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    Academic Press

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    Not to be confused with Academic Studies Press or Academic press (disambiguation).

    Academic Press
    Parent companyElsevier
    Founded1941
    FounderWalter J. Johnson (a.k.a. Walter Jolowicz, 1908–1996)
    Kurt Jacoby (1893–1968)[1]
    Country of originUnited States
    Headquarters locationCambridge, Massachusetts
    Nonfiction topicsScience
    Official websiteelsevier.com/academic-press

    Academic Press (AP) is an academic book publisher founded in 1941. It launched a British division in the 1950s.[2] Academic Press was acquired by Harcourt, Brace & World in 1969.[3] Reed Elsevier said in 2000 it would buy Harcourt,[4] a deal completed the next year, after a regulatory review.[5] Thus, Academic Press is now an imprint of Elsevier.

    Academic Press publishes reference books, serials and online products in the subject areas of:

    • Communications engineering
    • Economics
    • Environmental science
    • Finance
    • Food science and nutrition
    • Geophysics
    • Life sciences
    • Mathematics and statistics
    • Neuroscience
    • Physical sciences
    • Psychology

    Well-known products include the Methods in Enzymology series and encyclopedias such as The International Encyclopedia of Public Health and the Encyclopedia of Neuroscience.

    See also

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    • Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft (AVG) — the German predecessor, founded in 1906 by Leo Jolowicz (1868–1940), the father of Walter Jolowicz and father-in-law of Kurt Jacoby

    References

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    1. ^ 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.
    2. ^ "The Move of U.S. Publishers Overseas". A Century of Science Publishing. IOS Press. 2001. pp. 139–145. doi:10.3233/978-1-58603-148-0-139.
    3. ^ 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.
    4. ^ 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.
    5. ^ Malakoff, David. "Science Publishing Megamerger Advances". Science. ISSN 1095-9203. Retrieved 2023-07-16.

    Further reading

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    • 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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