Academic publisher SAGE has announced the purchase of Pion Limited, independent publisher of high quality academic journals founded by Adam Gelbtuch and John Ashby in 1959. The sale was announced jointly by Chairman of Pion, David Cohen and Stephen Barr, President SAGE International.
The acquisition (brokered by Bertoli Mitchell LLP) results in Pion’s entire publishing portfolio becoming a part of SAGE’s journal program. The portfolio comprises four journals of the acclaimed ‘Environment and Planning’ series of journals alongside Perception and the open access i-Perception.
The acquisition results in the following journals moving to SAGE: Environment and Planning A(EPA); Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design (EPB); Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy (EPC; Environment and Planning D: Society and Space (EPD); Perception;
iPerception– OA sister journal to Perception. The journal is focused on the fields of senses and the perceptual process of humans, animals and machines.
Amongst the small books list is also the classic title ‘Place and Placelessness’ by Edward Relph which will continue publication with SAGE.
