Academic Press

Academic Press
Parent company Elsevier
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:

Well-known products include the Methods in Enzymology series and encyclopedias such as The International Encyclopedia of Public Health and the Encyclopedia of Neuroscience.

References

  1. Uchitelle, Louis (1996-12-23). "Walter J. Johnson, 88, Refugee Who Founded Academic Press". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-01-16.


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