| Parent company | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
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| Founded | 1929; 97 years ago (1929) |
| Country of origin | Israel |
| Headquarters location | Jerusalem |
| Publication types | Books,academic journals |
| Official website | magnespress |
The Hebrew University Magnes Press, known for short asMagnesPress, is thepublishing house of theHebrew University of Jerusalem.
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Magnes Press was founded in 1929,[1] four years after the founding of the Hebrew University, and is the oldest university book publishing house in Israel. The publication is named afterYehuda Leib Magnes, the first president of the university.
The initial mission of the publishing house was to produce and distribute in theLand of Israel and the world scientific literature in general and Jewish topics in particular, in Hebrew and English, original and translated, for the use of students and researchers in the scientific community and among the general public. Magnes Press accepts proposals for the publication of books from researchers from all academic institutions in Israel.
Magnes Press is careful about the academic level of the books it publishes through apeer review process, as is customary among university book publishers. After that, the manuscripts that the publisher accepts are brought up for discussion in the academic council of the publisher, which serves as an editor. The scientific council's decisions are presented to the publisher's management, which incorporates commercial and economic considerations into the decision whether to publish.
Magnes Publishing publishes every year about 60 new books[1] and journals in all fields of academic activity in Israel. In addition, it prints reprints and re-editions of previously printed books.
Some of the scientific journals published by Magnes Press:
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