Since its founding in 1890 as one of the three main divisions of the University of Chicago, the Press has sought to publish works that meet the highest standards of scholarship, foster public understanding, and enrich cultural life. Our publications are written by authors who are the foremost experts in their fields and shape debates both timely and timeless. Through our books and journals, we aim not only to advance scholarly conversation within and across traditional disciplines but, in keeping with the University of Chicago’s experimental tradition, to define new areas of knowledge.

We publish for communities of scholars as well as for general readers: trade books by writers, artists, and practitioners; reference works that complement our scholarly programs; translations of important foreign-language texts, both historical and contemporary; books about Chicago and its region; and journals partnered with learned societies and institutions.

In our books and journals programs as well as in our distribution business, we pioneer new ways to bring our authors’ work to readers, both in print and digitally. Our aim is always to extend the accessibility of knowledge and the intellectual exchange that thrives on it.

Throughout the Press’s history, we have supported authors whose work challenges settled ways of thinking and makes a positive difference in the world. The result, we hope, is a vigorous pluralism of ideas and methods across our publishing program.

In order to fulfill our mission to publish scholarship of the highest standard, we also strive to cultivate a workplace culture where diverse perspectives, experiences, and ideas thrive.

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Books Division

The Books Division of the University of Chicago Press has been publishing books for scholars, students, and general readers since 1892. The Books Division has published more than eleven thousand books since the Press was founded. It has more than five thousand books in print at the present time, including such well-known works as The Chicago Manual of Style; The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, by Thomas Kuhn; A River Runs Through It, by Norman Maclean; and The Road to Serfdom, by F. A. Hayek.

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Journals Division

The University of Chicago Press publishes nearly 100 scholarly journals that cover a wide range of disciplines, from the humanities and the social sciences to the life and physical sciences. Many of our journals were the first scholarly publications in their respective fields. The American Journal of Sociology, founded in 1895, is the oldest academic journal devoted to sociology, while History of Religions was the first academic journal devoted exclusively to comparative religious history. In addition to working with departments and faculty of the University of Chicago, the University of Chicago Press publishes influential scholarly journals on behalf of learned and professional societies and associations, foundations, museums, and other not-for-profit organizations. All are peer-reviewed publications, with readerships that include scholars, scientists, and practitioners, as well as other interested, educated individuals.

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Chicago Distribution Services

Chicago Distribution Services (CDS) provides scholarly and professional publishers with quality services that enable global dissemination of their publications. These services include distribution, warehousing, credit and collection, marketing, sales representation, digital short-run printing, and digital repository services. CDS comprises the Chicago Distribution Center (CDC), the Chicago Digital Distribution Center (CDDC), and Chicago Subscription Fulfillment Services (CSFS). The CDC began providing distribution services in 1991 when the University of Tennessee Press became its first client. Since then, the CDC has grown to serve more than 120 scholarly publishers. The CDC coordinates with the Press’s Books Division to provide sales representation and/or marketing services to more than half of its client presses. The CDDC was created in 2001 and provides book publishers with digital printing services on-site at the CDC, as well as digital repository services through the BiblioVault. Currently, CSFS provides a full range of customer service, warehousing and distribution, e-commerce, and renewal programs for other not-for-profit publishers.

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If you would like to learn more about the University of Chicago Press, you can find a longer history at this link.