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.
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Methodology
Executive Summary
Chapter 1: Global Social Science and Humanities Publishing Market
Introduction
Market Size
Currency
Books
Journals
Online Services
Other
Social Science & Humanities Publishing by Language
Language Splits by Country and Subject
Language Also Varies by Publishing Media
Table 1.1: Global SSH Publishing, Media Market Share, 2015
Table 1.2: Social Science & Humanities Publishing Market by Medium, 2013-2015
Table 1.3: Exchange Rate Changes vs. U.S. Dollar, 2013-2015
Table 1.4: Social Science & Humanities Publishing, Language Share, 2015
Table 1.5: Social Science & Humanities Publishing By Medium, Language Share, 2015
Chapter 2: Leading Social Science and Humanities Publishers
Introduction
Leading Social Science & Humanities Publishers
Informa
Company Overview
Recent Company Performance
Publishing Strategy
SAGE Publications Inc.
Company Overview
Recent Company Performance
Publishing Strategy
Cengage Learning
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
Additional SSH Publishers of Note
Publishers of Books, Journals and Databases
Books
Journals
Online Services
University Presses
Mergers & Acquisitions in Social Science & Humanities Publishing
Table 2.1: Leading SSH Publishers Share 2015
Table 2.2: Leading Social Science & Humanities Publishers, 2013-2015
Table 2.3: Leading University Press Publishers, Ranked by 2015 Revenue
Table 2.4: Key Social Science & Humanities Publishing M&A Activity,
Chapter 3: 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
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 & Humanities Publishing Forecast
Introduction
Books Forecast
Journals Forecast
Online Services/A&I Forecast
Other Forecast
Forecast of Leading Publishers
Table 3.1: SSH vs. STM Spending At American Research Libraries, 1990
Table 3.2: SSH vs. STM Spending At American Research Libraries, 2015
Table 3.3: Social Science & Humanities Publishing Market by Medium, 2016-2020
Table 3.4: Leading Social Science & Humanities Publishers, 2015-2016P
