Table 1

Leading Commercial Publishers(2) Ranked by worldwide professional publishing revenues (US$ in millions) [Return to where cited]

Company
1998
1997
% change
1. Thomson Corp.
4,448.0
3,954.0
12.5
2. Reed Elsevier
3,144.4
2,924.9
7.5
     Science
1,021.5
937.8
8.9
3. Wolters Kluwer
2,385.1
2,049.3
16.4
     Medical/Scientific
518.0
353.9
46.4
4. McGraw Hill
1,582.5
1,431.1
10.6
5. Bertelsmann AG
666.0
552.0
20.7
6. Harcourt
527.5
451.0
17.0
7. John Wiley & Sons
389.3
351.9
10.6
8. IHS Group
415.0
324.0
28.1
9. Burea of National Affairs
268.8
244.1
10.1
10. Taylor & Francis
64.7
48.4
33.7
Total, 10 companies
13,891.3
12,330.7
12.7

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