Academic Press
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| Parent company | Elsevier |
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| Founded | 1941 |
| Founder | Walter J. Johnson and Kurt Jacoby[1] |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Nonfiction topics | Science |
| Official website | http://store.elsevier.com/Academic-Press/IMP_5/ |
Academic Press is an academic book publisher. Originally independent, it was acquired by Harcourt, Brace & World in 1969. Reed Elsevier bought Harcourt in 2000, and 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.
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External links[edit]
Academic Press website, including title lists, multimedia and catalogues
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