SAGE Publications Bibliometric Report

Introduction

This report provides a comprehensive analytics report of the publisher SAGE Publications including basic bibliometric information, citation data, impact metrics, top journals, publication keywords, etc., over recent years. The Crossref database (up to the end of 2021) processed by ScienceGate has been used for this report as the source of data.

SAGE Publications has published 2852772 documents so far, receiving a total of 21992313 citations. These numbers are equal to 2.33% and 1.99% of the total documents and citations in the scientific community, respectively. SAGE Publications has a score of 7.71 as a number of citations per document based on all recorded data. There are different types of documents published by SAGE Publications. In this regard, Journal Article, Chapter, Reference Entry, Other, Book, Posted Content, Report, Monograph, and Book Section a with the total document number of 2602461, 89887, 135914, 13323, 3318, 2602, 107, 4542, and 618 have the largest share, respectively. These numbers are equal to 91.23%, 3.15%, 4.76%, 0.47%, 0.12%, 0.09%, 0.00%, 0.16%, and 0.02% of the total documents published in SAGE Publications so far, respectively. SAGE Publications has been an active publisher from 1809-2021.

Basic Bibliometric Information

This section provides the bibliometrics data of SAGE Publications over the last 11 years, including the number of published documents, total citations, citations per document, and scaled number of citations per document by year. Share of SAGE Publications documents and citations among all published scientific documents are also presented here. SAGE Publications has the highest annual number of publications in 2012, with 141832 published documents. Most annual citations are also received in 2010, with 868983 citations. The highest citations per document’s scores, scaled by the number of years ahead, are associated with 2020, with scores of 0.27.

YearDocumentsCitationsCitations/DocumentsAverage Citations/DocumentsDocuments ShareCitations Share
20106282186898313.83271.25750.01760.0208
20116763683407912.33191.23320.01770.0206
20121418328416055.93380.65930.03520.0217
2013979027166317.31990.91500.02260.0190
20141348916456444.78640.68380.02900.0185
2015791074861976.14611.02430.01650.0153
2016898114861345.41291.08260.01730.0177
2017869583312973.80990.95250.01560.0145
2018803212119092.63830.87940.01360.0124
201978939985371.24830.62410.01280.0101
202088999240700.27050.27050.01270.0071

Document Types

There are different types of documents published by publishers. In this section, the yearly publication data of SAGE Publications are presented by document type, including Journal Articles, Reference Entrys, Chapters, Monographs, Books, Posted Contents, Book Sections, and Reports.

The number of published documents by SAGE Publications are 2602461, 135914, 89887, 4542, 3318, 2602, 618, and 107 for Journal Articles, Reference Entrys, Chapters, Monographs, Books, Posted Contents, Book Sections, and Reports, respectively. These numbers are equal to 2.84%, 13.15%, 0.57%, 0.78%, 0.37%, 0.32%, 11.08%, and 0.02% of the whole published Journal Articles, Reference Entrys, Chapters, Monographs, Books, Posted Contents, Book Sections, and Reports in the database so far, respectively.

The number of received citations by Journal Articles, Reference Entrys, Chapters, Monographs, Books, Posted Contents, Book Sections, and Reports of SAGE Publications are 21598319, 18157, 159960, 139832, 69082, 47, 112, and 44, respectively. These numbers are equal to 2.04%, 6.44%, 1.00%, 2.51%, 0.91%, 0.03%, 28.94%, and 0.00% of the citations received by whole Journal Articles, Reference Entrys, Chapters, Monographs, Books, Posted Contents, Book Sections, and Reports of the database so far, respectively.

The h-index value for published Journal Articles, Reference Entrys, Chapters, Monographs, Books, Posted Contents, Book Sections, and Reports by SAGE Publications are 761, 33, 113, 174, 121, 2, 3, and 3, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 3201, 128, 588, 760, 793, 79, 6, and 253, respectively.

