What Science Publishing Group (SciencePG) does

Science Publishing Group (SciencePG) is a privately held, for-profit open-access academic publisher founded in 2012 and headquartered at 1 Rockefeller Plaza in New York. The company operates an online publishing platform spanning more than 300 peer-reviewed open-access journals across 12+ subject categories including life sciences, medicine, mathematics, physics, earth sciences, education, humanities, chemistry, materials science, electrical engineering, architecture, economics, and multidisciplinary fields. Authors submit manuscripts through a multi-option system (quick submission, online portal, or email) using SSO-authenticated accounts, and articles are distributed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licenses with assigned DOIs and CrossMark versioning. SciencePG also operates a peer review network of approximately 30,000 editorial board members and reviewers, supports special issues, conference proceedings, books publishing, and conference abstract books with ISBN registration.

The company monetizes almost exclusively through Article Processing Charges (APCs), a transaction-based model in which authors pay per accepted article for open-access publication. Pricing varies by journal, and SciencePG offers a Lifetime Individual Membership and an Author Support Program as ancillary commercial offerings. The company has extended beyond journals into adjacent platforms including AcademicEvents (a wholly-owned subsidiary supporting conference organizers with publishing services), ScholarProfiles (a researcher profile platform), and conference abstract book publishing with turnaround within approximately four weeks. Its go-to-market is product-led growth targeting a global long-tail of researchers through SEO-optimized journal discovery, self-serve submission, and digital channels, with distribution reach across more than 60 countries. The company has been self-funded since founding, with no disclosed venture capital or private equity investment.

Name

Science Publishing Group (SciencePG)

Legal name

Science Publishing Group

Website

https://sciencepublishinggroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Science Publishing Group is a privately held, New York-based open-access academic publisher operating 300+ peer-reviewed journals across 12+ disciplines, serving 800,000 registered scholars and 16,000 institutions globally through article processing charges and adjacent conference and profile platforms.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Academic Publishing

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (51312), Periodical Publishers (513120), Book Publishers (513130)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Open Access Scholarly Journals & Monographs (EDAGAFAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Scholarly Societies & Conference Proceedings Publishing (MPAJABAK), Life Sciences (Biology, Ecology, Agriculture) Scholarly Publishing (EDAGAFAC), Scholarly Society & Association Publishing (EDAGAFAK)

Keywords

• Open access publishing
• Academic journal publishing
• Peer review services
• Scholarly communication
• Conference proceedings publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Article Processing Charges (APC): Authors pay article processing charges to publish their research open access in SciencePG journals. The APC model enables unrestricted access to published content while funding editorial operations, peer review, and platform maintenance.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Science Publishing Group operates an online open-access academic publishing platform that publishes 300+ peer-reviewed journals across disciplines such as medicine, life sciences, engineering, social sciences, and mathematics. Authors pay article processing charges (APCs) to publish their research open access, while the company manages manuscript submission, peer review, DOI assignment, DOI/CrossMark integrity, and distribution under Creative Commons licensing. Complementary offerings include book publishing, conference proceedings and abstract books, the AcademicEvents platform for conference organizers, and the ScholarProfiles researcher directory.

Product overview

Science Publishing Group (SciencePG) operates a multi-platform academic publishing ecosystem consisting of 300+ peer-reviewed open access journals across diverse disciplines, book publishing services, conference proceedings, and conference abstract books. The platform includes specialized platforms for academic event planning (AcademicEvents) and researcher profiles (ScholarProfiles). Core services encompass article submission and peer review management, special issue curation, author support programs, and lifetime membership options. The portfolio also includes journal-specific editorial board management, reviewer networks, and article processing charge administration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AcademicEvents: Academic event planning platform initiated by Science Publishing Group to foster collaboration and facilitate dissemination of innovative ideas. Provides publishing services for global conference organizers, research institutions, and academic communities.
• ScholarProfiles

