Mushtaq Bilal: Major academic publishers’ revenue and what they pay authors and reviewers

Mushtaq Bilal shared a post on X:

“Major academic publishers’ revenue and what they pay authors and reviewers:

Revenue:

-Elsevier: $3.9 billion

-Springer Nature: $2 billion

-Taylor and Francis: $800M

-Wiley: $1.8 billion

They pay: Academic authors: $0

Peer reviewers: $0″

Source: Mushtaq Bilal/X

Mushtaq Bilal is the Co-Founder of Research Kick and a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Southern Denmark. He also works as an Academic Writing Coach and Trainer. Previously, he served as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Postcolonial Writing and as an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Business Administration.