Ranking of academic book publishers

Some of the worlds top publishers, such as elsevier, springer nature, and wileyblackwell, are still going strong. We have highlighted some of the factors that allowed these. The list is based on the publishing houses used by our researchers. Rankings rely on subjective impressions by the scholarly community, on analyses of prize winners of scientific associations, discipline, a publishers reputation, and its impact factor particularly in the sciences. Youd think that huffpo college was trying to find its own. The first and only time anyone ranked academic publishers. Socioeconomic and natural sciences of the environment. The list below contains prestigious names, some of which are associated with venerated universities.

Writing or editing a book is a major commitment of your time and resources. The global ranking of the publishing industry is an initiative of livres hebdo, paris, researched by ruediger wischenbart content and consulting, and copublished with buchreport. Nov 06, 2019 ranking of book publishers in sweden in 2014, by turnover top publishers channels on youtube in italy 2019 ranking of book publishers in sweden 2014, by profit. A snowballing initiative to list authors contributions aims to make sure credit is always given where it is due. We are also offering 30% off print and 45% off ebooks if you would like to. We are also offering 30% off print and 45% off ebooks if you would like to order direct from bloomsbury. There are a number of approaches to ranking academic publishing groups and publishers. The top five academic publishers, who publish scholarly works and books for students, are distinctly different from the big five trade publishers, who publish books for the general public. A few days ago, huffington post college did up one of their snazzy photo gallery polls for get this the best academic publishers.

Nov 28, 2014 i always knew that lcp was a paraacademic press, but this insight was great enough that i removed the mention from my cover letter and rehearsed interview answers. Ashgate has more artsbased books as my background is architecture, whereas routledge does not. The top 5 academic book publishers cambridge university press. Socioeconomic and natural sciences of the environment ranking of academic publishers approved by sense general board in may 2009 page 1 of 17 sense ranking of academic. How to publish an academic book why choosing a publisher is. They own over 120 branded imprints, such as avon, harper, and thomas nelson. First, we construct a ranking of the top 500 publishers and explore descriptive statistics at the level of publisher type university, commercial, other and country of origin. Routledge is the worlds leading academic publisher in the humanities and social sciences. Academic book publishers book publishing companies. These presses have offices worldwide, but youll find the contact information for the u. Academic publishers directory list of academic publishing.

For book publishers there is no internationally accepted system of ranking. Sec staff corner ranking list of academic book publishers. Is there a collected list of all the academic presses accepting soc manuscripts out there. Unsure about what should be in an academic book proposal or what information academic book proposals usually contain. Small university presses can develop strong reputations for particular subject areas, even though they are not wellknown in other areas.

Sense publishes books in the field of education and educational research and aims to offer the highest level of service to its authors, readers and clients on a global scale. Since 1970 it has issued more than 2,000 books and journals, publishing an average of 70 a year. Refereed book publications published by the world top of publishers b. Ranking of book publishers in sweden in 2014, by turnover top publishers channels on youtube in italy 2019 ranking of book publishers in sweden 2014, by profit. Despite a number of challenges, pearson continued its reign as the worlds. Bibliometricians do not know very much about academic book publishers. How to publish an academic book why choosing a publisher is important and how to choose one.

Oxford university press clarendon ukus princeton university press. Commercial publishers filled a need and continue to reap the benefits even after the onset of free internet repositories. These companies have a monopoly in the academic publishing business around the world. This paper presents a publisher ranking study based on data granted to us by elsevier, specifically, citations to book titles from 604 scopus history journals 20072011, and matching metadata from.

Our listings of academic book publishers are listing of scholarly journals and magazines published from universities, institutions and colleges all in academic. To view a list of academic publishing companies by country please select a country. Unsure about what should be in an academic book proposal or what information academic book. This dynamic academic press with more than 40 years experience is the largest publisher of academic books focusing on southeast asian politics, economics and social issues. A snowballing initiative to list authors contributions aims to make sure. With careers riding on young scientists position in author lists, friction is all too common. These five companies control more than half of academic. In this post i answer all these questions and more. Academic publishers directory listing 1 to 10 of 493 academic publishing companies page 1 of 50 of all the publishing houses listed in the directory of academic publishers. Academic book publishers book publishing directory. Apr 21, 2012 how to publish an academic book why choosing a publisher is important and how to choose one like many aspects of academic publishing, where you publish is often as important as what you publish.

Bpublishers good international publishers 3 credits per book chapter. Go to the directory of german publishing companies to see a list of german publishing houses and german publishing services companies sorted by category. Analysing the global ranking of publishers publishing. The same holds for a request to upgrade or downgrade one of the current publishers on the list to another category. In fact, publishers dont even pay for quality control which is done by other. Thus, the decision of where to publish your academic book is a crucial one.

