Academic Press
| Parent company | Elsevier |
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| Founded | 1941 |
| Founder | Walter J. Johnson (a.k.a. Walter Jolowicz, 1908–1996) Kurt Jacoby (1893–1968)[1] |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Nonfiction topics | Science |
| Official website | elsevier.com/academic-press |
Academic Press (AP) is an academic book publisher of Elsevier specializing in scientific, technical, and medical literature. Founded in 1941 in New York City, it was acquired by Harcourt, Brace & World in 1969.[2] Following Reed Elsevier's acquisition of Harcourt in 2001, Academic Press became part of Elsevier.[3][4] Thus, Academic Press became an imprint of Elsevier.
Publications
[edit]Academic Press publishes books and reference materials in fields including communications engineering, economics, environmental science, finance, food science, geophysics, life sciences, mathematics, neuroscience, psychology, and the physical sciences.
Well-known products include the Methods in Enzymology series and encyclopedias such as The International Encyclopedia of Public Health and the Encyclopedia of Neuroscience.
References
[edit]- ^ Uchitelle, Louis (1996-12-23). "Walter J. Johnson, 88, Refugee Who Founded Academic Press". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
- ^ Abele, John J. (1969-04-12). "FRANCHISER SEEKS RAMADA INNS, INC.; International Industries Set to Acquire Motel Chain for $221-Million of Stock Acquisition and Merger Actions Are Instituted by Corporations". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-10-20.
- ^ Malakoff, David (2000). "Librarians Seek to Block Merger of Scientific Publishing Giants". Science. Vol. 290, no. 5493. pp. 910–911. doi:10.1126/science.290.5493.910. ISSN 1095-9203. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Malakoff, David. "Science Publishing Megamerger Advances". Science. ISSN 1095-9203. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
Further reading
[edit]- Abel, Richard; Graham, L. Gordon, eds. (2009). Immigrant Publishers. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers.
- Hagelstein, Robert "Bob" (2013-03-23). "Publishing Roots and Anecdotes". Lacunae Musing. Archived from the original on 2022-02-03. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
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