academic publisher of journals, books, and digital media, today announced that it has published, in print, the authoritative independent review on the role of metrics in research assessment, The Metric Tide.

London, UK. Racist words and stereotypes in old films, television programmes and books are a vital insight into our past, says film historian Kunle Olulode. In the latest issue of Index on Censorship Magazine, published by SAGE, Olulode argues that, however uncomfortable, they should not be edited out.

London, UK. Diversity in the boardroom is key to advancing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)- inclusive polices, finds a study published by SAGE in the journal Human Relations, in partnership with The Tavistock Institute.

Los Angeles, CA- How does the business of creating, selling, consuming, and regulating legal drugs influence contemporary society? Launching today as a four-volume set, The SAGE Encyclopedia of Pharmacology & Society examines the policy and social aspects of the global pharmaceutical industry.

Los Angeles, CA- Preventing terrorism and enhancing homeland security, limiting greenhouse emissions and the provision of healthcare are just a few issues that have contributed to the growth of federal regulatory agencies, or authorities tasked by the Congress to oversee and enforce U.S. legislation.

London, UK. SAGE Publishing, one of the world’s leading independent and academic publishers, has today announced that Research & Politics, a peer reviewed, gold open-access journal, will be supported for two years through the prestigious Carnegie grant, enabling the journal to continue to waive open access Article Processing Charges (APCs).

A new study finds that gender stereotypes are as strong today as they were 30 years ago, and that people are even more likely now to believe that men avoid “traditional” female roles. This research is out today in Psychology of Women Quarterly (PWQ), a journal from SAGE Publishing.

London, UK. SAGE Publishing, a leading independent academic publisher of journals, books, and digital media, today announced that it is to begin publishing Health Information Management Journal (HIMJ), the official peer-reviewed research journal of the Health Information Management Association of Australia (HIMAA).

Among the mental health disorders reported in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) in 2013, 8.7% of the burden of illness was attributed to  Afghanistan-related military service while 28.7% was attributed to past child abuse experiences. This research is out today in The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, published by the Canadian Psychiatric Association (CPA) in partnership with SAGE Publishing.

Community colleges have become essential in the training of frontline health care professionals, yet little research studies their growth. A new study examines surveys of community college leaders and finds that community colleges must create close connections with community partners in order to provide successful training and employment opportunities for their public health students.

London, UK. A new report from Index on Censorship exposes how many LGBT activists in Honduras risk torture, prison and assassination.

The research from Index on Censorship, published by SAGE, carried out by journalist Duncan Tucker and utilising data collected by on-the-ground NGOs, delves into some shocking statistics:

-       215 LGBT people were murdered in Honduras between 2009 and 2015

-       37 deaths occurred in 2015 alone