The g-index value for published Journal Articles, Reference Entrys, Chapters, Monographs, Books, Posted Contents, Book Sections, and Reports by SAGE Publications are 58, 9, 19, 29, 24, 2, 2, and 2, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 129, 18, 48, 60, 60, 14, 3, and 29, respectively.

The score of citations per document for published Journal Articles, Reference Entrys, Chapters, Monographs, Books, Posted Contents, Book Sections, and Reports by SAGE Publications are 8.299, 0.134, 1.780, 30.786, 20.820, 0.018, 0.181, and 0.411, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 11.521, 0.273, 1.016, 9.566, 8.593, 0.197, 0.069, and 1.416, respectively.

The highest number of annually published Journal Articles, Reference Entrys, Chapters, Monographs, Books, Posted Contents, Book Sections, and Reports by SAGE Publications are 81767, 42477, 32522, 265, 394, 995, 177, and 28, respectively. The corresponding year of maximum publication for Journal Articles, Reference Entrys, Chapters, Monographs, Books, Posted Contents, Book Sections, and Reports are 2020, 2012, 2012, 2010, 2019, 2020, 2017, and 2018, respectively.

The highest number of annual received citations by Journal Articles, Reference Entrys, Chapters, Monographs, Books, Posted Contents, Book Sections, and Reports published in SAGE Publications are 863768, 6957, 92401, 5438, 1750, 23, 40, and 18, respectively. The corresponding years of maximum received citations for Journal Articles, Reference Entrys, Chapters, Monographs, Books, Posted Contents, Book Sections, and Reports are 2010, 2012, 2012, 2012, 2010, 2020, 2015, and 2018, respectively.

The highest values of citations per number of document for Journal Articles, Reference Entrys, Chapters, Monographs, Books, Posted Contents, Book Sections, and Reports published in SAGE Publications are 13.92, 0.16, 2.84, 23.54, 12.96, 0.04, 0.23, and 1.00, respectively. The corresponding years of maximum values of citations per document for Journal Articles, Reference Entrys, Chapters, Monographs, Books, Posted Contents, Book Sections, and Reports are 2010, 2012, 2012, 2012, 2010, 2018, 2015, and 2014, respectively.

Impact Metrics

Various metrics and indicators are used to evaluate the impact and quality of publishers and journals. Here, h-index, g-index, and i-index are selected as impact evaluation metrics of the publisher SAGE Publications.

H-index

H-index indicates the number of articles published by a journal/publisher, h, that have been cited at least h times. h5-index and h10-index are the h-index for papers of a publishers/journals published in the last 5 and 10 years, respectively. h-index, h10-index, and h5-index of the documents published by SAGE Publications, are 778, 321, and 144, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 3269, 1489, and 795, respectively.

MetricSAGE PublicationsAll Publishers
h-index7783269
h10-index3211489
h5-index144795

G-index

The g-index indicator is the first g papers of a publisher/journal (sorted by the highest to the lowest number of citations) that have cumulatively received at least g^2 citations. Again, g5-index and g10-index are the g-index for papers of a publishers/journals published in the last 5 and 10 years, respectively. G-index, g10-index, and g5-index of the documents published by SAGE Publications are 58, 30, and 19, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 131, 80, and 55, respectively.

MetricSAGE PublicationsAll Publishers
g-index58131
g10-index3080
g5-index1955

I-n index

I-n index shows the number of publications of a publisher/journal with at least n citations. Read another post here for more detailed information on different research impact metrics. It is to be noted that, i10-index, i25-index, i50-index, i100-index, i250-index, i500-index, i1000-index, i2500-index, i5000-index, and i10000-index of the documents published by SAGE Publications, are 479388, 206946, 87259, 30551, 6287, 1774, 482, 91, 20, and 7, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 21796896, 10617845, 4822066, 1785083, 390499, 114230, 31648, 5505, 1423, and 355, respectively.

