Ranking List of Academic Book Publishers

This ranking list made reference to the rankings used by the Australian Political Studies Association (APSA)http://www.raw-rhodes.com.au/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/rqf-publishers-ranking-2007.pdf as the first point of internal ranking of academic publishers, supplemented by publisher rankings developed by the Socio-Economic and Natural Sciences of the Environment (SENSE) http://www.sense.nl/uploads?&func=download&fileId=855 General Board, then the ranking system of the Centre for Resource Studies for Human Development (CERES) of the University of Utrechthttp://ceres.fss.uu.nl/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,7/. There was a high level of consistency in the ranking of Book Publishers among the three systems. The higher rank for a Book Publisher is used.
 
Compiled Publisher List: