Cognizant Communication Corporation

What Cognizant Communication Corporation does

Cognizant Communication Corporation is a privately held, founder-operated academic publishing company founded in 1992 and headquartered in Putnam Valley, New York (with a principal business address in Cortlandt Manor). The company publishes multimedia scholarly content — primarily peer-reviewed journals and books — for the scientific, technical, medical, business, and tourism research communities worldwide. Its active journal portfolio consists of six titles concentrated in tourism and adjacent fields: Event Management, Gastronomy and Tourism, Tourism Analysis (established 1996), Tourism Culture & Communication, Tourism in Marine Environments, and Tourism Review International. The company also publishes three books, including a second edition of Event Management & Event Tourism and an unusual humanities title, I Ching (The Book of Changes).

The technology stack is largely assembled from third-party publishing infrastructure rather than proprietary systems. Journal content is hosted and distributed through Ingenta Connect, with Casa (Campus Activated Subscriber Access) enabling off-campus institutional access. Manuscript submission is handled through ScholarOne (Tourism Analysis) and Scholastica (Tourism Review International and Tourism Culture & Communication). Plagiarism screening uses Crossref Similarity Check; the company is itself a Crossref member, enabling DOI assignment and metadata. Digital preservation is provided by Portico, email marketing by Constant Contact, and copyright/course-pack licensing by CCC Rightslink. Indexing relationships with Scopus, Web of Science (including the Emerging Sources Citation Index), CAB International, and Google Scholar provide discoverability and citation metrics; Tourism Analysis carries a Journal Citation Indicator of 1.4 and a Scopus CiteScore of 3.1, with the other tourism titles indexed at lower indicator levels.

Revenue is generated through three streams: recurring annual journal subscriptions (individual $280-$880, with unlimited concurrent user access for institutions), bundled journal packages (Tourism Research Package at $2,550 and Tourism & Events Research Package at $3,355), and one-time book sales ($33-$96.50). An Author Option Payment program adds author-side fees including a $125 voluntary submission fee and a $200 open access option. GTM is sales-led via direct institutional subscriptions, email inquiries, and an e-commerce storefront. The company operates with 1-10 employees under owners Robert N. Miranda (Publisher/Chairman) and Lori H. Miranda (President/COO), with no disclosed external funding or institutional investors, and serves a distributed base of global academic institutions, libraries, researchers, and industry practitioners.

Name

Cognizant Communication Corporation

Legal name

Cognizant Communication Corporation

Website

https://cognizantcommunication.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Cognizant Communication Corporation is a privately held academic publisher that produces peer-reviewed journals and books for global scholarly and research communities, with a portfolio concentrated in tourism, hospitality, event management, and gastronomy.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (51312), Book Publishers (513130)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721), Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPAJABAC

Academic & Scholarly Journals Publishing (Peer-Reviewed)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/Educational & Academic Publishing (Textbooks, Scholarly, STM)

SECONDARYMPAJABAK

Scholarly Societies & Conference Proceedings Publishing

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/Educational & Academic Publishing (Textbooks, Scholarly, STM)

SECONDARYMPAJABAJ

Research Monographs & University Press Publishing

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/Educational & Academic Publishing (Textbooks, Scholarly, STM)

Keywords

• Academic journal publishing
• Peer-reviewed journals
• Tourism research
• Scholarly publishing
• Academic books

Headquarters

HQ city

Putnam Valley

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Journal Subscriptions: Annual institutional and individual subscriptions for peer-reviewed academic journals covering tourism, hospitality, event management, gastronomy, and related fields. Subscriptions are available online only with access codes provided to subscribers.
2. Book Sales: One-time purchases of academic books including Event Management & Event Tourism, Event Tourism: Concepts, International Case Studies, and Research, and I Ching (The Book of Changes). Sold through the company's e-commerce platform.
3. Journal Packages: Bundle pricing for multiple journals such as the Tourism & Events Research Package (6 journals at $3,355) and Tourism Research Package, offering savings compared to individual subscriptions for institutional subscribers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Cognizant Communication Corporation publishes peer-reviewed academic journals and books for the scientific, technical, medical, business, and tourism research communities worldwide. Its active portfolio consists of six peer-reviewed journals (Event Management; Gastronomy and Tourism; Tourism Analysis; Tourism Culture & Communication; Tourism in Marine Environments; Tourism Review International) and three books, sold individually or in bundled journal packages, with content delivered online via the Ingenta Connect hosting platform.

