Next Generation SJO Informational Video

Next Generation of SAGE Journals Online –in progress

The upgrade of the SAGE Journals Online platform is currently in progress.  All 560+ SAGE journals will be migrated individually onto the next generation platform, supported by HighWire Press’ “2.0” technology (H2O). New features and functionality will include:

• Expanded discipline search and browse across 50+ disciplines
• Abstract preview – Mouse-over entries available from tables of contents and search results provide pop-up previews of abstracts, without leaving the page.
• Popular articles list – Most-viewed and most-cited articles lists are readily available from all pages within a journal site.
• Redesigned main portal page provides targeted options for improved navigation by all types of users.
• Tag-along navigation – Content features follow alongside as users scroll down the article page.
• Pop-up references – For full-text journals, full citations pop up when you hover over reference numbers within the text of an article.
• Keyword pivot searches – For all journals, keywords are now hyperlinked and perform quick searches of that term within all content in that journal.
• Feature hideaway – Author affiliations, related links, and other functions can be expanded or hidden from view; these preferences are retained throughout a session.
• Agile, robust content architecture, hosted in industry-standard, NLM metadata format.

To ensure that the migration causes minimal disruption to access, this upgrade has been scheduled to coincide with academic summer recess, with the bulk of journal sites planned to migrate from mid-June 2010. All sites will be migrated individually to minimize disruption to customers and end users, with each site expected to experience minor disruption. SAGE and HighWire anticipate no downtime of the platform during the migration.

Access control for institutions and individuals will not be affected by the migration. Administrative features and access to usage reports will also remain the same.

A major goal of our platform upgrade is to improve the user experience and keep readers in context as they conduct research. The new interface is based upon a flexible three-column design that makes features available without taking attention away from the substantive article content. Features most closely associated with the manuscript pages are placed closest to it. Several individual sites have already been migrated in 2009 and early 2010, including:

• American Journal of Sport’s Medicine: http://ajsm.sagepub.com
• Sports Health: http://sph.sagepub.com
• Genes and Cancer: http://gan.sagepub.com
• Veterinary Pathology: http://vet.sagepub.com
• Aesthetic Surgery Journal: http://aes.sagepub.com
• Association for Psychological Science journals:
  • Psychological Science: http://pss.sagepub.com
  • Perspectives on Psychological Science: http://pps.sagepub.com
  • Current Directions on Psychological Science: http://cdp.sagepub.com
  • Psychological Science in the Public Interest http://psi.sagepub.com

Please see the below documents and training materials for more information:

• SAGE Journals Online User Guide
• Press Release
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Training PowerPoint
• Informational Video

For technical questions about the SAGE Journals Online platform, please contact onlinesupportUS@sagepub.com in the Americas or onlinesupport@sagepub.co.uk in the EMEA, Asia-Pacific, and India.

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