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PUBLISHER: SIMBA Information, Inc. | PRODUCT CODE: 1308020
Global Social Science & Humanities Publishing 2023-2027
Simba's Global Social Sciences & Humanities Publishing 2023-2027 report provides an overview and outlook for the global Social Sciences & Humanities publishing market. The report sized the total market Social Studies and Humanities publishing market at $4.49 billion in revenue in 2022, a growth of 0.8% over $4.46 billion in 2021; the increase is largely attributed to major competitors in the market recovering from short-term declines in 2020-2021. The report further analyzed the market and determined that the books segment generated $1.728 billion in revenue in 2022, making up 38% of overall market revenue, with the journals segment following closely behind at $1.675 billion in revenue, making up 36% of the overall market revenue. Simba's Global Social Sciences & Humanities Publishing 2023-2027 includes data on the performance of major competitors in 2022 and estimates for 2023 with a forecast for the 2023-2027 period. The data is derived from consulting and analyzing the latest data from official governmental, association and other official sources, along with Simba's own analyses.
Table of Content
METHODOLOGY
DEFINITION OF SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMANITIES PUBLISHING
Social Science & Humanities Disciplines
DEFINITIONS OF SOCIAL SCIENCE & HUMANITIES PUBLISHING BY MEDIA
Books
Journals
Online Content and Services
Abstracting & Indexing Services
Other Activities
Elimination
SCOPE OF THE REPORT
DEFINITIONS BY GEOGRAPHY
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Methodology for Estimates and Forecasts
EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW
INTRODUCTION
Executive Overview Figure. Social Sciences & Humanities Product Segments, 2022 (percent)
Leading Competitors
Competitive Landscape
Outlook
CHAPTER 1: MARKET TRENDS
INTRODUCTION
CURRENT TRENDS
Economic Headwinds Accelerating
The SSH Pipeline
Master's Degrees
Doctoral Degrees
Survey of Earned Doctorates
Figure 1-1. Number of Doctoral Degrees Awarded by US Colleges and Universities: S&E vs. Non S&E Degrees, 1958 - 2021
Changing Role of Journals in SSH Publishing
Academic Library Insights
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Pricing Issues at Academic Libraries
NIH Funding for Behavioral and Social Science
Figure 1-2. NIH Funding for Behavioral and Social Science, 2017 - 2024 ($ in millions)
Global R&D Spending
Table 1-1. Research & Development Spending by Country, 2018 - 2021 ($ in billions)
CHAPTER 2: MARKET LANDSCAPE
INTRODUCTION
MARKET SIZE
Figure 2-1. SSH Product Forms, 2022 (percent)
Books
Table 2-1. SSH Publishing by Product Form, 2020 - 2022 ($ in millions)
Journals
Online Content
Abstracting & Indexing Services
Other Activities
SSH PUBLISHING BY GEOGRAPHY
Language Splits
Social Science Research Output
China Advancing in SSH Research
SSH Publishing by Region
Figure 2-2. SSH Publishing by Region, 2022 (percent)
Currency Effects
Table 2-2. Foreign Exchange Trends: Unit of Foreign Currency in US Dollar Equivalent, 2020 - 2022
CHAPTER 3: LEADING COMPETITORS
INTRODUCTION
LEADING SSH PUBLISHERS
Table 3-1. Leading Social Sciences & Humanities Publishers, 2021 - 2022 ($ in millions)
INFORMA
Company Overview
Business Segments
Taylor & Francis
Portfolio of Brands
SSH Content
Books
Journals
Figure 3-1. Taylor & Francis: Number of SSH Journals by Subject Area, 2022
Table 3-2. Taylor & Francis: SSH Publishing by Form, 2022
Recent Company Performance
SSH Revenue
Publishing Strategy
Innovation
Routledge Open Research
Open Plus Books
Stylus Publishing
Pilot of Transparent Peer Review Model
Product Development
ELSEVIER
Company Overview
Business Segments
Elsevier: Science, Technical & Medical
Primary Research
Databases, Tools, and Electronic Reference
SSH Content
ScienceDirect Platform
Figure 3-2. Elsevier ScienceDirect: Volume of Book and Journal Content by Subject Area
Figure 3-3. SSH Content on ScienceDirect: Numbers of Journals and Books by Subject
Scopus A&I
Figure 3-4. Scopus Database: Mix of Publications by Subject Area, (percent)
Elsevier.com
Business Model
Recent Company Performance
Elsevier
SSH Revenue
