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  2014 Bestsellers
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We would like to mention a few notable titles from the best-seller list of 2014.
【Humanities】
The 2014 humanities ranking is characterized by a selection of mini-size references such as 1001 Words You Need to Know and Use and Oxford A-Z of Grammar and Punctuation. In addition, titles such as A Modern History of Japan by Andrew Gordon, The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Short Stories, A World History by William McNeil and Oxford Modern English Grammar continue to be popular in the Japanese market. Two surprising titles that made the 2014 list include a sheet music of prewar Japanese songs featuring Furusato originally written by Teiichi Okano, and which is arranged for choir by Bob Chilcott. The other is Magnificat written by John Rutter.
【Social Science】
Two undergraduate textbooks for international relations, The Globalization of World Politics (6th edition) and Introduction to International Relations (5th edition) continued as the top-selling titles for last year. The majority of top-selling social science titles are textbooks, including those ranked 3rd, 4th and 6th which were texts on global politics and economy. Social Research Methods (4th edition) by Alan Bryman ranked 5th and is another popular text on academic skills that is widely used by social science students. Coming in 7th was The Knowledge-creating Company by Ikujiro Nonaka and Hiro Takeuchi (published in 1995), a favorite read for business students.
【Natural Science】
Chemistry textbooks dominated the natural science bestseller list for 2014. Due to the recent release of the 10th edition in March, Atkins’ Physical Chemistry ranked both 1st (10th edition) and 5th (9th edition) for 2014. Organic Chemistry: A Mechanistic Approach, which was published in autumn 2013, ranked 2nd. Surpassing the sales of a regular favorite, Organic Chemistry by Jonathan Clayden, this title is a revised translation of a well-known Japanese text originally published by Maruzen Publishing Co. Ltd.
【Dictionaries】
While there is still a small market for paper dictionaries in Japan, the rest of the world is moving toward online dictionaries and dictionary apps. As a result, releases of revised editions of paper dictionaries are becoming less frequent. Unfortunately, in 2014 OUP did not publish any new editions of our English dictionaries. The top three selling dictionaries of 2014 remained the same as 2013, and there is almost no variation among other titles ranked in the top 10 list.

 Downloadable Best of 2014 list (Excel)
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  2014年、学術・一般書部門のタイトルで、今回ランクインしたもののうち特筆すべきものをご紹介します。
【人文科学分野】
2014年の特徴としては、『1001 Words You Need to Know and Use』や、『Oxford A-Z of Grammar and Punctuation』といったポケットサイズのレファレンスのランクインが指摘できます。ほかでは、首位のアンドルー・ゴードン著『A Modern History of Japan』をはじめ、日本文学の短編集『The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Short Stories』、ウィリアム・マクニールの世界史通史『A World History』、英文法書の『Oxford Modern English Grammar』など、2013年も上位に入っていたタイトルが引き続き人気を維持しました。意外なところでは、岡野貞一作曲の文部省唱歌『故郷(ふるさと)』をはじめとする日本の歌曲をボブ・チルコットが合唱用に編曲したもの、またジョン・ラッター作曲『マニフィカト』など、ヴォーカル・スコアのランクインが挙げられます。
【社会科学分野】
首位と2位は2013年同様に、『The Globalization of World Politics 第6版』と『Introduction to International Relations 第5版』という2つの国際関係論の教科書が不動の人気を保っています。このほか、3・4・6位にも政治・経済分野の学部向け教科書がランクインしたのが2014年の特徴です。また、5位にランクインしたアラン・ブライマン著『Social Research Methods 第4版』も、社会科学系で高い評価を得ている研究・分析手法を解くテキストです。7位には、やはり2013年もランクインした野中郁次郎・竹内弘高共著『知識創造企業』の原書、『The Knowledge-creating Company』も、刊行から約20年経つにも関わらず、変わらぬ人気を誇る定番書です。
【自然科学分野】
上位に化学系のテキストがかたまっている状況は2013年から変わりませんが、3月に物理化学教科書の世界的定番、『Atkins’ Physical Chemistry』の改訂第10版を刊行したことから、今回新版(首位)と第9版が(5位)が両方ランクインしています。2位には弊社の有機化学教科書の定番であるジョナサン・クレイデン他著の『Organic Chemistry 第2版』を抑え、 『Organic Chemistry: A Mechanistic Approach』がランクインしました。こちらは日本人著者が執筆した和書の教科書(『有機化学』(丸善出版))を基に、国際市場向けの改変を行って2013年秋に刊行したものです。教育のグローバル化が進む中で、教科書の国際化も今後増えていくことが予想されます。
【辞事典】
日本ではまだ、冊子体の辞典に対する一定のニーズがまだある一方、世界的にはオンライン版や携帯アプリなどの電子フォーマットへの移行が着実に進んでいます。こうした事情を背景に、言語系の辞典の新版の刊行自体が非常に少なくなっており、2014年は英英辞典のリリースがまったくない1年でした。1位から3位は2013年とまったく変わらず、4位以下も順位が多少入れ替わっている程度で、前年のランキングとの比較で変化が最も少ないのが辞書部門でした。

