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Top 14 Higher education publishers based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 39 company matches for higher education publishers associated with the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 11,215 professional contacts across them, including 2,986 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers company matches for higher education publishers associated with the United Kingdom, found by RevenueBase SmartSearch using the meaning of business descriptions in its company graph at Exact. Ranked by professionals tracked, largest first. Rows show recorded descriptions where available, Exact search membership and the snapshot date. Data refreshed September 20, 2026.

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How to read this list RevenueBase SmartSearch · Exact Recorded Sep 20, 2026 How this list was built
39Companies
11,215Contacts tracked
2,986Verified emails
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The 14 largest higher education publishers based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 14 of 39 company matches for higher education publishers based in the United Kingdom, ordered by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase, largest first. Recorded Sep 20, 2026. The RevenueBase SmartSearch column shows Exact match membership in this saved search. Click a contact count to view that company's people. Totals use company locations recorded by RevenueBase; the displayed preview is a smaller selection.
#CompanyRevenueBase SmartSearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Exact matchOxford, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 20265,001-10,0007,204 contacts →

Exact match

“Part of the University of Oxford.”

Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
2Exact matchMilton, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 20261,001-5,0003,064 contacts →

Exact match

“Taylor & Francis Group partners with researchers, scholarly societies, universities and libraries worldwide to bring knowledge to life.”

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3Exact matchBasingstoke, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026201-500218 contacts →

Exact match

“Palgrave Macmillan is a global academic and business publisher for the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS).”

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4Exact matchBroughton-in-furness, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026201-500111 contacts →

Exact match

“CGP is the UK’s No.1 educational publisher.”

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5Exact matchCheltenham, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-200104 contacts →

Exact match

“Edward Elgar Publishing is a leading international academic and professional publisher with a strong focus on the social sciences and legal fields.”

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6Exact matchNewcastle Upon Tyne, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202611-5064 contacts →

Exact match

“Cambridge Scholars Publishing is an independent academic publisher, committed to providing a forward-thinking publishing service that champions original thinking, whilst ensuring…”

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7Exact matchCambridge, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202611-5036 contacts →

Exact match

“Polity is a leading independent publisher in the social sciences and humanities.”

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8Exact matchLondon, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202611-5031 contacts →

Exact match

“Established in 1993, Anthem Press specializes in the publishing of new academic research, professional and trade books and e-books within established and emerging social sciences…”

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9Exact matchCheltenham, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026201-50031 contacts →

Exact match

“Nelson Thornes' history dates back to 1798 when Thomas Nelson began selling second-hand books in a town square in Edinburgh.”

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10Exact matchFarnham, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-20029 contacts →

Exact match

“The Ashgate Publishing Group incorporates Ashgate Publishing, Gower Publishing and Lund Humphries.”

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11Exact matchLondon, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 20261-1019 contacts →

Exact match

“Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd, a niche publisher of academic and professional books as well as academic journals was incorporated in the United Kingdom in March 2003.”

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12Exact matchLondon, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 20261-105 contacts →

Exact match

“London Publishing Partnership (LPP) is a publishing services company that specializes in working with researchers, learned societies, research institutes and think tanks.”

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13Exact matchCharlton Kings, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 20261-105 contacts →

Exact match

“Illuminate Publishing - Biology Chemistry Physics Religious Studies Home Economics Drama Media Studies Mathematics Sociology Law Welsh Language Film Studies Maths for A Level…”

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14Exact matchBirmingham, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 20261-101 contacts →

Exact match

“We specialise in highest-quality academic electronic publications.”

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Higher education publishers based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026
26.6%Verified-email coverage
287.6Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
30.8%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
17
11-50
12
51-200
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201-500
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1,001-5,000
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5,001-10,000
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Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 39 companies.

How this list was built

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Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Company records associated with the United Kingdom whose business descriptions match “higher education publishers” by meaning at the Exact setting. Descriptions are compiled in the RevenueBase company graph from public websites, profiles and company information where available; they are not guaranteed quotations from the company's website.
RevenueBase SmartSearch
Describe a niche company in your own words to find businesses by meaning. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control the breadth of RevenueBase SmartSearch. This saved list uses Exact. Each row's Exact match badge shows inclusion in that search, not an individual score or a service-quality judgment.
Public preview
The public preview omits records without a verified work email. Where headquarters information is recorded, preview rows are also filtered to this page’s location. Dataset totals and geographic summaries describe the full matched records before these preview filters.
Match quality
RevenueBase's August 25, 2026 study assessed 4,198 description/company pairs across matching settings. The publisher reports 86% good or better at Exact. This evaluates the method across queries; it does not audit this individual list. Recorded company descriptions, where available, help you judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built and what the study measures.
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 displayed company carries at least one verified work email. RevenueBase tracks 2,986 professional contacts with verified work emails across the full matched dataset. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
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Record context
Company records and descriptions can change. Check the company's website for its current services and locations.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase SmartSearch?

RevenueBase SmartSearch finds niche companies by the meaning of their business descriptions in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit your description. This list uses Exact for “higher education publishers”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.

How many higher education publishers are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 39 company matches for higher education publishers associated with the United Kingdom as of September 2026, using the meaning of business descriptions at Exact. This is the recorded matched set in the RevenueBase company graph.

What is the largest company on this list?

Oxford University Press tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.

Which city has the most higher education publishers?

London leads with 12 company records, followed by Cambridge (2) and Edinburgh (2).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work limited free results with 500 credits to start. Upgrading provides access to the 2,986 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 39 companies; direct dials are available where recorded.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 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 SmartSearch, 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.