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 an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...
. The company was founded in 1981. It publishes about 600 books annually, with more than 170 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.
Company structure
The company head office is in
Singapore
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...
. 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
In 1995 the company co-founded
Imperial College Press, specializing in
engineering
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,
medicine
Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for patients, managing the Medical diagnosis, diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, ...
and
information technology
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, 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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Journals published by World Scientific
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Academic publishing companies
Publishing companies established in 1981
Companies of Singapore