| Founded | 1962 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Alvin Ward Gouldner, Lee Rainwater, and Irving Louis Horowitz |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | Piscataway, New Jersey |
| Publication types | Books |
| Nonfiction topics | Social Sciences |
| Official website | www.transactionpub.com |
Transaction Publishers is a New Jersey-based publishing house that specializes in social sciences books. Some of its books have been published with the imprint "Transactions Publishers".[1]
Transaction Publishers is an international academic publisher in the social sciences field.[2] It was founded by the noted sociologist Irving Louis Horowitz, who serves as Transaction's Chairman of the Board and Editorial Director.[3][4] In an evaluation of twenty-one international social-science book publishers according to nineteen quality criteria, Transaction Publishers ranked 6th.[5] Some of its books have been published with the imprint "Transactions Publishers", where "Transactions" is plural.[1]
AldineTransaction is an imprint of Transaction Publishers. Formerly a division of Walter de Gruyter, Inc., Aldine Publishers was acquired by Transaction in July 2004, and the name changed to AldineTransaction. Aldine publishes classic books in the fields of sociology, anthropology, economics, sociobiology, physical anthropology, and public policy.
Transaction used to publish academic journals, including its flagship journal Society; however, Transaction sold its journal publishing program to Springer Science+Business Media in 2007.[6]
In 2010, Penn State University announced the "Irving Louis Horowitz – Transaction Publishers Archives, 1939-2009" open for public research at Penn State's Historical Collections and Labor Archives (HCLA) of The Eberly Family Special Collections Library, University Libraries.[2] The archive documents the expansion of social science research over the past half century.[2]