Products and services

• Open Access Journals Platform Portfolio of 300+ online, peer-reviewed open access journals covering 12+ academic subject categories; researchers and authors submit manuscripts and pay APCs to publish open access.
• Books Publishing Open access book publishing service for scholarly authors to publish monographs and edited volumes through the SciencePG platform.
• Conference Proceedings Publication of conference proceedings for academic conferences, enabling organizers to disseminate presented research through SciencePG's publishing infrastructure.
• Conference Abstract Books ISBN-certified abstract books for academic conferences containing abstracts of oral and poster presentations, distributed with free unrestricted access.
• Special Issues Curated collections of articles around a specific research theme, organized by guest editors who serve as subject-matter experts.
• AcademicEvents Platform Academic event planning platform for conference organizers, research institutions, and academic communities; offers comprehensive publishing services tied to academic conferences.
• ScholarProfiles Researcher profile platform where registered scholars showcase their publications and academic credentials, supporting academic networking and visibility.
• Article Submission System Web-based manuscript submission system with three channels: Quick Submission, Online Submission via registered account (SSO), and Email Submission; accepts Word and LaTeX files up to 20MB.
• Peer Review Service Managed peer review service for submitted manuscripts, overseen by editorial boards and reviewers with standardized review timelines; offers first decisions in 1-2 weeks.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1-2 weeks time to first decision, 4-6 weeks from acceptance to publication
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• AcademicEventscoreOthersAcademicEvents is an academic event planning platform initiated by Science Publishing Group (SciencePG). It aims to foster collaboration and facilitate dissemination of innovative ideas, providing comprehensive publishing services for global conference organizers, research institutions, and academic communities.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Frontiers: Frontiers publishes fully open-access peer-reviewed journals across research disciplines with a large editorial board and APC pricing. It competes with SciencePG for the same open-access author segments and uses a similar online review-driven platform.
• Hindawi: Hindawi (now part of Wiley) operates a broad portfolio of open-access, peer-reviewed journals across STEM and humanities using an APC revenue model. It mirrors SciencePG's scale ambition, online submission infrastructure, and author-pays OA economics.
• BioMed Central: BioMed Central (Springer Nature) is one of the original open-access journal publishers, operating hundreds of OA journals funded by APCs. Same core product (peer-reviewed OA journals) and similar diverse-discipline coverage as SciencePG.
• MDPI: MDPI is a large independent open-access publisher operating hundreds of peer-reviewed journals across scientific disciplines, funded by article processing charges. It is the closest direct competitor to SciencePG in scope, business model, and controversy profile.
• PeerJ: PeerJ publishes open-access peer-reviewed journals in the life and computer sciences via article processing charges. Smaller scale than SciencePG but directly comparable in OA journal business model and author-paid economics.

Broad incumbents

• Wiley: Wiley publishes hundreds of peer-reviewed journals across disciplines, including OA titles and acquired OA publishers like Hindawi. Comparable at the category level as an OA-publishing incumbent expanding against SciencePG's niche.
• Springer Nature: Springer Nature publishes thousands of journals including a significant OA portfolio (BMC, Nature portfolio). It is a broad incumbent whose OA journals compete for submissions with SciencePG across all listed disciplines.
• Elsevier: Elsevier is the largest STM publisher, increasingly launching fully OA journals alongside its subscription portfolio. It competes with SciencePG for the same author pool but at vastly larger scale and with established indexing.

Emerging players

• Copernicus Publications: Copernicus publishes open-access peer-reviewed journals, mainly in geosciences, using APCs. Comparable in OA journal infrastructure and editorial-board-driven review model, though narrower in subject scope than SciencePG.
• SAGE Open: SAGE Open is a broad-scope open-access journal from SAGE Publishing covering multiple disciplines with peer review and APC payments. It overlaps with SciencePG's multidisciplinary journal offering as a single mega-journal option.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/sciencepg
• Facebookfacebook.com/science-publishing-group-635004236535184
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/science-publishing-group

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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