 Best of 2014 リスト (Excel)
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Overall  |  Humanities |  Social Sciences |  Natural Sciences |  Dictionary | 
Linguistics |  Law |  Oxford Handbooks |  Oxford World’s Classics |  Very Short Introductions
[Overall Ranking]
  • Atkins' Physical Chemistry: 10th edition  
    by  Peter Atkins; Julio de Paula
    (ISBN: 9780199697403 )
     
  • The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations: 6th edition  
    by  John Baylis; Steve Smith; Patricia Owens
    (ISBN: 9780199656172 )
     
  • Organic Chemistry: A Mechanistic Approach  
    by  Tadashi Okuyama; Howard Maskill
    (ISBN: 9780199693276 )
     
  • Organic Chemistry: 2nd edition  
    by  Jonathan Clayden; Nick Greeves; Stuart Warren
    (ISBN: 9780199270293 )
     
  • Introduction to International Relations: Theories and Approaches: 5th edition  
    by  Robert Jackson; Georg Sorensen
    (ISBN: 9780199694747 )
     
  • Oxford English Mini Dictionary: 8th edition  
    by  Oxford Dictionaries
    (ISBN: 9780199640966 )
     
  • A Modern History of Japan: From Tokugawa Times to the Present: International edition  
    by  Andrew Gordon
    (ISBN: 9780199930166 )
     
  • Pocket Oxford English Dictionary: 11th edition  
    by  Oxford Dictionaries
    (ISBN: 9780199666157 )
     
  • 1001 Words You Need to Know and Use: An A-Z of Effective Vocabulary  
    by  Martin Manser
    (ISBN: 9780198717706 )
     
  • The Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories  
    by  Theodore W. Goossen
    (ISBN: 9780199583195 )
     

*For Very Short Introduction and Oxford World’s Classics titles, please look at the ranking of each category below.
*Very Short Introductions シリーズおよびOxford World’s Classicsシリーズのタイトルについては、以下の各カテゴリーのランキングをご覧ください。

 
Humanities
  • A Modern History of Japan: From Tokugawa Times to the Present: International edition  
    by  Andrew Gordon
    (ISBN: 9780199930166 )
     
  • 1001 Words You Need to Know and Use: An A-Z of Effective Vocabulary  
    by  Martin Manser
    (ISBN: 9780198717706 )
     
  • The Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories  
    by  Theodore W. Goossen
    (ISBN: 9780199583195 )
     
  • Magnificat: Vocal Score  
    by  John Rutter
    (ISBN: 9780193380370 )
     
  • Japanese Syntax in Comparative Perspective  
    by  Mamoru Saito
    (ISBN: 9780199945221 )
     
  • A World History: 4th edition  
    by  William H. McNeill
    (ISBN: 9780195116168 )
     
  • Furusato: 5 Arrangements of Japanese Songs  
    by  Bob Chilcott
    (ISBN: 9780193378049 )
     
