The COVID pandemic continues to alter the rankings picture. A flurry of publishing activity on the part of firms that have only occasionally appeared in the rankings led to one of our biggest ever rankings tables in 2020, featuring 24 firms. That extraordinary burst of activity has now eased off for some, and in H1 2021, we are back to a more usual cohort of 20 publishers. This has inevitably changed the shape of the rankings table, mainly in the lower half.