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Revenue Recognition, Contracts with Customers, Disaggregation of Revenue (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2022 | Jul. 31, 2021
Revenue from contracts with customers disaggregated by segment and product type [Abstract] |  |  |
Revenue |  | $ 487,569 | $ 488,388
University Services [Member] | Wiley NXT [Member] |  |  |
Revenue from contracts with customers disaggregated by segment and product type [Abstract] |  |  |
Revenue reclassified |  |  | 600
Research [Member] | Research Publishing [Member] | Journal Subscriptions, Open Access and Transformational Agreements [Member] | Product Concentration Risk [Member] | Revenue from Contract with Customers [Member] |  |  |
Revenue from contracts with customers disaggregated by segment and product type [Abstract] |  |  |
Revenue percentage |  | 87.00% |
Research [Member] | Research Solutions [Member] |  |  |
Revenue from contracts with customers disaggregated by segment and product type [Abstract] |  |  |
Revenue reclassified |  |  | 20,000
Academic & Professional Learning [Member] | Education Publishing [Member] | Print and Digital [Member] | Transferred at Point in Time [Member] | Product Concentration Risk [Member] | Revenue from Contract with Customers [Member] |  |  |
Revenue from contracts with customers disaggregated by segment and product type [Abstract] |  |  |
Revenue percentage |  | 74.00% |
Academic & Professional Learning [Member] | Education Publishing [Member] | Digital Courseware [Member] | Transferred over Time [Member] | Product Concentration Risk [Member] | Revenue from Contract with Customers [Member] |  |  |
Revenue from contracts with customers disaggregated by segment and product type [Abstract] |  |  |
Revenue percentage |  | 7.00% |
Academic & Professional Learning [Member] | Professional Learning [Member] | Professional Publishing, and Licensing and Other [Member] | Transferred at Point in Time [Member] | Product Concentration Risk [Member] | Revenue from Contract with Customers [Member] |  |  |
Revenue from contracts with customers disaggregated by segment and product type [Abstract] |  |  |
Revenue percentage |  | 59.00% |
Academic & Professional Learning [Member] | Professional Learning [Member] | Corporate Training and Corporate Learning [Member] | Transferred over Time [Member] | Product Concentration Risk [Member] | Revenue from Contract with Customers [Member] |  |  |
Revenue from contracts with customers disaggregated by segment and product type [Abstract] |  |  |
Revenue percentage |  | 41.00% |
Operating Segments [Member] | Research [Member] |  |  |
Revenue from contracts with customers disaggregated by segment and product type [Abstract] |  |  |
Revenue | [1] | $ 274,913 | 274,756
Operating Segments [Member] | Research [Member] | Research Publishing [Member] |  |  |
Revenue from contracts with customers disaggregated by segment and product type [Abstract] |  |  |
Revenue | [1],[2] | 239,523 | 243,284
Operating Segments [Member] | Research [Member] | Research Solutions [Member] |  |  |
Revenue from contracts with customers disaggregated by segment and product type [Abstract] |  |  |
Revenue | [1],[2] | 35,390 | 31,472
Operating Segments [Member] | Academic & Professional Learning [Member] |  |  |
Revenue from contracts with customers disaggregated by segment and product type [Abstract] |  |  |
Revenue | [1] | 132,959 | 139,264
Operating Segments [Member] | Academic & Professional Learning [Member] | Education Publishing [Member] |  |  |
Revenue from contracts with customers disaggregated by segment and product type [Abstract] |  |  |
Revenue |  | 63,056 | 66,380
Operating Segments [Member] | Academic & Professional Learning [Member] | Professional Learning [Member] |  |  |
Revenue from contracts with customers disaggregated by segment and product type [Abstract] |  |  |
Revenue |  | 69,903 | 72,884
Operating Segments [Member] | Education Services [Member] |  |  |
Revenue from contracts with customers disaggregated by segment and product type [Abstract] |  |  |
Revenue |  | 79,697 | 74,368
Operating Segments [Member] | Education Services [Member] | University Services [Member] |  |  |
Revenue from contracts with customers disaggregated by segment and product type [Abstract] |  |  |
Revenue | [3] | 47,811 | 54,968
Operating Segments [Member] | Education Services [Member] | Talent Development Services [Member] |  |  |
Revenue from contracts with customers disaggregated by segment and product type [Abstract] |  |  |
Revenue | [3] | $ 31,886 | $ 19,400
[1] | The Research segment was previously referred to as Research Publishing & Platforms.
[2] | As previously announced, in May 2022 our revenue by product type previously referred to as Research Platforms was changed to Research Solutions. Research Solutions includes infrastructure and publishing services that help societies and corporations thrive in a complex knowledge ecosystem. In addition to Platforms (Atypon), certain product offerings such as corporate sales which included the recent acquisitions of Madgex Holdings Limited (Madgex), and Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc.’s Informatics products (Informatics) that were previously included in Research Publishing moved to Research Solutions to align with our strategic focus. Research Solutions also includes product offerings related to certain recent acquisitions such as J&J, and EJP. Prior period results have been revised to the new presentation. There were no changes to the total Research segment or our consolidated financial results. The revenue reclassified to Research Solutions was $20.0 million for the three months ended July 31, 2021.
[3] | In May 2022, we moved the WileyNXT product offering from Talent Development Services to University Services and the prior period results have been included in University Services. The revenue reclassified was $0.6 million for the three months ended July 31, 2021. There were no changes to the total Education Services segment or our total consolidated financial results.

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