MetricSAGE PublicationsAll Publishers
i10-index47938821796896
i25-index20694610617845
i50-index872594822066
i100-index305511785083
i250-index6287390499
i500-index1774114230
i1000-index48231648
i2500-index915505
i5000-index201423
i10000-index7355

Top Journals

This section provides the basic bibliometrics data of the SAGE Publications top journals, including the number of published documents, total citations, and citations per document. Share of documents and citations of each journal among all published documents by SAGE Publications is also presented here. In the following tag cloud chart, top journals are displayed based on the largest number of published documents.

The Top 5 journals of SAGE Publications based on the number of published documents are Journal of Education, Experimental Biology and Medicine, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, and Psychological Reports. The numbers of documents published so far by these top 5 journals are 47609, 47320, 36923, 32526, and 28169, respectively. These numbers are equal to 1.669%, 1.659%, 1.294%, 1.140%, and 0.987% of the total documents published by SAGE Publications so far, respectively.

Concerning the number of received citations, the top 5 journals of SAGE Publications are The American Journal of Sports Medicine, Experimental Biology and Medicine, Journal of Marketing, American Sociological Review, and Journal of Dental Research. The total number of citations received so far by these top 5 journals are 10836, 47320, 14322, 12795, and 16997, respectively. These numbers are equal to 0.049%, 0.215%, 0.065%, 0.058%, and 0.077% of the total citations received by SAGE Publications publications so far, respectively.

Regarding the number of citations received per document, the top 5 journals of SAGE Publications are Psychological Science, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, The American Journal of Sports Medicine, Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism, and Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry. The numbers of citations received per published document so far by these top 5 journals are 67.369, 46.035, 46.524, 43.367, and 34.586, respectively.

