Martha Sedgwick

Martha Sedgwick is a senior publishing executive at Sage Publishing, where she leads innovation and growth initiatives across the Research and Learning business, with a particular focus on Open Access publishing, research communication, and the future of scholarly publishing. She has extensive experience spanning editorial strategy, journal publishing, product management, commercial development, and organizational transformation.

At Sage, Martha has led the expansion of the company’s Gold Open Access programme, overseeing global teams across publishing, editorial operations, commissioning, product management, technology, sales and marketing. Her work has focused on building sustainable growth while maintaining high standards of quality, trust, and researcher service in an increasingly complex scholarly communications landscape.

Martha is a strong advocate for innovation that advances the dissemination and impact of research. She has been actively involved in shaping Sage’s response to emerging developments in artificial intelligence, research integrity, peer review, and open science, and regularly engages with researchers, institutions, societies, and industry partners around the world.

She is passionate about ensuring that scholarly publishing continues to serve the needs of researchers and society, and is committed to fostering collaboration across the STM community to strengthen trust, accessibility, and innovation in research communication.