Product overview

Cognizant Communication Corporation publishes multimedia academic publications including peer-reviewed journals and books for the scientific, technical, medical, business, and tourism research communities worldwide. The core product portfolio consists of six active peer-reviewed journals (Event Management, Gastronomy and Tourism, Tourism Analysis, Tourism Culture & Communication, Tourism in Marine Environments, and Tourism Review International) plus three books. These journals are available individually or bundled in two research packages: the Tourism & Events Research Package and Tourism Research Package, each offering six journals at discounted rates. All journals undergo peer review prior to publication and appear in major indexing, abstracting, and online services. The company also previously published additional journals covering fields such as Avian Science, Alternative Medicine, Cancer and Cell Science, Oncology Research, and Pain Research.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 499 submissions with 13.2% acceptance rate for Tourism Analysis journal
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Ingenta ConnectcoreTechnology or IntegrationIngenta Connect serves as the primary third-party hosting platform for Cognizant's journal content, providing online access to subscribers and enabling Casa (Campus Activated Subscriber Access) for off-campus institutional access to journals indexed in Google Scholar.
• PorticocoreTechnology or IntegrationPortico provides digital preservation services to sustain Cognizant journals (Tourism Analysis, Tourism Review International, Tourism Culture & Communication, and others) for long-term access and preservation.
• CrossrefcoreTechnology or IntegrationCognizant journals use CrossRef Similarity Check for plagiarism detection. Cognizant is also a Crossref member, enabling DOI assignment and metadata services for published articles.
• ScholasticasupportingTechnology or IntegrationManuscript submission platform used by Tourism Review International and Tourism Culture & Communication journals for handling manuscript submissions and peer review processes.
• Constant ContactsupportingTechnology or IntegrationEmail marketing service provider used for sending periodic updates and newsletters to subscribers and interested parties about Cognizant journals.
• Copyright Clearance Center (Rightslink)supportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCCC Rightslink service is used for handling course pack access permissions and copyright licensing for institutional subscribers.
• ScopuscoreOthersCognizant journals (Tourism Analysis, Tourism Review International, Tourism Culture & Communication) are indexed in Scopus, providing discoverability and citation tracking for published articles.
• Web of Science / Emerging Sources Citation IndexcoreOthersCognizant journals are indexed in Web of Science and Emerging Sources Citation Index, providing additional academic discoverability and impact metrics.
• CAB INTERNATIONAL (CABI)supportingOthersTourism Analysis is indexed in CAB INTERNATIONAL for agricultural and tourism-related research discoverability.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Scholastica: Manuscript-submission and peer-review platform that Cognizant already uses for two of its journals. Functionally adjacent as an infrastructure provider enabling small academic publishers' editorial workflows.
• CABI: International not-for-profit that both publishes applied life-sciences content and indexes tourism/leisure research via CAB Abstracts (Tourism Analysis is indexed by CABI). Functionally adjacent as both indexer and publisher in related fields.

Direct peers

• MDPI: Large open-access academic publisher with broad journal coverage including tourism and hospitality titles (e.g., Tourism and Hospitality). Comparable via the article-processing-charge model Cognizant uses alongside subscriptions.
• Intellect Books: Independent academic publisher of journals and books across cultural studies, performing arts, and visual culture, with overlapping academic niche. Similar in size and structure to Cognizant.
• Common Ground Research Networks: Independent scholarly publisher operating small, specialized journals and conferences. Similar scale and operating model to Cognizant with comparable audience of niche academic communities.
• Goodfellow Publishers: Independent publisher producing academic books and journals in tourism, hospitality, and events. Comparable to Cognizant in scale, niche focus, and combined book-and-journal publishing model.
• Channel View Publications: An independent academic publisher specializing in tourism, hospitality, and food studies. Highly comparable to Cognizant due to its narrow focus on the same research community, similar niche journal portfolio, and book publishing in event/tourism subjects.

Broad incumbents

• Emerald Publishing: Global academic publisher with a strong hospitality and tourism portfolio (e.g., International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management). Competes head-to-head with Cognizant for institutional sales in hospitality and tourism.
• Sage Publications: Large academic publisher with hospitality and tourism titles such as Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research. Competes with Cognizant for institutional subscription budgets.
• Cognizant… Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group): Major academic publisher that operates the Journal of Tourism Studies, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology, and numerous other tourism titles. Directly competes with Cognizant's titles for institutional subscription dollars.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@cognizantcommunication
• Facebookfacebook.com/CognizantCommunicationCorporation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cognizant-communication
• Xx.com/cogcommnews

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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