Journal TitleDocumentsDocuments ShareCitationsCitations ShareCitations/DocumentsActive Years
Journal of Education476090.016764380.00030.13521892-2020
Experimental Biology and Medicine473200.01664784480.021810.11091904-2020
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine369230.0129356980.00160.96681908-1977
The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science325260.0114726730.00332.23431890-2020
Psychological Reports281690.00991788190.00816.34811955-2020
Otolaryngology280070.00982221960.01017.93361979-2020
Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews253490.008988020.00040.34721972-2020
Perceptual and Motor Skills241700.00851604380.00736.63791949-2020
Review & Expositor240820.00847170.00000.02981907-2020
The Expository Times240670.008411080.00010.04601889-2020
Theology217800.007613800.00010.06341920-2020
Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board211170.00741720080.00788.14551996-2020
Acta Radiologica178640.0063645770.00293.61491921-2020
Annals of Otology Rhinology & Laryngology173970.00611944550.008811.17751897-2020
Journal of Dental Research169970.00603930100.017923.12231919-2020
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine161550.0057723080.00334.47591809-2020
Music Educators Journal161320.005754850.00020.34001934-2020
Journal of Marketing143220.00504595850.020932.08941936-2020
International Journal Canada s Journal of Global Policy Analysis130330.004651240.00020.39321946-2020
American Sociological Review127950.00454092170.018631.98261936-2020
Textile Research Journal127210.00451284190.005810.09501946-2020
Applied Spectroscopy124570.00441963990.008915.76621951-2020
Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness122440.0043153590.00071.25441907-2020
Clinical Pediatrics112140.0039759900.00356.77641962-2020
The American Journal of Sports Medicine108360.00384988350.022746.03501976-2020
Theological Studies105630.003731560.00010.29881940-2020
Annals of Pharmacotherapy100060.00351299100.005912.98321992-2020
Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry94430.00333265970.014934.58611953-2020
Interpretation A Journal of Bible and Theology93880.003313230.00010.14091947-2020
British Journal of Occupational Therapy85980.0030241500.00112.80881974-2020
Educational and Psychological Measurement85250.00301323670.006015.52691941-2020
Angiology83930.0029669360.00307.97521950-2020
The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry83680.0029951080.004311.36571979-2020
Journal of International Medical Research83320.0029441110.00205.29421972-2020
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry82700.0029988150.004511.94861967-2020
Theology Today80730.002813840.00010.17141944-2020
Tumori Journal79870.0028399170.00184.99771947-2020
Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism79710.00283456750.015743.36661981-2020
Political Research Quarterly85080.0030360780.00164.24051948-2020
ILR Review142910.0050587060.00274.10791947-2020
Urban Studies78250.00271378250.006317.61341964-2020
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers76760.0027223430.00102.91081847-1982
Index on Censorship81010.002819400.00010.23951972-2020
Journalism Quarterly75360.0026248740.00113.30071924-1994
The American Surgeon74870.0026185210.00082.47382005-2020
The Downside Review73850.00264930.00000.06681880-2020
Cephalalgia74140.00261430350.006519.29261981-2020
Sociology72650.0025709110.00329.76061967-2020
Scottish Medical Journal72140.0025196720.00092.72691956-2020
Journal of Child Neurology71500.0025988830.004513.82981986-2020
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting71490.0025110940.00051.55181988-2020
Journal of Composite Materials71360.00251442920.006620.22031967-2020
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care70690.0025546390.00257.72941972-2020
Environment and Planning A Economy and Space70280.00251430330.006520.35191969-2020
Ear Nose & Throat Journal70110.0025223770.00103.19171980-2020
The Police Journal Theory Practice and Principles69990.002521890.00010.31281928-2020
The bulletin of the National Association of Secondary School Principals69470.002412490.00010.17981939-1971
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting69400.0024159390.00072.29671999-2015
NASSP Bulletin69070.002484170.00041.21861972-2020
Journal of Travel Research68440.0024919060.004213.42871972-2020
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science68470.0024349580.00165.10561983-2020
Urologia Journal66720.002326020.00010.39001965-2020
International Journal of STD & AIDS65250.0023489540.00227.50251990-2020
Annals of Clinical Biochemistry International Journal of Laboratory Medicine64480.0023583140.00279.04371969-2020
Indian Journal of Public Administration63180.00227260.00000.11491955-2020
Perception61640.00221002480.004616.26351972-2020
Veterinary Pathology61410.00221014730.004616.52391971-2020
Natural Product Communications60540.002184490.00041.39562006-2020
American String Teacher60240.00215890.00000.09781951-2020
Peritoneal Dialysis International60060.0021598880.00279.97141980-2020
Foot & Ankle International59590.00211293360.005921.70431994-2020
Lupus58770.00211020040.004617.35651991-2020
World s Poultry Science Journal240100.00842389360.01099.95151872-2020
SIMULATION58380.0020254090.00124.35231963-2020
The Sociological Review58510.0021491090.00228.39331904-2020
Multiple Sclerosis Journal58080.00201157540.005319.93011995-2020
Journal of Interpersonal Violence58000.0020959710.004416.54671986-2020
Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses57030.00209870.00000.17311971-2020
Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association56860.0020388260.00186.82841953-2020
Tropical Doctor56260.0020146820.00072.60971971-2020
Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume)56730.0020752760.003413.26921984-2007
International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education55520.001939570.00020.71271963-2020
American Behavioral Scientist54670.0019785230.003614.36311960-2020
Journal of Teacher Education54650.0019554910.002510.15391950-2020
Council review54240.0019685350.003112.63551934-2020
Advances in Mechanical Engineering54110.0019154490.00072.85512009-2020
International Migration Review84610.0030547080.00256.46591966-2020
Missiology An International Review53640.001912670.00010.23621973-2020
The International Journal of Artificial Organs53390.0019402470.00187.53831978-2020
Social Casework52460.001899040.00051.88791949-1989
Journal of Learning Disabilities52040.0018821320.003715.78251968-2020
The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal51780.0018550900.002510.63921990-2020
Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine51590.0018115300.00052.23492013-2020
Psychological Science51200.00183449310.015767.36931990-2020
Christianity & Literature51010.00186660.00000.13061950-2019
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin50980.00182371780.010846.52371975-2020
European Journal of Ophthalmology50880.0018310920.00146.11081991-2020
Journal of Chemical Research51070.0018184180.00083.60641999-2020
Health Education Journal49580.0017116810.00052.35601943-2020
Drug Intelligence & Clinical Pharmacy49300.0017132520.00062.68801969-1988

