The final list of the 100 largest academic publishers ordered by their journal counts
| Rank | Publisher | Journals | Predatory | Global South Univ. Press |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Springer | 3,763 | ||
| 2 | Taylor & Francis | 2,912 | ||
| 3 | Elsevier | 2,674 | ||
| 4 | Wiley | 1,691 | ||
| 5 | SAGE | 1,208 | ||
| 6 | OMICS | 705 | Yes | |
| 7 | De Gruyter | 513 | ||
| 8 | Oxford University Press | 500 | ||
| 9 | InderScience | 472 | ||
| 10 | Brill | 461 | ||
| 11 | Cambridge University Press | 422 | ||
| 12 | Thieme | 407 | ||
| 13 | Medknow | 386 | ||
| 14 | Emerald | 377 | ||
| 15 | MDPI | 376 | ||
| 16 | Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins | 375 | ||
| 17 | BioMedCentral | 306 | ||
| 18 | IEEE | 294 | ||
| 19 | Science Publishing Group | 273 | Yes | |
| 20 | Philosophy Documentation Center | 249 | ||
| 21 | SCIRP | 247 | Yes | |
| 22 | IRMA | 244 | ||
| 23 | Hindawi | 243 | ||
| 24 | IGI Global | 238 | ||
| 25 | World Scientific | 204 | ||
| 26 | Austin Publishing Group | 202 | Yes | |
| 27 | Bentham | 201 | Yes | |
| 28 | Universidade de Sao Paulo | 200 | ||
| 29 | Open Access Pub | 198 | Yes | |
| 30 | Longdom | 190 | Yes | |
| 31 | Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | 177 | Yes | |
| 32 | Gavin Publishers | 168 | Yes | |
| 33 | Universidad de Buenos Aires | 168 | Yes | |
| 34 | iMedPub | 163 | Yes | |
| 35 | Nauka | 162 | ||
| 36 | Schweizerbart | 158 | ||
| 37 | Fabrizio Serra | 157 | ||
| 38 | Scientific and Academic Publishing | 149 | ||
| 39 | JSciMedCentral | 147 | Yes | |
| 40 | Frontiers | 138 | ||
| 41 | Hans Publishers | 137 | Yes | |
| 42 | Advanced Research Publications | 135 | Yes | |
| 43 | Open Access Text (OAT) | 134 | Yes | |
| 44 | KeAi | 130 | ||
| 45 | eScholarship Publishing | 128 | ||
| 46 | Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico | 127 | Yes | |
| 47 | Intellect Books | 126 | ||
| 48 | Hilaris | 125 | Yes | |
| 49 | Academic Journals | 125 | Yes | |
| 50 | Science and Education Publishing | 125 | Yes | |
| 51 | Universitas Gadjah Mada | 123 | Yes | |
| 52 | Conscientia Beam | 122 | ||
| 53 | Universitas Negeri Semarang | 120 | Yes | |
| 54 | Pleiades | 119 | ||
| 55 | University of Tehran | 115 | Yes | |
| 56 | Sciencedomain International | 112 | Yes | |
| 57 | Karger | 105 | ||
| 58 | Polish Academy of Sciences | 102 | ||
| 59 | IOP Publishing | 102 | ||
| 60 | Peertechz Publications | 101 | Yes | |
| 61 | Chinese Academy of Sciences | 101 | ||
| 62 | Mary Ann Liebert | 101 | ||
| 63 | Universidad Nacional de La Plata | 100 | Yes | |
| 64 | John Hopkins University Press | 100 | ||
| 65 | Universitas Airlangga | 99 | Yes | |
| 66 | Universitat de Barcelona | 98 | ||
| 67 | University of Malaya | 94 | Yes | |
| 68 | Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta | 93 | Yes | |
| 69 | Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo | 93 | Yes | |
| 70 | Medcrave | 93 | Yes | |
| 71 | Universidad Nacional de Cordoba | 92 | Yes | |
| 72 | APA | 92 | ||
| 73 | SciTechnol | 92 | Yes | |
| 74 | University of Chicago Press | 92 | ||
| 75 | Universitas Negeri Surabaya | 91 | Yes | |
| 76 | Ubiquity Press | 91 | ||
| 77 | University of Hawaii Press | 90 | ||
| 78 | John Benjamins | 90 | ||
| 79 | Jagiellonian University Press | 89 | ||
| 80 | Dovepress | 89 | ||
| 81 | IOS Press | 89 | ||
| 82 | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul | 88 | Yes | |
| 83 | Universitas Diponegoro | 87 | Yes | |
| 84 | University of Alberta Press | 87 | ||
| 85 | Universidade de Brasilia | 86 | Yes | |
| 86 | Internet Scientific Publications | 86 | Yes | |
| 87 | Adam Mickiewicz University | 86 | ||
| 88 | Penn State University Press | 84 | ||
| 89 | Franco Angeli Edizioni | 83 | ||
| 90 | International Scholars Journals | 83 | Yes | |
| 91 | Annex Publishers | 82 | Yes | |
| 92 | Open Access Journals | 81 | Yes | |
| 93 | Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota | 81 | Yes | |
| 94 | Herbert Publications | 81 | Yes | |
| 95 | Il Mulino | 80 | ||
| 96 | Medwin Publishers LLC | 79 | Yes | |
| 97 | Premier Publishers | 78 | Yes | |
| 98 | Pulsus Group | 76 | Yes | |
| 99 | Scholarena | 76 | Yes | |
| 100 | Editura Academiei Romane | 76 |
