LOS ANGELES, CA (July 31, 2025) -- Sage has claimed four Awards of Excellence at the 2025 Annual Awards for Publication Excellence (APEX), recognizing its outstanding contributions in a competitive field. The honored resources cover disability studies, critical thinking, data-driven business studies, and orthopedics.
The award-winning Sage entries:
Sage Video: Disability Studies — Category: One-of-a-Kind Publications
- An interdisciplinary resource exploring diverse topics such as bioethics, chronic illness, rights and advocacy, and more. By Sage Video.
Sage Business: Data Decisions — Category: One-of-a-Kind Publications
- A tool that helps students develop the competencies needed to thrive in their courses, capstones, internships, and the job market. By Andrew Boney and Laura Raines.
Critical Thinking Bootcamp 2024: Critical Thinking & Global Democracy — Category: Current Events & Trending Topics – The 2024 Elections
- An annual event series designed to help academic librarians and educators foster critical thinking inside and outside the classroom. By Sage Corporate Communications.
HSS Journal Special Issue: The Shortened Stay for Total Joint Arthroplasty Patients — Category: Magazines, Journals, and Tabloids – Print
- A special issue of HSS Journal: The Musculoskeletal Journal of Hospital for Special Surgery.
As an independent publisher, Sage goes beyond traditional publishing to foster an equitable academic future and create resources that benefit humanity. By championing social and behavioral sciences, Sage broadens disciplinary perspectives and enhances research and teaching methods.
APEX, now in its 37th year, is an annual competition open to communicators in corporate, nonprofit, and independent settings. It is sponsored by the editors of Writer's Web Watch, an e-newsletter for communicators who write, edit, and manage business publications. Writer's Web Watch is published by Communications Concepts, Inc., providing problem-solving information to professional communicators since 1984.
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Sage is a global academic publisher of books, journals, and library resources with a growing range of technologies to enable discovery, access, and engagement. Believing that research and education are critical in shaping society, 24-year-old Sara Miller McCune founded Sage in 1965. Today, we are controlled by a group of trustees charged with maintaining our independence and mission indefinitely.
Our guaranteed independence means we’re free to:
- Do more – supporting an equitable academic future, furthering disciplines that drive social change, and helping social and behavioral science make an impact
- Work together – building lasting relationships, championing diverse perspectives, and co-creating resources to transform teaching and learning
- Think long-term – experimenting, taking risks, and investing in new ideas