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Global Social Policy Template

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About the Global Social Policy format

Global Social Policy is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Social Policy and Reform Studies, Employment and Welfare Studies, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare.

PublisherSAGE
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Global Social Policy, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inSocial Policy and Reform Studies Employment and Welfare Studies Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare International Development and Aid Human Rights and Development
ISSN1468-0181
Citation impact (2-yr)1.51
h-index54
i10-index286
Total citations12,535
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Bremen
Journal websitewww.sagepub.com
You getA submission-ready PDF and the editable LaTeX source — ready to submit.

Papers published in Global Social Policy per year

40
2014
36
2015
32
2016
40
2017
23
2018
28
2019
47
2020
36
2021
50
2022
35
2023
43
2024
39
2025

Citation impact of Global Social Policy by publication year

762
2014
499
2015
660
2016
527
2017
280
2018
366
2019
398
2020
612
2021
202
2022
146
2023
123
2024
26
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Global Social Policy

Global Perspectives on Children’s Unpaid Caregiving in the Family

Saul Becker · 13 Mar 2007

This article provides the first cross-national review and synthesis of available statistical and research evidence from three developed countries, the UK, Australia and the USA, and from sub-Saharan Africa, on children who provide substantial, regular or significant unpaid care to other family members (‘young carers/caregivers’). It uses the issue of young carers as a window…

Diffusing Ideas for After Neoliberalism

Jane Jenson · 23 Mar 2010

By the mid-1990s neo-liberalism had begun to reach its economic, social and political limits. International as well national and even sub-national social policymakers in and concerned with Latin America and Europe began to converge around new ideas about doing social policy, characterized here as the social investment perspective. The first section of the article documents…

The diffusion of Conditional Cash Transfer programs in the Americas

Natasha Borges Sugiyama · 1 Dec 2011

In the mid-1990s, Brazil and Mexico created innovative social policies known as Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs). Since then, CCTs have spread to countries throughout Latin America and beyond. While these programs reflect a new development norm, their spread is surprising given that some emulating countries lack the basic education and health infrastructure to support increased…

Transnational Corporations

Sorcha MacLeod, Douglas Lewis · 1 Apr 2004

In terms of the New World Order, the largest Transnational Corporations (TNCs) are central players. They influence the policies of governments worldwide; they help to order the agenda of the World Trade Organization. They influence the destinies of individual economies in the developing world, they have a crucial impact on the eco-system, they set wage-levels,…

Global Social Policy template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Global Social Policy format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Global Social Policy template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official SAGE format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Global Social Policy use?
Global Social Policy uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Global Social Policy, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Global Social Policy?
No. DocuGuru generates the sagej LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a SAGE-ready Global Social Policy document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Global Social Policy template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Global Social Policy format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
Who publishes Global Social Policy?
Global Social Policy is a multidisciplinary journal published by SAGE. DocuGuru's Global Social Policy template matches SAGE's official submission format.
Can I export a submission-ready Global Social Policy PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Global Social Policy template (the sagej class) that is ready to submit to SAGE, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
How much does the Global Social Policy template cost?
You can start writing in the Global Social Policy template for free. Exporting the final submission-ready Global Social Policy PDF and LaTeX source is part of DocuGuru's paid plans — see the app for current pricing.
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