Academic Press
Academic Press (AP) is an academic book publisher founded in 1941. It was acquired by Harcourt, Brace & World in 1969. Reed Elsevier said in 2000 it would buy Harcourt, a deal completed the next year, after a regulatory review. Thus, Academic Press is now an imprint of Elsevier.
| Parent company | Elsevier |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1941 |
| Founder | Walter J. Johnson (a.k.a. Walter Jolowicz, 1908–1996) Kurt Jacoby (1893–1968) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Nonfiction topics | Science |
| Official website | elsevier.com/academic-press |
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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