Share Your Most Surprising Policy Citation for Chance to Win $500 [Closed]

Please note: this contest has now closed. The winner will be contacted in due course.

This November, Sage and Overton invite you to share the unexpected ways your research has impacted policy – and become eligible for a chance to win a $500 Amazon gift card 

How to enter 

1. Use Sage Policy Profiles (our free, browser-based tool) to find how your work has been used in policy, then pick out the most surprising policy citation. 

2. Fill out the contest entry form. 

Access your Sage Policy Profiles dashboard 

Why enter? 

Since Sage Policy Profiles launched in 2023, more than 24,000 researchers have used the tool to discover where their work has been cited in policy. The reaction we hear most often? Genuine surprise at just how widely policymakers around the world are using their research.  

With Sage Policy Profiles, many scholars have spotted mentions in government reports, NGO briefings, and think tank papers. These citations can help strengthen grant proposals and demonstrate impact to tenure and promotion committees.  

Discover where your research is making a difference today with your free Sage Policy Profiles account. You might be surprised by what you find.  

Register for Sage Policy Profiles 

Share your impact with the world 

After entering, share your surprising citation on X (@Sage_Publishing) or Bluesky (@sagepub.com) using #SagePolicyProfiles. Don’t forget to use your personalized, downloadable graphics from Sage Policy Profiles to showcase your impact.  

Key details 

• Entries open: Nov 3, 00:01 ET 

• Entries close: Nov 30, 23:59 ET 

• Prize: $500 Amazon e-gift card 

• One entry per user 

• Winner chosen by random name draw 

• Winner announced: Dec 1 on Sage’s LinkedIn, X, and Bluesky 

What is Sage Policy Profiles? 

Sage Policy Profiles is a free, browser-based tool that allows you to:  

• See when and where your research has been cited in policy on an easy-to-use, personalized dashboard. 

• Visualize your impact across the world and over time with shareable graphics. 

• Explore a detailed view of policy citations for each of your works. 

• Export your policy mentions in one file.  

The tool is powered by Overton, the world’s largest searchable index of policy  
documents, guidelines, think tank publications, and working papers. 

Given the outsized influence that social and behavioral science has on policy, Sage houses Sage Policy Profiles on Social Science Space to help policy-focused social and behavioral scientists highlight the real-world value of their work.  

An independent company, Sage is dedicated to the long-term goal of broadening how we define research impact — from scholarly metrics to real-world influence. 

Contest rules