Figure 1
UK learned societies’ publishing activity by disciplinary area (277 societies, 2015 and 2023)
Figure 2
Changes in UK learned societies’ publishing model (277 societies, 2015–2023)
Table 1
Publishers with 10+ relationships with UK learned societies – number of partnerships in 2015 and 2023
| Publisher | Number of UK society partners (2015) | Number of UK society partners (2023) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiley | 59 | 53 | –6 |
| Taylor & Francis (including Maney Publishing in 2023) | 37 | 53 | 16 |
| Cambridge University Press | 32 | 42 | 10 |
| Oxford University Press | 23 | 29 | 6 |
| Maney Publishing (pre-acquisition by Taylor & Francis in 2015) | 17 | – | –17 |
| Elsevier | 14 | 17 | 3 |
| SAGE | 13 | 21 | 8 |
Figure 3
Changes in UK learned societies’ publishing partnerships (277 societies, 2015–2023)
Figure 4
Society-publisher relationships by publisher business model (2015 and 2023)
Figure 5
Changes in publishing revenue (2014–2022) and share of 2022 revenues derived from publishing – 21 UK societies