Wiley

The company operates a content and platform-based model across research publishing, education and professional learning. It acquires, manages and distributes scholarly and educational content via a central digital library platform and dedicated courseware environments. Value is created by aggregating peer-reviewed journals, books and reference works; providing digital delivery, discovery and workflow tools for institutions, societies and researchers; and supplying course-aligned learning materials and assessments for higher education and professional users.

On the research side, value is created for libraries, institutions and societies through packaged access to large catalogues, platform hosting, peer-review and production workflows, and related editorial and publishing services. On the education and professional side, value is created for universities, instructors and learners through structured courseware, integrated e-texts, assessments, analytics and professional reference tools. Scientific software and databases (e.g. spectroscopy informatics) add workflow and data capabilities for laboratories and industry users.

John Wiley & Sons is a large US-based academic and professional publisher and education company. It operates a digital research platform for scholarly journals, books and reference works, and provides courseware and learning tools for higher education and professional training. It has also expanded into workflow and publishing services for societies and research institutions, and scientific software and databases in areas such as spectroscopy.

The company generates revenue primarily from institutional subscriptions and licences to its digital research collections, article processing charges for open-access publishing, sales of digital courseware and learning materials to universities and students, and direct-to-consumer and institutional sales of professional resources and scientific software. Its core customers are academic and research libraries, universities and instructors, researchers and authors, learned societies, and professionals in science and industry.