Global Open Access Book Publishing

Report Overview

This report forecasts to 2028 global market revenues for open access book publishing in nominal US dollars. To illustrate historical trends, open access book publishing market revenues are provided for 2019-2023.

The market data is also provided by metric: total books in Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) at year end, publishers in DOAB at year end, books added to DOAB, and books listed in DOAB by publication year.

Sales are global and include all publishing in scientific, technical, and medical (STM); social sciences and the humanities (SSH); law; and business that fit the definition of subject and level common to Simba’s research. STM and social science publishing is dominated by English language. Significant revenue is also produced in German, French, Spanish and Portuguese. These other languages are particularly important in SSH publishing, textbooks, and the more applied aspects of engineering and healthcare.

Other various topics, including profiles of pertinent leading companies, are covered in this report. A full outline of report items by page is available in the Table of Contents.

Table of Contents

HIGHLIGHTS

GLOBAL OVERVIEW

• Definition of Open Access Book Publishing
• Global Open Access Book Publishing Market Revenue
• Open Access Book Trends & Forecasts

INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

• Notable Open Access Book Publishers & Programs

ABOUT THIS REPORT

• Scope
• Sources
• Industry Codes
• Resources

LIST OF TABLES & FIGURES

• Table 1 | Open Access Book Market Revenue; 2019 – 2023, 2028 (US$ mil)
• Table 2 | Directory of Open Access Books Metrics, 2019 – 2023
• Figure 1 | Open Access Book Titles by Language, YTD 2024
• Figure 2 | Open Access Book Titles by Discipline, YTD 2024
• Table 3 | Leading Open Access Book Publishers’ Revenue, 2021 – 2023 (US$)
• Table 4 | NAICS & SIC Codes Related to Open Access Book Publishing

Related NAICS Codes