  • Phrase Structure and Argument Structure: A Case Study of the Syntax-Semantics Interface  
    by  Terje Lohndal
    (ISBN: 9780199677122 )
     
  • Oxford A-Z of Grammar and Punctuation: Edition  
    by  John Seely
    (ISBN: 9780199669189 )
     
  • Functional Structure from Top to Toe: The Cartography of Syntactic Structures: Volume 9  
    by  Peter Svenonius
    (ISBN: 9780199740383 )
     

  

 

Social Sciences

  • The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations: 6th Edition  
    by  John Baylis; Steve Smith; Patricia Owens
    (ISBN: 9780199656172 )
     
  • Introduction to International Relations: Theories and Approaches: 5th Edition  
    by  Robert Jackson; Georg Sorensen
    (ISBN: 9780199694747 )
     
  • Political Economy and the Changing Global Order: 3rd Edition  
    by  Richard Stubbs; Geoffrey R. D. Underhill
    (ISBN: 9780195419894 )
     
  • Global Political Economy: 4th Edition  
    by  John Ravenhill
    (ISBN: 9780199666010 )
     
  • Social Research Methods: 4th Edition  
    by  Alan Bryman
    (ISBN: 9780199588053 )
     
  • Contemporary Security Studies: 3rd Edition  
    by  Alan Collins
    (ISBN: 9780199694778 )
     
  • The Knowledge-creating Company: How Japanese Companies Create the Dynamics of Innovation  
    by  Ikujiro Nonaka; Hirotaka Takeuchi
    (ISBN: 9780195092691 )
     
  • The Legal System: 4th Edition  
    by  Kate Malleson; Richard Moules
    (ISBN: 9780199560189 )
     
  • International Law  
    by  Vaughan Lowe
    (ISBN: 9780199268849 )
     
  • Japanese Law: 3rd Edition  
    by  Hiroshi Oda
    (ISBN: 9780199642069 )
     

  

 

Natural Sciences

  • Atkins' Physical Chemistry: 10th Edition  
    by  Peter Atkins; Julio de Paula
    (ISBN: 9780199697403 )
     
  • Organic Chemistry: A Mechanistic Approach  
    by  Tadashi Okuyama; Howard Maskill
    (ISBN: 9780199693276 )
     
  • Organic Chemistry: 2nd Edition  
    by  Jonathan Clayden; Nick Greeves; Stuart Warren
    (ISBN: 9780199270293 )
     
  • Atkins' Physical Chemistry: 9th Edition (絶版・在庫僅少 / Out of Print)  
    by  Peter Atkins; Julio de Paula
    (ISBN: 9780199543373 )
     
  • Inorganic Chemistry: 6th Edition  
    by  Mark Weller; Tina Overton; Jonathan Rourke; Fraser Armstrong; Peter Atkins
    (ISBN: 9780199641826 )
     
  • Physical Chemistry for the Life Sciences: 2nd Edition  
    by  Peter Atkins; Julio de Paula
    (ISBN: 9780199564286 )
     
  • The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary edition  
    by  Richard Dawkins
    (ISBN: 9780199291151 )
     
  • Solutions Manual to Accompany Organic Chemistry: 2nd Edition  
    by  Jonathan Clayden; Stuart Warren
    (ISBN: 9780199663347 )
     
  • Investigating Psychology: Key Concepts, Key Studies, Key Approaches  
    by  Nicola Brace; Jovan Byford
    (ISBN: 9780199651764 )
     
  • Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus: 3rd Edition  
    by  Yi Ning J. Strube, MD, FRCSC
    (ISBN: 9780199857012 )
     

  

 

Dictionaries

  • Oxford English Mini Dictionary: 8th Edition  
    (ISBN: 9780199640966 )
     
  • Pocket Oxford English Dictionary: 11th Edition  
    (ISBN: 9780199666157 )
     
  • Oxford Japanese Mini Dictionary: 2nd Edition  
    (ISBN: 9780199692705 )
     
  • Paperback Oxford English Dictionary: 7th Edition  
    (ISBN: 9780199640942 )
     
