This is an update of a Publisher Profile we published in 2015. You can read the original profile here. 

From a humble family business to 200 employees worldwide, Human Kinetics is the world’s leading publisher of information related to physical activity. From textbooks and instructional materials to online courses and digital offerings, Human Kinetics aims to increase knowledge, enhance performance, and improve the health and fitness of all people around the globe. 

Human Kinetics has been a part of Doody’s Review Service from the very beginning in 1993. Since our last profile in 2015, we’ve received 127 books from Human Kinetics, and we’ve published reviews on nearly half of them. There are currently eight Human Kinetics books included in Doody’s Core Titles, with such titles as Neuromechanics of Human Movement, 5th Edition, Enoka (2015), which received a review score of 100.