World Scientific
World Scientific Publishing is an academic publisher of scientific, technical, and medical books and journals headquartered in Singapore. The company was founded in 1981. It publishes about 600 books annually, with more than 170 journals in various fields.
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World Scientific
- Founded
- 1981
- Headquarters
- Hong Kong · Singapore
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World Scientific Publishing is an academic publisher of scientific, technical, and medical books and journals headquartered in Singapore. The company was founded in 1981. It publishes about 600 books annually, with more than 170 journals in various fields.
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Overview
Overview
In 1995, World Scientific co-founded the London-based Imperial College Press together with the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine.
Key facts
Key facts
• Founder — * Phua Kok Khoo • Doreen Liu • Country — Singapore • Distribution — self-distributed (Singapore, United States) Marston Book Services (UK) Scholarly Book Services (Canada) Co Info (Australia) • Publications — Books, academic journals
Company structure
Company structure
The company head office is in Singapore. The Chairman and Editor-in-Chief is Dr Phua Kok Khoo, while the Managing Director is Doreen Liu. The company was co-founded by them in 1981.
Imperial College Press
Imperial College Press
In 1995 the company co-founded Imperial College Press, specializing in engineering, medicine and information technology, with Imperial College London. In 2006, World Scientific assumed full ownership of Imperial College Press, under a license granted by the university. Finally, in August 2016, ICP was fully incorporated into World Scientific under the new imprint, World Scientific Europe.
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Institutional history
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1981
World Scientific established.
1981
World Scientific is recorded from 1981.
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- Singapore
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- arXiv, Cornell University, preprints naming “World Scientific”
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