The Leeds-based firm is behind academic journals which aim to provide answers to life, the universe and almost everything.
From humble beginnings in 1998, the firm has grown to become one of the world’s most influential academic publishers. It has a truly global reach; for example, its publication – The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine – is based in the US hospital where the actor Christopher Reeve was treated after he was paralysed in a fall.
By the end of 2013, Maney will have published its 150th journal, and chief executive Michael Gallico has his sights set on further expansion into Australia and China.
By the end of 2013, Maney will have published its 150th journal, and chief executive Michael Gallico has his sights set on further expansion into Australia and China.
“The journals maintain academic dialogues between subject specialists on an international basis,” he said. “We’re the largest publisher of archaeology journals worldwide. Viking archaeology in North America has parallels with work being done in Scandinavia.”
All this helps to add to the sum total of human knowledge. There’s also a place for more offbeat lines of research.
The journal Textile History carried an article with the arresting headline – Did Sergeant Pepper really just want to give peace a chance? – which attempted to analyse why so many rock and pop bands chose to wear military uniform in the 1960s. Another article – What do you want to be when you grow up, Mr Doctor? – described how people’s names can influence their career choice. This article appeared in the aptly titled Names: A Journal of Onomastics.
The company was founded in the heart of Leeds in 1900 by Walter Maney, as a specialist typesetter and printer.
It was bought by the Huddersfield-based Charlesworth family in 1995, who hired Mr Gallico as CEO in 1997. It entered the world of academic publishing the following year, with Bronte Studies, which is dedicated to the lives and works of the Bronte sisters of Haworth, West Yorkshire.
“It’s a very successful journal,” said Mr Gallico. “The Brontes are a perennial subject of interest.”
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