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58.131 — Publishing of Learned Journals

58.131
Sub-class
Publishing of learned journals
SDMX: J58131
Sub-class Level
1 Depth
0 Children
0 Siblings
📋 Official Classification Notes

✓ Includes

This subclass includes the activities of publishing journals reporting or discussing the results of scholarly research and intended for an academic and research-based readership; they are normally peer-reviewed and the primary source of revenue is not the sale of advertisement space, but subscription.

✗ Excludes

This subclass excludes: - production of television or video news programmes, see 59.11 - content distribution via blogs, see 60.39 - activities of photojournalists, not self-publishing their own created content, see 74.20 - activities of journalists whose content is published by a third party, see 90.11

Frequently Confused With

59.11
Motion picture, video and television programme production activities
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 60.39
Social network sites and other content distribution activities
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 74.20
Photographic activities
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 90.11
Literary creation and musical composition activities
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Who is this code for?

Verified: SEMANTIC_SECTION_MATRIX

Programmers and software development professionals

SOC 2020:2134
Common titles: Software engineer, Web developer
SOC 2020 Official Source ISCO-08: 2512

IT quality and testing professionals

SOC 2020:2136
Common titles: Software tester, QA analyst
SOC 2020 Official Source ISCO-08: 2519

IT network professionals

SOC 2020:2137
Common titles: Network engineer, Systems admin
SOC 2020 Official Source ISCO-08: 2522

Related Occupations

Web design professionalsInformation technology professionals n.e.c.

Evidence: Representative SOC 2020 occupations for SIC Section J (Publishing of learned journals).

Frequently confused with

Data source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) — UK SIC 2026
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