McGill–Queen's University Press publishes original peer-reviewed works in most areas of the social sciences and humanities.
Under Cercone's guidance, the list has grown to the point where MQUP is sometimes claimed to be Canada's leading academic publisher.
[3] Among the best-known academics to have published with the press are Jacob Neusner, Margaret Somerville, Stéphane Dion, Charles Taylor, Bruce Trigger and Christl Verduyn.
It also has a poetry list including such writers as Carmine Starnino, Mark Abley, Peter Dale Scott and Brian Bartlett.
In recent years the press has also become known for contentious books on Canadian politics by Tom Flanagan among others.