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World Scientific Publishing

World Scientific
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Founded 1981
Country of origin Singapore
Publication types Books, academic journals
Official website www.worldscientific.com

World Scientific Publishing is an academic publisher of scientific, technical, and medical books and journals headquartered in Singapore. The company was founded in 1981. It publishes about 500 books annually as well as more than 150 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.

The company head office is in Singapore. The Chairman and Editor-in-Chief is Phua Kok Khoo, while the Managing Director is Doreen Liu. The company was co-founded by them in 1981.

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.

In 2014, the Singapore Literature Prize was criticized for naming the non-fiction prizes after World Scientific, who sponsored the category. A book World Scientific published, Lim Siong Guan's The Leader, The Teacher & You (2013), ended up co-winning the Prize for English Non-fiction.


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