World Scientific Publishing is an academic publisher of scientific, technical, and medical books and journals headquartered in

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...

. The company was founded in 1981. It publishes about 600 books annually, along with 135 journals in various fields. In 1995, World Scientific co-founded the London-based Imperial College Press together with the

Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Imperial College London (legally Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom. Its history began with Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, who developed his vision for ...

Company structure

The company head office is in

. The Chairman and Editor-in-Chief is Dr

Phua Kok Khoo Phua Kok Khoo () is a Singaporean publisher, academic, and philanthropist. About Phua is the son of late Teochew merchant and community figure Phua Chay Long (). Graduated from the University of Birmingham with a PhD in Mathematical Physics in 1 ...

, while the Managing Director is

Doreen Liu Doreen Liu is a Singaporean businesswoman and philanthropist. Doreen Liu graduated from Birmingham University with a BSocSc degree in Economics, Politics and Sociology in 1970. Liu is Managing Director of World Scientific Publishing which she co- ...

. The company was co-founded by them in 1981.

Imperial College Press

In 1995 the company co-founded Imperial College Press, specializing in

engineering Engineering is the use of scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad range of more speciali ...

medicine Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care pr ...

and

information technology Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to create, process, store, retrieve, and exchange all kinds of data . and information. IT forms part of information and communications technology (ICT). An information technology syste ...

, with

Imperial College London Imperial College London (legally Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom. Its history began with Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, who developed his vision for a cu ...

. 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''.

Awards

A book World Scientific published,

Lim Siong Guan Lim Siong Guan, (, born 1947) is currently Advisor to the Group Executive Committee of GIC, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund. He was Group President of GIC from 2007 until his retirement at the end of 2016. Biography Lim was educated at the A ...

's ''The Leader, The Teacher & You'' (2013), co-won the Singapore Literature Prize for English Non-fiction. The judges for the Singapore Literature Prize for Non-fiction were independent parties appointed by the Book Council.

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Company structure

Imperial College Press

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