Before you write an academic book proposal you must first identify presses that publish books like yours. If you decide to take on this activity, you need to make sure that it will count towards your academic performance or. Mar 06, 2014 in the world of academic books, copyediting has changed and much of this work is now outsourced by publishers. The top 5 academic book publishers the balance careers. The nonconsumer division operates in academic book publishing in print and ebook formats. Aug 22, 2010 a few days ago, huffington post college did up one of their snazzy photo gallery polls for get this the best academic publishers. Since we started ranking the worlds biggest publishers, the largest 10 companies have accounted for 53%58% of the revenue of all the publishers who have been featured in the ranking.

Are you aware of any classification of the quality of law. Pages in category academic publishing companies the following 171 pages are in this category, out of 171 total. I experienced inhouse copyediting with my first book, and it was excellent. The wasssense book publishers ranking list 2017 excel please note that the wasssense ranking list of publishers has been set up for the wass and sense dutch graduate schools only. Despite a number of challenges, pearson continued its reign as the worlds largest book publisher in 2017. Scholarly publishers indicators in humanities and social. But while there are some horror stories, input from true professionals can improve your work. Pdf ranking scholarly publishers in political science. In addition to the polish list, vernon press also features on the nordic list, the finnish publication forums list of scholarly book publishers, and a similar list managed by the spanish national research council csic in spanish. Still, hopefully research such as this will help scientists realise that they dont need publishers to help them distribute their content anymore. Choosing a quality publisher is an essential component of good publishing. Vernon press independent publisher of academic books in the. Our listings of academic book publishers are listing of scholarly journals and magazines published from universities, institutions and colleges all in academic settings.

If you decide to take on this activity, you need to make sure that it will count towards your academic performance or another goal, and build your reputation within your discipline and at jcu. Are you aware of any classification of the quality of law book publishers in english and also of law journals in english. These are the alist publishers according to the sense ranking of academic publishers. Refereed book publications published by the world top of publishers.

Oct 23, 2018 ready to prepare your first academic book proposal, but confused about where to start. California university press cambridge university press clarendon press. When it comes to publishers, harper collins is one of the top book publishers for english language books. We are proud that our continued efforts to serve the academic community, providing a home for ideas of. How to publish an academic book why choosing a publisher. This paper presents a publisher ranking study based on data granted to us by elsevier, specifically, citations to book titles from 604 scopus history journals 20072011, and matching metadata from worldcat i. Elsevier, the largest publisher of academic research, is also the most profitable division of relx. They also purchased harlequin in 2014, which is the leading publisher for womens fiction novels. Top 10 academic publishers in the world a listly list. Choosing quality book publishers publishing academic. Vernon press independent publisher of academic books in. Use of spi data is allowed for academic or research purposes, but never commercial.

Please use heading 3 to format the names of presses or publishers. Top 6 best book publishers 2017 ranking list of top. Academic press london oxford an imprint of elsevier science. Top 6 best book publishers 2017 ranking list of top book. Some of the worlds top publishers, such as elsevier, springer nature, and wiley. Jun 12, 2015 and as long as the most important research in each field is stuck behind a paywall, universities will pay for their researchers to access it, creating a cycle that keeps the big publishers in business. These five companies control more than half of academic publishing. Refereed book publications published by the worlds semitop of publishers. Name of publisher ranking cambridge university press a chicago university. Socioeconomic and natural sciences of the environment ranking of academic publishers approved by sense general board in may 2009 page 1 of 17 sense ranking of academic publishers for book publishers there is no internationally accepted system of ranking. Please share your experiences working with these presses. In addition to the polish list, vernon press also features on the nordic list, the finnish publication forums list of scholarly book publishers, and a similar list managed by the spanish national research. We have highlighted some of the factors that allowed these publisher companies to score so highly in our selection ranking. We then identify the top 50 university presses and commercial houses based on total citations and mean citations per book cpb.

Founded in 2004, sense publishers is an international academic publishing house with headquarters in rotterdam, the netherlands, and an office in boston, ma, usa. Lewis concluded that college and university librarians ranked university presses higher and commercial publishers lower than did members of the american. Ready to prepare your first academic book proposal, but confused about where to start. Feel free to add other presses and publishers to the list. There was a high level of consistency in the ranking of book publishers among the three systems. See the sense ranking of academic publishers which cant even get the names of. Name of publisher ranking cambridge university press a chicago university press a columbia university press a harvard university press a mit press a oxford university pressclarendon ukus a princeton university.