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Top 25 Academic independent publishers based in the United States

Name: Academic independent publishers based in the United States
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 238 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 238 academic independent publishers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 6,944 professional contacts across them, including 1,796 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers academic independent publishers headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

238Companies

6,944Contacts tracked

1,796Verified emails

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The 25 largest academic independent publishers based in the United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 238 academic independent publishers based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to academic independent publishers: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	SAGE	Strong evidence	Thousand Oaks, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,435 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Sage is a global academic publisher of books, journals, and library resources with a growing range of technologies to enable discovery, access, and engagement.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	IGI Global Scientific Publishing	Indirect evidence	Hershey, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	n/a	315 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 1988 and headquartered in Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA with offices in New York, New York, USA, and in Beijing, China (IGI Science and Technology, Ltd.), IGI Global…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	Bloomsbury USA	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	303 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Bloomsbury Publishing Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	Rowman & Littlefield	Indirect evidence	Lanham, MD, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	145 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “In May 2024, Rowman & Littlefield, Applause, Backbeat, Lexington Books, and Bernan Press became imprints of Bloomsbury Publishing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	Greenleaf Book Group	Strong evidence	Austin, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	110 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Greenleaf Book Group is a publisher and distributor that specializes in the development of independent authors and the growth of small presses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	Accdon, LLC Publishing Services	Indirect evidence	Waltham, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	53 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Accdon, LLC is a leading author and research communications services company headquartered in the Boston area.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	Independent Book Publishers Association Ibpa	Strong evidence	Manhattan Beach, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	n/a	44 contacts →
	Strong evidence “IBPA, the Independent Book Publishers Association, is a trade association of independent publishers including traditional and hybrid publishers, author-publishers, university and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	Indigo River Publishing	Strong evidence	Pensacola, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	38 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Indigo River Publishing: A Modern Publisher for Today’s Authors Founded in 2012, Indigo River Publishing is a dynamic independent publisher dedicated to empowering voices across…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	Business Expert Press	Strong evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	38 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Business Expert Press (BEP) is an independent academic publisher specializing in concise, research-based business titles with real-world relevance.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	Nova Science Publishers, INC	Partial evidence	Hauppauge, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	35 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Nova Science Publishers produces approximately 1,800 new titles each year by leading researchers from every corner of the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	Chicago Review Press	Partial evidence	Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	35 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Chicago Review Press is an independent publishing company founded in 1973.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	Foreword Reviews	Strong evidence	Traverse City, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	35 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Foreword Reviews is a media company dedicated to covering independently published books.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	Berghahn Books INC	Strong evidence	Brooklyn, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	27 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Founded in 1994, Berghahn Books is an independent publisher of distinguished scholarly books and journals in the humanities and social sciences.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	Sciencebank	Partial evidence	Cambridge, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	18 contacts →
	Partial evidence “6 ways we're doing Academic Publishing differently: 1.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	Hackett Publishing Company, INC	Strong evidence	Cambridge, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	16 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Hackett Publishing is an independent publisher serving the humanities since 1972.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	NEW Degree Press	Strong evidence	Potomac, MD, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	16 contacts →
	Strong evidence “New Degree Press is an independent publisher and distributor dedicated to empowering authors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	Academic Studies Press	Strong evidence	Brighton, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	15 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Academic Studies Press is an independent scholarly publisher devoted to advancing knowledge and understanding in the humanities and social sciences.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	Difference Press	Indirect evidence	Washington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	15 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Difference Press provides a structure and space so career professionals, consultants, and business owners can get their message out to the world by writing a book that makes a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	Consortium Book Sales & Distribution	Partial evidence	Minneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	15 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Consortium grew out of a small book wholesaling cooperative in 1985 to become a full-service distributor, and we quickly earned a reputation as an advocate for independent…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	GW Journal Of Ethics In Publishing	Indirect evidence	Washington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	10 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Journal of Ethics in Publishing, managed by students in GWU's MPS Publishing program, welcomes articles, case studies, and conference presentations from scholars, students…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	Golden Acorn Press	Partial evidence	Naples, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	9 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We specialize in working with business professionals who want to become published authors to enhance their visibility, share their expertise and elevate their brand.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	Woodbridge Publishers	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	8 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Woodbrodge builds deep and lasting bonds with our authors through the power of unparalleled expertise and state of art marketing campaigns.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	Afshar Publishing	Strong evidence	Santa Monica, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Founded in 2005, Afshar Publishing is an independent scholarly publishing house, catering predominantly to the needs of academics and students, and to a wider audience of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	Vernon Press	Strong evidence	Wilmington, DE, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Vernon Press is an independent publisher of bilingual scholarly books in the humanities and social sciences.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	Innovative INK Publishing	Partial evidence	Dubuque, IA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	7 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Innovative Ink Publishing (IIP) is a new imprint of Kendall Hunt Publishing that will provide authors, both inside and outside academia, the opportunity to publish their work in a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: academic independent publishers. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names academic independent publishers.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of academic independent publishers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name academic independent publishers. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Academic independent publishers based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

25.9%Verified-email coverage

29.2Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

8.0%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

123

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

10001+

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 238 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among academic independent publishers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “academic independent publishers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names academic independent publishers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among academic independent publishers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,796 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names academic independent publishers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many academic independent publishers are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 238 academic independent publishers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

SAGE, headquartered in Thousand Oaks, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most academic independent publishers?

New York leads with 19 headquartered companies, followed by Washington (5) and Cambridge (4).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,796 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 238 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.