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Exhibit 1022

RELX Annual Report 2025, Market segments (Scientific, Technical & Medical)

Exhibit 1022 ยท Annual report

RELX Annual Report 2025, Market segments (Scientific, Technical & Medical)

In 2025, Elsevier received more than 4.2m article submissions, which were rigorously reviewed by our in-house editorial teams in collaboration with over 37,000 editors and over 1.9m expert reviewers around the world.

RELX reports Scientific, Technical & Medical (Elsevier) 2025 revenue of GBP 2,714m and adjusted operating profit of GBP 1,035m (a 38.1% ratio, computed here from the two printed figures; adjusted profit is RELX's own non-GAAP measure). The report states that the latest available long-term comparison showed Elsevier journal articles accounted for over 18% of global research output and 29% of citations, and that Elsevier published over 795,000 articles in 2025 after more than 4.2m submissions, with over 37,000 editors and over 1.9m reviewers. It does not state how many submissions were rejected.

Source
RELX PLC
Date
2025 financial year (annual report published 2026)
Quoted from
Scientific, Technical & Medical section, p. 17 (corporate responsibility paragraph on peer review); 18% / 29% sentence p. 18; segment table (revenue 2,714; adjusted operating profit 1,035) p. 19 (printed page numbers)
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://www.relx.com/~/media/Files/R/RELX-Group/documents/reports/annual-reports/2025-ar-sections/relx-2025-market-segments.pdf
Accessed
2026-11-10
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Finding INF-3.2
Primary record RELX reported 2025 revenue of GBP 2,714m and adjusted operating profit of GBP 1,035m for its Scientific, Technical & Medical segment, which is Elsevier. The report states that Elsevier received more than 4.2 million submissions in 2025, published more than 795,000 articles, and worked with over 37,000 editors and over 1.9 million reviewers.