Global Social Science & Humanities Publishing 2016-2020


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Global Social Sciences & Humanities Publishing 2016-2020

In today’s global market, it’s more important than ever to understand the dynamics of academic publishing. Rely on Simba’s Global Social Sciences & Humanities Publishing 2016-2020 to build your growth plan for this year and beyond.

This report provides an overview and financial outlook for this important publishing segment based on specific research and analysis of the leading competitors’ performance through 2015 with market projections through 2020. Simba has used the information it gathered through primary and secondary research to estimate company, market, geographic and individual delivery channel performance for 2015. This research was conducted in conjunction with a larger study of the overall market for scholarly and professional publishing.

The overall market and each market segment are divided into four content delivery channels: books, journals, online services (including abstracting and indexing) and other activities.

Whether your focus is books, journals or online content and services, you can trust Global Social Sciences & Humanities Publishing 2016-2020 to provide the inside intelligence you need to evaluate growth potential, understand trends affecting the industry, and size up the competition.

Global Social Sciences & Humanities Publishing 2016-2020 is an essential tool for publishing executives, M&A advisors, market analysts, and industry consultants who need to understand the business strategies driving the scholarly and professional publishing industry.



  • Methodology
  • Executive Summary
  • Global Social Science & Humanities Publishing Market
    • Introduction
    • Market Size
      • Table Global SSH Publishing, Media Market Share, 2015
      • Table Social Science & Humanities Publishing Market by Medium, 2013-2015 ($ in millions)
      • Currency
        • Table Exchange Rate Changes vs. U.S. Dollar, 2013-14, 2014-15
      • Books
      • Journals
      • Online Services
      • Other
    • Social Science and Humanities Publishing by Language
      • Language Splits by Country and Subject
      • Language Also Varies by Publishing Media
        • Table Social Science & Humanities Publishing, Language Share, 2015
        • Table Social Sciencce & Humanitites Publishing Medium, Language Share, 2015 ($ in millions)
  • Leading Social Science & Humanities Publishers
    • Introduction
    • Leading Social Science & Humanities Publishers
      • Table Leading SSH Publishers Share 2015
    • Informa
      • Company Overview
      • Recent Company Performance
        • Table Leading Social Science & Humanities Publishers, 2013-2015 ($ in millions)
      • Publishing Strategy
    • SAGE Publications Inc.
      • Company Overview
      • Recent Company Performance
      • Publishing Strategy
    • Cengage Research
      • Company Overview
      • Recent Company Performance
      • Publishing Strategy
    • John Wiley & Sons
      • Company Overview
      • Recent Company Performance
      • Publishing Strategy
    • RELX Group/Elsevier
      • Company Overview
      • Recent Company Performance
      • Publishing Strategy
    • EBSCO Publishing
      • Company Overview
      • Recent Company Performance
      • Publishing Strategy
    • Springer Nature
      • Company Overview
      • Recent Company Performance
      • Publishing Strategy
    • Oxford University Press
      • Company Overview
      • Recent Company Performance
      • Publishing Strategy
    • ProQuest
      • Company Overview
      • Recent Company Performance
      • Publishing Strategy
    • Cambridge University Press
      • Company Overview
      • Recent Company Performance
      • Publishing Strategy
    • American Psychological Association
      • Company Overview
      • Recent Company Performance Publishing Strategy
      • Publishing Strategy
    • Additional SSH Publishers of Note
      • Publishers of Books, Journals and Databases
      • Books
      • Journals
      • Online Services
    • University Presses
      • Table Leading University Press Publishers Ranked by 2015 Revenue ($ in millions)
      • Table Key Social Science & Humanities Publishing M&A Activity, September 2013 – December 2014
    • Mergers & Acquisitions in Social Science & Humanities Publishing
      • Table Key Social Science & Humanities Publishing M&A Activity, January – December 2015
  • Trends and Forecast
    • Introduction
    • Current Trends in Social Science & Humanities Publishing
      • SSH Funding Cut Worldwide, Continues to be Threatened
      • SSH Has Been Losing the Battle for the Library Budget for Decades
        • Table SSH vs. STM Spending At American Research Libraries, 1990
        • Table SSH vs. STM Spending At an American Research Library, 2015
      • Online Journals Drive Social Science Consolidation
      • Budget Crunch Turns Libraries to Patron/Demand-Driven Acquisitions
      • SSH Research Coming from New Sources, Much of it in English
      • SSH Disciplines Continue to Evolve Taking Publishing with Them
      • Digital Collections Give SSH Monographs a Lifeline
      • Open Access Taking Hold in Social Science and Humanities Journals
      • Publishers Rush To Launch Social Science and Humanities Megajournals
      • Open Access Books Depend on the Social Sciences and Humanities
    • Global Social Science and Humanities Publishing Forecast
      • Introduction
        • Table Social Science & Humanities Publishing Market by Medium, 2016-2020 ($ in millions)
      • Books Forecast
      • Journals Forecast
      • Online Services/A&I Forecast
      • Other Forecast
      • Forecast of Leading Publishers
        • Table Leading Social Science & Humanities Publishers, 2015-2016P ($ in millions)

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