Table 2

Leading science/technology publishers in the USA(2) Ranked by estimates of worldwide professional publishing revenues (US$ in millions) [Return to where cited]

Company
1998
1997
% change
Elsevier Science
995.0
953.8
4.3
American Chemical Society
211.5
217.3
-2.7
John Wiley & Sons
204.0
196.2
4.0
Wolters Kluwer
198.0
190.5
3.9
Academic Press
192.0
185.0
3.8
McGraw-Hill
181.5
175.0
3.7
Springer-Verlag
170.0
160.0
6.3
IEEE
76.9
76.0
1.2
American Institute of Physics
65.3
63.0
3.7
Taylor & Francis
61.0
45.7
33.5
Total, 10 companies
2,355.2
2,262.5
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