Publishing Strategy
Product Development
Scopus Improvements
EBSCO INFORMATION SERVICES
Company Overview
Business Segments
EBSCO Information Services
Databases
E-Books
Discovery
FOLIO
SSH Content
Recent Company Performance
SSH Revenue
Publishing Strategy
Product Development
GOBI and De Gruyter
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Panorama Analytics
Release of DACH Information
EBSCO Essentials
Knowledge Unlatched Partnership
JSTOR Open Community Collections
Release of New Education Collection
PROQUEST
Company Overview
Acquisition by Clarivate
Clarivate Background
Business Segments
Academia & Government
SSH Content
Recent Company Performance
SSH Revenue
Publishing Strategy
Product Development
Journal Impact Factor for Arts and Humanities
Preprint Citation Index
My Research Assistant
SPRINGER NATURE
Company Overview
Business Segments
Research
SSH Content
Figure 3-5. SpringerLink Platform: Number of Books by Subject Domain
Figure 3-6. SpringerLink Platform: Number of Journals by Subject Domain
Figure 3-7. SpringerLink: SSH Books by Sub-Discipline
Recent Company Performance
SSH Revenue
Publishing Strategy
Product Development
Open Access Journals
American Journal Experts
Research Square
TooWrite
Open Access Books
E-Books
SAGE PUBLISHING
Company Overview
Business Segments
SSH Content
Recent Company Performance
SSH Revenue
Publishing Strategy
Sage Brand Refresh
Figure 3-8. Sage Brand Image Refresh: Old Sage Logo and New Sage Logo
Sage India Shuts Down Book Publishing
Product Development
Lean Library and Springshare
Lean Library and EBSCO
Sage Partnership with Universal Write
New Sage Research Methods Teaching Platform
Partnership with Wikipedia
Social Science for Social Justice Series
OA Archive of Shakespeare Folios
WILEY
Company Overview
Business Segments
Research
Research Publishing
Research Solutions
Academic
Academic Publishing
SSH Content
Figure 3-9. Wiley SSH Journals by Subject Area
Figure 3-10. Wiley Online Books: Number of Books by Academic Discipline
Recent Company Performance
Recent Quarterly Results
SSH Revenue
Publishing Strategy
Product Development
CENGAGE
Company Overview
Business Segments
Research
Imprints
Global Sales Reach
SSH Content
Recent Company Performance
SSH Revenue
Publishing Strategy
Product Development
Gale Digital Scholar Lab Product Enhancement
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Figure 3-11. Gale Digital Scholar Lab: New User Interface: Content Sets Analysis
Archives Dedicated to DEI Subjects
DH and Tut Talks
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Company Overview
Business Segments
Academic
SSH and SHAPE
SSH Content
Recent Company Performance
SSH Revenue
Publishing Strategy
OUP Brand Refresh
Figure: 3-12 Oxford University Press Brand Refresh: Old Brand Image versus New Logo and Typeface
Product Development
Oxford Open Economics
Oxford Scholarship Online
Oxford Academic Platform
Political Science Quarterly
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Company Overview
Merger with Cambridge Assessments
Business Segments
Cambridge University Press
SSH Content
Recent Company Performance
SSH Revenue
Publishing Strategy
Product Development
Cambridge Elements
Open Access
OTHER LEADING SOCIAL SCIENCE & HUMANITIES PUBLISHERS
Bloomsbury Publishing
De Gruyter
Brill
Peter Lang
Pearson
Art Publishers
Abrams
Thames & Hudson
Phaidon Press
MetPublications
University Presses
Harvard University Press
University of Chicago
Other University Presses
Online Content
Redalyc
Latindex
SciELO
CHAPTER 4: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Table 4-1. Mergers, Acquisitions, Partnerships: SSH Publishing 2020
Table 4-2. Mergers, Acquisitions, Partnerships: SSH Publishing, 2021
Table 4-3. Mergers, Acquisitions, Partnerships: SSH Publishing, 2022
Table 4-4 Mergers, Acquisitions, Partnerships: SSH Publishing, 2023
CHAPTER 5: GLOBAL FORECAST
INTRODUCTION
MARKET FORECAST
Outlook: Leading SSH Publishers
Table 5-1. Leading SSH Publishers Forecast, 2022 - 2023E ($ in millions)
Global Markets
Product Segments
Table 5-2. SSH Publishing Forecast by Form, 2023P - 2027P ($ in millions)
APPENDIX
Table A-1. Research & Development Spending Forecast by Country, 2022-2025 ($ in billions)
Table A-2. Currency Exchange Rate vs. US Dollar, 2020 - 2022
