Sale of Stock, Percentage of Ownership after Transaction By Other Party

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Cash received on stock transaction after deduction of issuance costs.

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The number of shares issued or sold by the subsidiary or equity method investee per stock transaction.

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Per share amount received by subsidiary or equity investee for each share of common stock issued or sold in the stock transaction.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Background and Nature of Operations - Sale of Stock (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020	Feb. 29, 2020	Feb. 28, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares issued (in shares)	50,400,000	27,600,000
Sale of stock, price per share (usd per share)	$ 22.50	$ 20.25
Consideration received on transaction	$ 304,030
Clarivate
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares issued (in shares)	14,000,000
Onex and Baring \| Ordinary Shares
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Ownership by other party			38.30%	70.80%
Selling Shareholders
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares issued (in shares)	36,400,000
Onex \| Ordinary Shares
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Ownership by other party			18.40%
Baring \| Ordinary Shares
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Ownership by other party			7.20%