Daily Source Bias Check: Sage Journals

These sources consist of legitimate science or are evidence based through the use of credible scientific sourcing.  Legitimate science follows the scientific method, is unbiased and does not use emotional words.  These sources also respect the consensus of experts in the given scientific field and strive to publish peer reviewed science. Some sources in this category may have a slight political bias, but adhere to scientific principles. See all Pro-Science sources.

• Overall, we rate Sage Journals pro-science based on a long history of supporting and publishing peer reviewed material.

Detailed Report

Factual Reporting: HIGH
Country: USA
World Press Freedom Rank: USA 48/180

History

Founded in 1965, SAGE is the world’s 5th largest journals publisher. Their portfolio includes more than 1000 journals spanning the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology, and Medicine, and more than 400 are published on behalf of learned societies and institutions.

Funded by / Ownership

Sage Publishing is an independent publishing company that generates revenue through subscriptions.

Analysis / Bias

In review, Sage Journals has a great search feature that gives the ability to filter through journal articles based on topic. All abstracts are available, however you will require an account and pay a fee for full access. This is a pro-Science Source.

Overall, we rate Sage Journals pro-science based on a long history of supporting and publishing peer reviewed material. (D. Van Zandt 7/26/2017) Updated (01/10/2020)

Source: http://journals.sagepub.com/