1965 founder sara miller mccune and george d. mccune country of origin united states headquarters location thousand oaks california distribution worldwide key people ben donnelly emily koberling mike soules miranda nunhofer jessica villarreal sara miller mccune publication types academic books journals and reference products nonfiction topics social science science medicine humanities technology imprints corwin cq press pine forge press learning matters official website see tfm sagepublications.com 2008 conference booth sage publications is an independent publishing company founded in 1965 in new york by sara miller mccune . sage has more than 1 500 employees from principal offices in los angeles london new delhi singapore and washington dc . sage s publishing program includes more than 900 journals and 800 books a year 1 reference works and electronic products covering business humanities social sciences science technology and medicine . sage also owns and publishes under four imprints corwin press 2 since 1990 cq press 3 since 2008 learning matters 4 since 2011 and adam matthew digital since 2012 . 5 in 2012 sage was named the independent publishers guild academic and professional publisher of the year . 6 contents 1 history 2 oaspa membership 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit sara miller mccune is executive chairman of sage publications which she founded in 1965 in new york city . the company moved to southern california in 1966 . mccune remained president for 18 years and became chairman in 1984 developing the company with her husband george d. mccune . the name of the company was derived from their respective given names sara and george . 7 oaspa membership edit sage publications was a founding member of the open access scholarly publishers association oaspa when it was established in 2008 . 8 however in november 2013 oaspa reviewed sage s membership after the journal of international medical research published a false and intentionally flawed paper created and submitted by a reporter for science as part of a sting to test the effectiveness of the peer review processes of open access journals see who s afraid of peer review . 9 sage s membership was reinstated at the end of the six month review period following changes to the journal s editorial processes . 10 see also edit journals published by sage cambridge university press v. patton a copyright infringement case in which sage publications is a plaintiff references edit welcome to sage . sage . retrieved april 2 2016 . sage imprints . sage imprints page . sage publications . retrieved 1 may 2012 . sage publications usa acquires cq press from times publishing co may 30 2008 m & a deal snapshot . alacrastore.com . retrieved 2010 08 08 . sage acquires learning matters . the bookseller . retrieved 13 april 2012 . verma henrietta october 11 2012 . sage acquires adam matthew . reviews . library journal . shine bridget march 2012 . the ipg independent publishing awards 2012 . independent publishers guild . archived from the original on 14 april 2012 . retrieved 25 september 2013 . ipg academic & professional publisher of the year sage the sage story pdf . sage publishing . retrieved 6 june 2016 . brynko barbara june 2011 . simqu leading the change at sage publications . information today . retrieved 23 april 2014 . malakoff david 11 november 2013 . open access group sanctions three publishers after science sting . science insider . retrieved 23 april 2014 . shaffi sarah 29 april 2014 . oaspa reinstates sage membership . the bookseller . retrieved 29 april 2014 . external links edit official website the sage story timeline major acquisitions etc. retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sage publications & oldid 741614387 categories publishing companies established in 1965academic publishing companiesbook publishing companies based in californiacompanies based in thousand oaks california navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschbahasa indonesia nederlandsnorsk bokm lsrpskohrvatski svenska edit links this page was last modified on 28 september 2016 at 16 25 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view