  • Concise Oxford English Dictionary: Main Edition: 12th Edition  
    (ISBN: 9780199601080 )
     
  • Official Import Version Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on CD-ROM Version 4.0  
    (ISBN: 9780193955004 )
     
  • Oxford Essential Spanish Dictionary  
    (ISBN: 9780199576449 )
     
  • Oxford Mini Dictionary and Thesaurus: 2nd Edition  
    (ISBN: 9780199692637 )
     
  • Oxford Dictionary of English: 3rd Edition  
    (ISBN: 9780199571123 )
     
  • Oxford Beginner's Japanese Dictionary  
    (ISBN: 9780199298525 )
     

  

 

Linguistics

  • 1001 Words You Need to Know and Use: An A-Z of Effective Vocabulary  
    by  Martin Manser
    (ISBN: 9780198717706 )
     
  • Japanese Syntax in Comparative Perspective  
    by  Mamoru Saito
    (ISBN: 9780199945221 )
     
  • The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar: 2nd Edition  
    by  Bas Aarts; Sylvia Chalker; Edmund Weiner
    (ISBN: 9780199658237 )
     
  • Oxford A-Z of Grammar and Punctuation: Edition  
    by  John Seely
    (ISBN: 9780199669189 )
     
  • Functional Structure from Top to Toe: The Cartography of Syntactic Structures: Volume 9  
    by  Peter Svenonius
    (ISBN: 9780199740383 )
     
  • The Pragmatics of Politeness  
    by  Geoffrey Leech
    (ISBN: 9780195341355 )
     
  • Oxford Guide to Plain English: 4th Edition  
    by  Martin Cutts
    (ISBN: 9780199669172 )
     
  • Linguistic Variation in the Minimalist Framework  
    by  M. Carme Picallo
    (ISBN: 9780198702894 )
     
  • Essentials of Cognitive Grammar  
    by  Ronald W. Langacker
    (ISBN: 9780199937356 )
     
  • The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics: 3rd Edition  
    by  P. H. Matthews
    (ISBN: 9780199675128 )
     

  

 
  Law
  • The Legal System: 4th Edition  
    by  Kate Malleson; Richard Moules
    (ISBN: 9780199560189 )
     
  • International Law  
    by  Vaughan Lowe
    (ISBN: 9780199268849 )
     
  • Japanese Law: 3rd Edition  
    by  Hiroshi Oda
    (ISBN: 9780199642069 )
     
  • Law 101: Everything You Need to Know About the American Legal System: 4th Edition  
    by  Jay M. Feinman
    (ISBN: 9780199341696 )
     
  • Brownlie's Principles of Public International Law: 8th Edition  
    by  James Crawford
    (ISBN: 9780199699698 )
     
  • Philosophical Foundations of the Law of Torts  
    by  John Oberdiek
    (ISBN: 9780198701385 )
     
  • Codifying Choice of Law Around the World: An International Comparative Analysis  
    by  Symeon C. Symeonides
    (ISBN: 9780199360840 )
     
  • The Concept of Law: 3rd Edition  
    by  H. L. A. Hart; Joseph Raz; Penelope A. Bulloch
    (ISBN: 9780199644704 )
     
  • Textbook on International Law: 7th Edition  
    by  Martin Dixon
    (ISBN: 9780199574452 )
     
  • The Law of International Human Rights Protection  
    by  Walter Kalin; Jorg Kunzli
    (ISBN: 9780199597031 )
     
  • International Law: 4th Edition  
    by  Malcolm Evans
    (ISBN: 9780199654673 )
     

  

 

Oxford Handbooks

  • The Oxford Handbook of Corpus Phonology  
    by  Jacques Durand; Ulrike Gut; Gjert Kristoffersen
    (ISBN: 9780199571932 )
     
  • The Oxford Handbook of Derivational Morphology  
    by  Rochelle Lieber; Pavol Stekauer
    (ISBN: 9780199641642 )
     
