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Mapping the geography of editors-in-chief Cover
By: György Csomós  
Open Access
|Feb 2024

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

Worldwide location of editors-in-chief by country (2022).
Worldwide location of editors-in-chief by country (2022).

Figure 2.

Share of editors-in-chief across academic publishers by country
Share of editors-in-chief across academic publishers by country

Countries/territories where at least 50 editors-in-chief are based

RankCountry/territoryEditors-in-chiefRankCountry/territoryEditors-in-chief
1United States5,35520Belgium131
2United Kingdom1,89821New Zealand115
3Germany1,03522South Africa101
4China79423Denmark98
5Canada66524Chinese Taiwan93
6Australia59525Greece84
7Italy51926Singapore83
8France49027Norway81
9Japan40328Israel80
10Spain35128Turkey80
11Netherlands30530Mexico78
12South Korea21431Czechia69
13Brazil20832Portugal67
14Switzerland20033Ireland65
15Russia16234Finland59
16Poland16035Hungary56
17Sweden15736Chile53
18Austria14136Romania53
19India14036Iran53

The largest publishing houses in terms of the number of editors-in-chief_

Publishing houseLocation (country)Headquarters (city)Number of editors-in-chiefNumber of journals in SCIE/SSCI databases (2022)Share of editors-in-chief from the Anglosphere (%)
ElsevierNetherlandsAmsterdam2,4101,87455.31
Springer NatureGermany /United KingdomLondon / Berlin / New York, NY2,3901,87144.64
WileyUnited StatesHoboken, NJ1,6881,27562.86
Taylor & FrancisUnited KingdomAbingdon1,6341,42668.12
SageUnited StatesThousand Oaks, CA85968179.51
Oxford University PressUnited KingdomOxford42137370.31
Cambridge University PressUnited KingdomCambridge36230674.03
Lippincott Williams & WilkinsUnited StatesPhiladelphia25022286.40
De GruyterGermanyBerlin19215828.13
IEEEUnited StatesNew York, NY17117152.05
EmeraldUnited KingdomBingley11911663.03
World ScientificSingaporeSingapore1066443.40
MDPISwitzerlandBasel1049950.00
American Associations and SocietiesUnited Statesmultiple locations across the United States47941988.73
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jdis-2024-0002 | Journal eISSN: 2543-683X | Journal ISSN: 2096-157X
Language: English
Page range: 124 - 137
Submitted on: Jul 12, 2023
Accepted on: Dec 7, 2023
Published on: Feb 6, 2024
Published by: Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Science Library
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2024 György Csomós, published by Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Science Library
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