Introducing the next generation of —now complete SAGE Journals Online (SJO)

Introducing the next generation of
SAGE Journals Online (SJO)—now complete
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Why SAGE migrated to the next generation
of SJO?
● After much consultation with end-users, librarians and
society partners, we undertook a major upgrade of the
SJO platform to a new environment supported by
HighWire’s “2.0” technology (nicknamed “H20”)
● Core changes are infrastructural and “behind the scenes”
– designed to cooperate with emerging web services and
technologies, as well as comply with proven industry
standards for content delivery
● The enhanced platform ensures that our journal sites are
a valuable service to users: a place for people to do
research, interact with information, ideas, and each other
New features and functionality
● Redesigned main portal page - provides targeted user
options for improved navigation
● Agile, robust content architecture, hosted in industrystandard, NLM metadata format
● Enhanced journal and society branding – home page
designs will include greater prominence of journal titles
and association logos, names and links to society sites.
● Expanded discipline search and browse – new search
and browse capabilities across 50+ disciplines
● Abstract preview – mouse-over entries from tables of
contents and search results provide pop-up previews of
abstracts, without you having to leave the page
New features and functionality
(continued)
● Popular articles list – most-viewed and most-cited article
lists readily available from all pages within a journal site
● Keyword pivot searches – article keywords are now
hyperlinked to 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 with
your preferences retained throughout your session
● Tag-along navigation – content features follow alongside
as users scroll down the article page
● Pop-up references – full citations pop up when you hover
over reference numbers within the text of an article (for fulltext journals)
Features that are not changing
● Basic personalization settings – alerts,
usernames/passwords, and subscription data has
been carried over
● Toll-free inter-journal linking feature
● All access controls and account management
● Saved Citations and Saved Searches feature
● Usage reporting
● All administrative functions
End-user experience
● Flexible three-column design makes features
accessible without drawing attention away from the
substantive article content
● Major goal of new design is to keep readers in context
as they conduct research
Librarian experience
● SJO portal home page now features enhanced
navigation for librarians to many commonly used
pages for account management
● Basic functionality around these administrative
features, including access to usage statistics, remains
the same
● Core SJO access control system and subscription
database remain unchanged
OpenURL linking and Proxy servers
● All current URLs for SAGE journal sites have
successfully been mapped over
● All other HighWire site migrations to date have proved
to successfully and smoothly transition all URL
resolution with library systems and services
Training materials
● The SAGE Journals Online User Guide is updated
and available online. The User Guide shows how to
utilize the new features of the platform, including the
new advanced search and browse by discipline
options, and how to register for a My Tools account for
customizable TOC alerts and Saved Searches
SAGE Full-Text Collections on SJO
● Specific functionality for the SAGE Full-Text
Collections on SJO has ended
● Current Collections subscribers will continue to
maintain access to the journal content of the
Collections on SJO; however users will no longer see
a dedicated screen with search options across the
individual Collections
● The expanded discipline functionality across the new
advanced search feature has replaced the Collectionspecific search screen
Customer technical support
● For technical support for the next generation of SAGE
Journals Online, including assistance with SAGE
Full Text Collections access, contact:
• Customers in North America and South and
Central America:
onlinesupportus@sagepub.com
• Customers in Europe, the Middle East, Africa,
Asia, and Australasia:
onlinesupport@sagepub.co.uk
Comparison of features
Feature
SAGE Journals Online
Next Generation of
SAGE Journals Online
Browse
● Browse by journal title
● Browse articles by discipline using
TopicMap
● Browse by Full Text Collection (only for
Collections subscribers)
● Browse by journal title
● Browse journals by expanded
discipline functionality across 50+
categories (replacing SAGE Full Text
Collections)
Search/Advanced Search
● Boolean operators
● Cannot search by discipline
● Search by Full Text Collection (only for
Collections subscribers)
● Boolean operators
● Advanced search within expanded
discipline functionality across 50+
categories (same categories as
available for content alerts)
Email Alerts
● Users can choose alerts for journal
announcements or new articles and
issues (eTOCs) via browse of individual
journal titles.
● Users can choose alerts for journal
announcements or new articles and
issues (eTOCs) via browse of
individual journal titles or their related
subject categories, expanded to more
than 50 categories.
Comparison of features
Feature
SAGE Journals Online
Next Generation of
SAGE Journals Online
Reference linking
● Open URL 1.0 linking to articles
● Linking to CrossRef, PubMed®,
Google Scholar and Web of Science
● Toll-free inter-journal linking to full text
of cited articles within the SJO and
HighWire Press platforms
● Open URL 1.0 linking to articles
● Linking to CrossRef, PubMed®,
Google Scholar and Web of Science
● Toll-free inter-journal linking to full
text of cited articles within the SJO
and HighWire Press platforms
Portal page
● Simple introductory page with Quick
Search box
● Redesigned portal page with focus
on diverse types of visitors,
expanded navigational options
and more prominent search
placement
Abstracts
● Access to table of contents, abstracts
and full text articles hosted on separate
pages
● Abstract preview allows users to
mouse-over entries on the table of
contents and search results pages to
view instant pop-up abstracts,
without leaving the page. Note: This
pop-up functionality will increase
abstract counts on usage reports.
● Tables of contents, abstracts and
the full text of articles will continue to
be accessible via their own pages
within journal sites.
Comparison of features
Feature
SAGE Journals Online
Next Generation of
SAGE Journals Online
Navigation
● Standard navigation maintains static
page as user scrolls
● Tag-along navigation allows
various content feature options to
follow alongside users as they scroll
through the article page
Related articles
● Offers links to “similar articles” in the
content box next to the article or abstract
● Extended list of options will be
available for viewing “more like this”
content
● Keyword pivot searches – article
keywords are now hyperlinked to
perform quick searches of that term
within all content in that journal
Customization of features
● Institutional branding available
● Institutional branding available
● Feature hideaway – Author
affiliations, related links, and other
optional article functions can be
expanded or hidden. Your article
enhancement preferences are
remembered throughout your
session.
Comparison of features
Feature
SAGE Journals Online
Next Generation of
SAGE Journals Online
Usage reporting
● COUNTER3-compliant usage reports
can be downloaded by the account
administrator
● COUNTER3-compliant usage
reports can be downloaded by the
account administrator
Content architecture
● Limited proprietary XML-based sites
without compliance to industry standards
or options for agile extensibility
● Agile and robust content
architecture, hosted in industrystandard NLM metadata format