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| Founded | 1981; 44 years ago (1981) |
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| Country of origin | Singapore |
| Distribution | self-distributed (Singapore, United States)[1] Marston Book Services (UK)[2] Scholarly Book Services (Canada) Co Info (Australia)[3] |
| Publication types | Books,academic journals |
| Official website | www |
World Scientific Publishing is anacademic publisher of scientific, technical, and medical books andjournals headquartered inSingapore. 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-basedImperial College Press together with theImperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine.
The company head office is inSingapore. The Chairman and Editor-in-Chief is DrPhua Kok Khoo, while the Managing Director isDoreen Liu. The company was co-founded by them in 1981.[4]
In 1995 the company co-foundedImperial College Press, specializing inengineering,medicine andinformation technology, withImperial 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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