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Segment Information | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2018
Segment Information [Abstract] |
Segment Information | Note 18 – Segment Information Our segment reporting structure consists of three reportable segments, which are listed below and a Corporate category as follows:
|  | Research;
|  | Publishing; and
|  | Solutions
Segment information is as follows:
|  | For the Years Ended April 30, |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Revenue: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Research |  | $ | 934,395 |  |  | $ | 853,489 |  |  | $ | 826,778 |
Publishing |  |  | 617,648 |  |  |  | 633,449 |  |  |  | 695,728 |
Solutions |  |  | 244,060 |  |  |  | 231,592 |  |  |  | 204,531 |
Total Revenue |  | $ | 1,796,103 |  |  | $ | 1,718,530 |  |  | $ | 1,727,037 |
Contribution to Profit: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Research |  | $ | 275,480 |  |  | $ | 252,228 |  |  | $ | 252,110 |
Publishing |  |  | 123,917 |  |  |  | 125,703 |  |  |  | 126,058 |
Solutions |  |  | 22,099 |  |  |  | 14,822 |  |  |  | 3,992 |
Total Contribution to Profit |  | $ | 421,496 |  |  | $ | 392,753 |  |  | $ | 382,160 |
Corporate Expenses |  |  | (181,961 | ) |  |  | (186,600 | ) |  |  | (194,047 | )
Operating Income |  | $ | 239,535 |  |  | $ | 206,153 |  |  | $ | 188,113 |
|  | For the Years Ended April 30, |
Total Revenue by Product/Service |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Journals Subscriptions |  | $ | 677,685 |  |  | $ | 639,720 |  |  | $ | 622,305 |
Open Access |  |  | 41,997 |  |  |  | 30,633 |  |  |  | 25,671 |
Licensing, Reprints, Backfiles, and Other (Research segment) |  |  | 181,806 |  |  |  | 164,070 |  |  |  | 178,802 |
Publishing Technology Services (Atypon) |  |  | 32,907 |  |  |  | 19,066 |  |  |  | — |
STM and Professional Publishing |  |  | 287,315 |  |  |  | 291,255 |  |  |  | 330,984 |
Education Publishing |  |  | 187,178 |  |  |  | 196,343 |  |  |  | 229,989 |
Course Workflow (WileyPLUS) |  |  | 59,475 |  |  |  | 62,348 |  |  |  | 58,519 |
Test Preparation and Certification |  |  | 35,534 |  |  |  | 35,609 |  |  |  | 28,115 |
Licensing, Distribution, Advertising, and Other (Publishing segment) |  |  | 48,146 |  |  |  | 47,894 |  |  |  | 48,121 |
Education Services (OPM) |  |  | 119,131 |  |  |  | 111,638 |  |  |  | 96,469 |
Professional Assessment |  |  | 61,094 |  |  |  | 59,868 |  |  |  | 57,370 |
Corporate Learning |  |  | 63,835 |  |  |  | 60,086 |  |  |  | 50,692 |
Total |  | $ | 1,796,103 |  |  | $ | 1,718,530 |  |  | $ | 1,727,037 |
Total Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Research |  | $ | 1,238,178 |  |  | $ | 1,133,846 |  |  | $ | 1,235,609 |
Publishing |  |  | 575,033 |  |  |  | 582,339 |  |  |  | 672,987 |
Solutions |  |  | 563,489 |  |  |  | 575,068 |  |  |  | 439,554 |
Corporate |  |  | 462,751 |  |  |  | 314,964 |  |  |  | 572,946 |
Total |  | $ | 2,839,451 |  |  | $ | 2,606,217 |  |  | $ | 2,921,096 |
Expenditures for Long Lived Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Research |  | $ | (7,538 | ) |  | $ | (154,189 | ) |  | $ | (20,418 | )
Publishing |  |  | (23,666 | ) |  |  | (29,420 | ) |  |  | (35,966 | )
Solutions |  |  | (16,786 | ) |  |  | (21,210 | ) |  |  | (23,344 | )
Corporate |  |  | (102,738 | ) |  |  | (98,608 | ) |  |  | (71,667 | )
Total |  | $ | (150,728 | ) |  | $ | (303,427 | ) |  | $ | (151,395 | )
Depreciation and Amortization |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Research |  | $ | 33,655 |  |  | $ | 29,330 |  |  | $ | 26,410 |
Publishing |  |  | 39,495 |  |  |  | 43,831 |  |  |  | 47,108 |
Solutions |  |  | 27,703 |  |  |  | 26,792 |  |  |  | 22,927 |
Corporate |  |  | 53,136 |  |  |  | 56,608 |  |  |  | 59,404 |
Total |  | $ | 153,989 |  |  | $ | 156,561 |  |  | $ | 155,849 |
Revenue from external customers based on the location of the customer and long-lived assets by geographic area were as follows:
|  | Revenue |  |  | Long-Lived Assets (Technology, Property and Equipment) |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
United States |  | $ | 913,852 |  |  | $ | 786,574 |  |  | $ | 884,185 |  |  | $ | 249,542 |  |  | $ | 208,572 |  |  | $ | 166,878 |
United Kingdom |  |  | 147,406 |  |  |  | 189,479 |  |  |  | 153,442 |  |  |  | 20,955 |  |  |  | 21,368 |  |  |  | 23,246 |
Germany |  |  | 98,404 |  |  |  | 75,090 |  |  |  | 69,676 |  |  |  | 9,259 |  |  |  | 8,770 |  |  |  | 9,629 |
Japan |  |  | 81,572 |  |  |  | 62,674 |  |  |  | 76,930 |  |  |  | 72 |  |  |  | 75 |  |  |  | 35 |
Australia |  |  | 78,270 |  |  |  | 66,309 |  |  |  | 78,786 |  |  |  | 1,454 |  |  |  | 591 |  |  |  | 1,041 |
China |  |  | 53,076 |  |  |  | 39,653 |  |  |  | 52,815 |  |  |  | 229 |  |  |  | 270 |  |  |  | 244 |
Canada |  |  | 55,568 |  |  |  | 50,740 |  |  |  | 50,243 |  |  |  | 3,635 |  |  |  | 1,232 |  |  |  | 1,617 |
France |  |  | 51,826 |  |  |  | 44,760 |  |  |  | 49,970 |  |  |  | 635 |  |  |  | 335 |  |  |  | 2,211 |
India |  |  | 41,637 |  |  |  | 34,306 |  |  |  | 38,208 |  |  |  | 1,437 |  |  |  | 245 |  |  |  | 234 |
Other Countries |  |  | 274,492 |  |  |  | 368,945 |  |  |  | 272,782 |  |  |  | 2,716 |  |  |  | 1,600 |  |  |  | 2,329 |
Total |  | $ | 1,796,103 |  |  | $ | 1,718,530 |  |  | $ | 1,727,037 |  |  | $ | 289,934 |  |  | $ | 243,058 |  |  | $ | 207,464 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2134510 + Details
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