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