Top Keywords

The Most used keywords are of particular importance for reviewing a publisher. This section provides detailed information about basic bibliometrics data of top used keywords in SAGE Publications. The metrics used here are the number of documents, citations and citations per document. Share of documents and citations of each keyword among whole published documents is also presented here. In the following tag cloud chart, top keywords are displayed based on the largest number of published documents.

According to the number of published documents, the top 10 keywords of the publisher SAGE Publications are book reviews, new york, united states, the impact, the united states, case study, health care, the world, mental health, and the future, respectively. The number of published documents in which the mentioned 10 keywords are used are, 59324, 26027, 24324, 22957, 17572, 16415, 15334, 14471, 13823, and 13227, respectively.

Based on the number of received citations, the top 10 keywords of the publisher SAGE Publications are the impact, united states, the relationship, in vitro, mental health, multiple sclerosis, the united states, the social, decision making, and meta analysis, respectively. The number of citations received by the documents in which the mentioned 10 keywords are used are, 22957, 24324, 11629, 10291, 13823, 6194, 17572, 11394, 12363, and 4874, respectively.

Concerning the score of received citations per document, the top 10 keywords of the publisher SAGE Publications are the brain, meta analysis, blood flow, multiple sclerosis, future research, magnetic resonance imaging, well being, systematic review, factor analysis, and magnetic resonance, respectively. The score of citations received per document in which the mentioned 10 keywords are used are, 25.052, 23.783, 22.333, 20.645, 18.604, 15.720, 15.341, 15.207, 14.684, and 14.665, respectively.

