SAGE Publications

Name

SAGE Publications

Legal name

Sage Publications, Inc.

Website

https://group.sagepub.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1965

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Academic and Scholarly Publishing

NAICS

Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers (5131), Book Publishers (51313)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731), Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Academic & Scholarly Journals Publishing (Peer-Reviewed) (MPAJABAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Research Monographs & University Press Publishing (MPAJABAJ), Business, Economics & Management Scholarly Publishing (EDAGAFAF)

Keywords

• Academic journal publishing
• Scholarly books
• Digital learning platforms
• Research methods resources
• Higher education publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Thousand Oaks

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Academic Journal Subscriptions: Peer-reviewed journal subscriptions sold to academic institutions, universities, and libraries worldwide. SAGE publishes journals across multiple disciplines including Business & Management, Communication & Media Studies, Counseling & Psychotherapy, Education, Nursing, Politics & International Relations, Psychology, and Research Methods.
2. Book Publishing: Academic books and textbooks sold to educational institutions and individual academics.
3. Digital Learning Resources: Online courses and digital learning content through SAGE Campus and Epigeum platforms, serving universities and colleges globally with research skills, integrity, and supervision courses.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

SAGE Publications is a global academic publisher that produces peer-reviewed scholarly journals and books across social sciences, behavioral sciences, education, nursing, business, and research methods. It supplements its publishing with digital learning platforms (SAGE Campus and Epigeum), manuscript workflow tools (Sage Track), and author support services, sold primarily to universities, colleges, and academic libraries worldwide.

Product overview

Sage is a global academic publisher offering a comprehensive portfolio of scholarly resources. The core offerings include peer-reviewed journals and academic books across disciplines including Business & Management, Communication & Media Studies, Counseling & Psychotherapy, Education, Nursing, Politics & International Relations, Psychology, and Research Methods. The digital platform SAGE Campus provides online learning resources, supported by the acquired Epigeum online course provider. Supporting tools include Sage Track for manuscript submission tracking and Sage Author Services for publication support. Subsidiary brands include Corwin (educator professional development) and College Publishing (higher education materials). Community platforms like Social Science Space and Sage Research Methods Community serve researcher engagement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SAGE Campus: Digital learning platform for online education
• Epigeum
• Corwin
• College Publishing

Products and services

• Sage Journals

Quantifiable outcome

• Reaching over 200 institutions globally through digital learning resources

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• EpigeumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 March 2023SAGE Publishing acquired Epigeum from Oxford University Press in March 2023. Epigeum is a provider of online courses for universities and colleges. The acquisition expands SAGE's digital learning resources, reaching over 200 institutions globally and complements SAGE's existing SAGE Campus platform. The deal enhances SAGE's portfolio in research skills, integrity, and supervision courses.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Elsevier: Elsevier (part of RELX) is the largest academic publisher globally, publishing peer-reviewed journals, books, and digital research tools across STM and social sciences. SAGE and Elsevier both compete in scholarly journal publishing, and notably have a partnership where SAGE content is licensed into Elsevier's LeapSpace AI workspace.
• Springer Nature: Springer Nature is one of the largest academic publishers, formed from the merger of Springer Science+Business Media and Nature/Macmillan. It competes directly with SAGE in peer-reviewed journals and academic books across scientific, technical, and social science disciplines.
• Wiley: John Wiley & Sons publishes peer-reviewed journals, academic books, and reference works across multiple disciplines. Wiley is a direct competitor to SAGE in scholarly publishing with overlapping coverage in social sciences, business, and education research.
• Taylor & Francis: Taylor & Francis (part of Informa plc) is a major academic publisher with extensive journal and book portfolios in social sciences, humanities, and STEM. It directly competes with SAGE in scholarly journal publishing and book publishing across the humanities and social sciences disciplines where SAGE is strongest.
• Oxford University Press: Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world, publishing peer-reviewed journals and academic books across disciplines. OUP sold Epigeum to SAGE in 2023, indicating direct overlap in digital learning resources and journal subscription markets.
• Cambridge University Press: Cambridge University Press publishes peer-reviewed journals and academic books, with strong presence in social sciences and humanities. It is a direct peer to SAGE in scholarly journal and monograph publishing for academic institutions.

Broad incumbents

• Pearson: Pearson is a global education and publishing company with a strong focus on textbooks, assessments, and digital learning platforms. While primarily focused on K-12 and higher education course materials, Pearson competes with SAGE's Corwin subsidiary and digital learning offerings.
• RELX (parent of Elsevier): RELX is the parent company of Elsevier, operating broadly across information and analytics in science, medical, legal, and business sectors. As Elsevier's parent, RELX is the broader incumbent in scholarly publishing where SAGE competes.

Emerging players

• Emerald Publishing: Emerald Publishing is a smaller independent academic publisher with focus on management, social sciences, and education research. Emerald directly overlaps with SAGE's business & management and education journal portfolios, though at smaller scale.
• Annual Reviews: Annual Reviews is a nonprofit academic publisher of peer-reviewed scientific review journals across sciences and social sciences. It competes with SAGE in the scholarly journal market, particularly in review-style publications for academic libraries.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/sagepublishers
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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A4 records

Investments1 record

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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