| Rank | Publisher | Journals | Predatory | Global South Univ. Press |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Springer | 3,763 | ||
| 2 | Taylor & Francis | 2,912 | ||
| 3 | Elsevier | 2,674 | ||
| 4 | Wiley | 1,691 | ||
| 5 | SAGE | 1,208 | ||
| 6 | OMICS | 705 | Yes | |
| 7 | De Gruyter | 513 | ||
| 8 | Oxford University Press | 500 | ||
| 9 | InderScience | 472 | ||
| 10 | Brill | 461 | ||
| 11 | Cambridge University Press | 422 | ||
| 12 | Thieme | 407 | ||
| 13 | Medknow | 386 | ||
| 14 | Emerald | 377 | ||
| 15 | MDPI | 376 | ||
| 16 | Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins | 375 | ||
| 17 | BioMedCentral | 306 | ||
| 18 | IEEE | 294 | ||
| 19 | Science Publishing Group | 273 | Yes | |
| 20 | Philosophy Documentation Center | 249 | ||
| 21 | SCIRP | 247 | Yes | |
| 22 | IRMA | 244 | ||
| 23 | Hindawi | 243 | ||
| 24 | IGI Global | 238 | ||
| 25 | World Scientific | 204 | ||
| 26 | Austin Publishing Group | 202 | Yes | |
| 27 | Bentham | 201 | Yes | |
| 28 | Universidade de Sao Paulo | 200 | ||
| 29 | Open Access Pub | 198 | Yes | |
| 30 | Longdom | 190 | Yes | |
| 31 | Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | 177 | Yes | |
| 32 | Gavin Publishers | 168 | Yes | |
| 33 | Universidad de Buenos Aires | 168 | Yes | |
| 34 | iMedPub | 163 | Yes | |
| 35 | Nauka | 162 | ||
| 36 | Schweizerbart | 158 | ||
| 37 | Fabrizio Serra | 157 | ||
| 38 | Scientific and Academic Publishing | 149 | ||
| 39 | JSciMedCentral | 147 | Yes | |
| 40 | Frontiers | 138 | ||
| 41 | Hans Publishers | 137 | Yes | |
| 42 | Advanced Research Publications | 135 | Yes | |
| 43 | Open Access Text (OAT) | 134 | Yes | |
| 44 | KeAi | 130 | ||
| 45 | eScholarship Publishing | 128 | ||
| 46 | Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico | 127 | Yes | |
| 47 | Intellect Books | 126 | ||
| 48 | Hilaris | 125 | Yes | |
| 49 | Academic Journals | 125 | Yes | |
| 50 | Science and Education Publishing | 125 | Yes | |
| 51 | Universitas Gadjah Mada | 123 | Yes | |
| 52 | Conscientia Beam | 122 | ||
| 53 | Universitas Negeri Semarang | 120 | Yes | |
| 54 | Pleiades | 119 | ||
| 55 | University of Tehran | 115 | Yes | |
| 56 | Sciencedomain International | 112 | Yes | |
| 57 | Karger | 105 | ||
| 58 | Polish Academy of Sciences | 102 | ||
| 59 | IOP Publishing | 102 | ||
| 60 | Peertechz Publications | 101 | Yes | |
| 61 | Chinese Academy of Sciences | 101 | ||
| 62 | Mary Ann Liebert | 101 | ||
| 63 | Universidad Nacional de La Plata | 100 | Yes | |
| 64 | John Hopkins University Press | 100 | ||
| 65 | Universitas Airlangga | 99 | Yes | |
| 66 | Universitat de Barcelona | 98 | ||
| 67 | University of Malaya | 94 | Yes | |
| 68 | Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta | 93 | Yes | |
| 69 | Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo | 93 | Yes | |
| 70 | Medcrave | 93 | Yes | |
| 71 | Universidad Nacional de Cordoba | 92 | Yes | |
| 72 | APA | 92 | ||
| 73 | SciTechnol | 92 | Yes | |
| 74 | University of Chicago Press | 92 | ||
| 75 | Universitas Negeri Surabaya | 91 | Yes | |
| 76 | Ubiquity Press | 91 | ||
| 77 | University of Hawaii Press | 90 | ||
| 78 | John Benjamins | 90 | ||
| 79 | Jagiellonian University Press | 89 | ||
| 80 | Dovepress | 89 | ||
| 81 | IOS Press | 89 | ||
| 82 | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul | 88 | Yes | |
| 83 | Universitas Diponegoro | 87 | Yes | |
| 84 | University of Alberta Press | 87 | ||
| 85 | Universidade de Brasilia | 86 | Yes | |
| 86 | Internet Scientific Publications | 86 | Yes | |
| 87 | Adam Mickiewicz University | 86 | ||
| 88 | Penn State University Press | 84 | ||
| 89 | Franco Angeli Edizioni | 83 | ||
| 90 | International Scholars Journals | 83 | Yes | |
| 91 | Annex Publishers | 82 | Yes | |
| 92 | Open Access Journals | 81 | Yes | |
| 93 | Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota | 81 | Yes | |
| 94 | Herbert Publications | 81 | Yes | |
| 95 | Il Mulino | 80 | ||
| 96 | Medwin Publishers LLC | 79 | Yes | |
| 97 | Premier Publishers | 78 | Yes | |
| 98 | Pulsus Group | 76 | Yes | |
| 99 | Scholarena | 76 | Yes | |
| 100 | Editura Academiei Romane | 76 |
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