KeywordDocumentsDocuments ShareCitationsCitations ShareCitations/DocumentsActive YearsActive Years For All Data
book reviews593240.270370260.36180.11841891-20201789-2020
new york260270.0914216490.06230.83181883-20201724-2020
united states243240.07491703750.05467.00441851-20201785-2020
the impact229570.05182557910.072711.14221932-20201868-2020
the united states175720.07661269710.05657.22581851-20201793-2020
case study164150.04001036780.05146.31611928-20201905-2020
health care153340.08511151620.08637.51021944-20201906-2020
the world144710.0477870980.07026.01881893-20201400-2020
mental health138230.09071361660.11559.85071914-20201881-2020
the future132270.0553894170.07326.76021892-20201676-2020
decision making123630.06631223900.07879.89971954-20201900-2020
the mean117990.08021157960.07809.81411930-20201669-2020
the relationship116290.05501456020.076812.52061884-20201843-2020
the social113940.10101230120.167810.79621891-20201768-2020
case report109020.0369423200.04933.88191911-20201904-2020
in vitro102910.02021412630.016613.72681904-20201500-2020
risk factors90240.04381100350.039312.19361973-20201948-2020
quality of life82650.04941043580.056112.62651965-20201905-2020
high school81370.0955619170.18807.60931892-20201805-2020
over time80060.09241136590.135214.19671956-20201904-2020
public health77590.0574492190.05896.34351867-20201835-2020
the state76060.0509488890.07776.42771817-20201651-2020
systematic review70640.03331074230.029615.20711969-20201846-2020
significant difference69510.0862527400.14487.58741928-20201923-2020
magnetic resonance68360.03761002520.035014.66531955-20201936-2020
well being67660.08721037980.128315.34111896-20201750-2020
the past65070.0605526470.08008.09081881-20201752-2020
the political63630.0842399980.14046.28601891-20201792-2020
the public62410.0760403860.14186.47111885-20201673-2020
multiple sclerosis61940.09181278760.104620.64511916-20201886-2020
future research61080.14331136310.245318.60361933-20201880-2020
magnetic resonance imaging58500.0670919620.062815.72001983-20201969-2020
computed tomography58070.0593427760.04297.36631976-20201969-2020
social work57900.1706245970.19284.24821892-20201892-2020
higher education57820.0505306120.08235.29441896-20201865-2020
literature review57610.0524506010.06538.78341964-20201904-2020
college students57480.1278591850.181610.29661911-20201838-2020
finite element55290.0358370130.02916.69431965-20201958-2020
control group54520.0819515170.18279.44921928-20201899-2020
breast cancer53430.0180465890.01088.71961908-20201880-2020
the family50500.0656587270.101511.62911895-20201633-2020
meta analysis48740.02811159200.030123.78331977-20201953-2020
older adults48430.0576559770.059211.55831951-20201936-2020
social media48030.0645308450.09826.42202007-20201905-2020
high risk46910.0471420810.03808.97061966-20201930-2020
cross sectional46060.0325370950.04138.05361935-20201886-2020
logistic regression45750.0936366650.10298.01421981-20201969-2020
african american45600.1111539260.150411.82591979-20201956-2020
special issue45380.0668189840.12994.18331943-20201895-2020
the brain44950.04491126080.065125.05181809-20201666-2020
mechanical properties44880.0276394870.02348.79841918-20201826-2020
the u.s44400.0710348480.07157.84861913-20201830-2020
pilot study44360.0512434640.05659.79801950-20201950-2020
the right44350.0544269030.07056.06611811-20201590-2020
the self44230.0696619950.102514.01651881-20201651-2020
short term44090.0389528600.040311.98911916-20201885-2020
real time43910.0182436030.01869.93011963-20201900-2020
intensive care43330.0584263460.03536.08031965-20201960-2020
evidence based42960.0702432250.067210.06171965-20201893-2020
united kingdom42620.0856312480.08277.33181900-20201804-2020
physical activity42470.0453528540.042712.44501936-20201880-2020
clinical practice42450.0640447910.056710.55151938-20201905-2020
clinical trials42370.0563533610.048712.59411957-20201912-2020
confidence interval41620.1516298340.09327.16821947-20201946-2020
human rights41610.0540156250.10443.75511946-20201893-2020
peritoneal dialysis41560.2303493670.272811.87851948-20201946-2020
new zealand41360.0462301680.04287.29401894-20201804-2020
selection of41320.0338441290.039610.67981865-20201794-2020
case studies41270.0629324610.09347.86551924-20201900-2020
three dimensional40510.0205435400.014210.74801944-20201500-2020
primary care39990.0585295810.04387.39711972-20201941-2020
regression analysis39590.0681426850.111010.78181961-20201938-2020
the church39510.129022920.10620.58011886-20201633-2020
the uk39380.0670346420.07098.79691970-20201940-2020
qualitative study39340.0816274390.09356.97481941-20201923-2020
the way39340.0640251910.11136.40341895-20201647-2020
blood flow39050.0525872110.071322.33321906-20201896-2020
south africa38870.0390204350.03515.25731873-20201815-2020
factor analysis38530.1132565780.149514.68411937-20201917-2020
wide range38300.0498488250.058312.74801935-20201858-2020
content analysis38140.1028454700.239211.92191943-20201939-2020
the third37900.0485262720.06116.93191850-20201591-2020
special education37710.3056445800.647811.82181916-20201897-2020
young people37690.0942285710.13847.58051892-20201810-2020
insight into37430.0476324850.03828.67891935-20201746-2020
palliative care37220.1161473130.211512.71171977-20201956-2020
the common37140.0478297330.05158.00571811-20201633-2020
head and neck37070.0543356480.04389.61641918-20201781-2020
blood pressure36550.0315388790.025310.63721904-20201874-2020

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