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Emerald Publishing Limited

Journal publisher

Emerald Publishing Limited is a scholarly publisher of academic journals and books, headquartered in Leeds, England. Originally focused in the areas of social sciences and management, including management, business, education, and library studies, Emerald also publishes in the areas of health, science, engineering, and technology. Emerald Publishing began as an independent publishing house, formed by Keith Howard (OBE) and a group of management academics from the University of Bradford.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1967Founded1

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Emerald Publishing Limited is a scholarly publisher of academic journals and books, headquartered in Leeds, England. Originally focused in the areas of social sciences and management, including management, business, education, and library studies, Emerald also publishes in the areas of health, science, engineering, and technology.2

Corporate structure

Emerald Publishing Limited sits at the top of its group. 4 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Emerald Publishing Limited Leeds, United Kingdom
    • Now Publishers Subsidiary · Delft
    • ASLIB Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • JAI Press Subsidiary

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Emerald Publishing Limited reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Emerald was founded in the United Kingdom in 1967 as Management Consultants Bradford (MCB) UP Ltd. The publisher changed its name to Emerald in 2002 following the success of its Emerald Fulltext database.

In 2007, Emerald acquired a programme of Management and Social Science book serials, series and monographs from Elsevier.

In 2011, Emerald acquired health and social care publisher Pier Professional Limited, and in 2015, they acquired GoodPractice, a provider of support tools for leaders and senior managers. In 2020, Good Practice, Towards Maturity and Mind Tools were combined under Emerald.

On 10 June 2022, Cambridge Information Group acquired Emerald Group Publishing.

As of 23 May 2023, Emerald Publishing Limited acquired the book catalogue of Thomas Telford Limited (TTL) including 35 journal titles and other related publishing assets, from the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). The New Engineering Contract (NEC) Guides were not included in the sale. In November 2024, Emerald acquired Information Age Publishing. In May 2025, Emerald acquired Now Publishers.

In 2026, Wiley purchased Emerald Publishing from Cambridge Information Group for $452 million.

From Wikipedia’s article on Emerald Group Publishing, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Leadership

Who has led Emerald Publishing Limited, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Board members and other officers (2)

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

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Acquisitions

  1. May 6, 2025Acquired Now Publishers1
  2. 2010Acquired ASLIB1

Timeline

  1. May 6, 2025Acquisition Acquired Now Publishers1
  2. 1967Founded Founded1

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