  • The Oxford Handbook of International Adjudication  
    by  Cesare Romano; Karen J. Alter; Yuval Shany
    (ISBN: 9780199660681 )
     
  • The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Cinema  
    by  Daisuke Miyao
    (ISBN: 9780199731664 )
     
  • The Oxford Handbook of International Law in Armed Conflict  
    by  Andrew Clapham; Paola Gaeta
    (ISBN: 9780199559695 )
     
  • The Oxford Handbook of the Welfare State  
    by  Francis G. Castles; Stephan Leibfried; Jane Lewis; Herbert Obinger; Christopher Pierson
    (ISBN: 9780199650514 )
     
  • The Oxford Handbook of Political Methodology  
    by  Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier; Henry E. Brady; David Collier
    (ISBN: 9780199585564 )
     
  • The Oxford Handbook of International Relations  
    by  Christian Reus-Smit; Duncan Snidal
    (ISBN: 9780199585588 )
     
  • The Oxford Handbook of the History of Linguistics  
    by  Keith Allan
    (ISBN: 9780199585847 )
     
  • The Oxford Handbook of Innovation Management  
    by  Mark Dodgson; David M. Gann; Nelson Phillips
    (ISBN: 9780199694945 )
     

  

 

Oxford World's Classics

  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass  
    by  Lewis Carroll; Peter Hunt; Sir John Tenniel
    (ISBN: 9780199558292 )
     
  • Merchant of Venice: The Oxford Shakespeare  
    by  William Shakespeare; Jay L. Halio
    (ISBN: 9780199535859 )
     
  • Frankenstein: Or The Modern Prometheus  
    by  Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; M.K. Joseph
    (ISBN: 9780199537167 )
     
  • Wuthering Heights  
    by  Emily Bronte; Ian Jack
    (ISBN: 9780199541898 )
     
  • The Complete Short Stories  
    by  Oscar Wilde; John Sloan
    (ISBN: 9780199535064 )
     
  • Twelfth Night, or What You Will: The Oxford Shakespeare  
    by  William Shakespeare; Roger Warren; Stanley W. Wells
    (ISBN: 9780199536092 )
     
  • Hamlet: The Oxford Shakespeare  
    by  William Shakespeare; G.R. Hibbard
    (ISBN: 9780199535811 )
     
  • Antigone: Oedipus the King; Electra: WITH Oedipus the King: AND Electra  
    by  Sophocles; H. D. F. Kitto; Edith Hall
    (ISBN: 9780199537174 )
     
  • The Souls of Black Folk  
    by  W. E. B. Du Bois; Brent Hayes Edwards
    (ISBN: 9780199555833 )
     
  • Frankenstein: Or The Modern Prometheus - The 1818 Text  
    by  Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; Marilyn Butler
    (ISBN: 9780199537150 )
     

  

 

Very Short Introductions

  • Globalization: 3rd Edition  
    by  Manfred Steger
    (ISBN: 9780199662661 )
     
  • Modern Japan  
    by  Christopher Goto-Jones
    (ISBN: 9780199235698 )
     
  • Economics  
    by  Partha Dasgupta
    (ISBN: 9780192853455 )
     
  • Global Economic History  
    by  Robert C. Allen
    (ISBN: 9780199596652 )
     
  • The Cold War  
    by  Robert J. McMahon
    (ISBN: 9780192801784 )
     
  • Philosophy of Science  
    by  Samir Okasha
    (ISBN: 9780192802835 )
     
  • Psychology: 2nd Edition  
    by  Freda McManus; Gillian Butler
    (ISBN: 9780199670420 )
     
  • The United Nations  
    by  Jussi M. Hanhimaki
    (ISBN: 9780195304374 )
     
  • Revolutions  
    by  Jack A. Goldstone
    (ISBN: 9780199858507 )
     
  • Racism  
    by  Ali Rattansi
    (ISBN: 9780192805904 )
     

  

 
*This data is based on Oxford University Press Japan sales from January 1st - December 31st, 2014.
※このデータは、2014年1月1日から12月31日までの Oxford University Press Japan の日本国内販売実績に基いています。
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