Is Academic Press a publisher or Elsevier?

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.

Is academic press part of Elsevier?

Academic Press has been a leading publisher of scientific books for more than 70 years. Founded in 1941, it is now an imprint of Elsevier.

Is Elsevier a publisher or a journal?

This is Elsevier

As the world's leading scientific publisher, our high quality and trusted journals publish around 600k articles per annum which account for 18% of global articles, and 28% of global citations, reflecting the quality of the work we publish.

Is Academic Press a good publisher?

Academic Press has been a leading publisher of scientific books for more than 65 years. For scientific and medical researchers, Academic Press provides high quality scientific reference and academic content.

Which journals are owned by Elsevier?

Academic Publishing

What publishers are similar to Elsevier?

Is Elsevier a free publisher?

Nearly all of Elsevier's 2,700 journals now enable open access publishing, including 600 journals which are fully open access journals. In the gold open access model, you pay an article publishing charge (APC), making your article immediately, permanently and freely available for anyone to access, read and build on.

How do you cite an academic press?

Publisher: If the name of an academic press contains the words University and Press, use UP e.g. Oxford UP instead of Oxford University Press. If the word "University" doesn't appear, spell out the Press e.g. MIT Press. Year of publication: Give the year of publication as presented in the source.

What publisher does JK Rowling use?

Pottermore Publishing continues to be the global digital publisher of Harry Potter, Fantastic Beasts and the Wizarding World. Also in 2012, J.K. Rowling published her first novel for adults, The Casual Vacancy (Little, Brown), which has now been translated into 44 languages and was adapted for TV by the BBC in 2015.

Is Taylor and Francis better than Elsevier?

Taylor and Francis doesn't have enough ratings to calculate Professional Development Score ratings. Employees at Elsevier rate their Professional Development Score a /100, with Customer Support and Customer Success as the two departments that rate their experience the highest.

What is the Elsevier controversy?

The Cost of Knowledge is a protest by academics against the business practices of academic journal publisher Elsevier. Among the reasons for the protests were a call for lower prices for journals and to promote increased open access to information.

Is ScienceDirect and Elsevier the publisher?

ScienceDirect is a website that provides access to a large bibliographic database of scientific and medical publications of the Dutch publisher Elsevier. It hosts over 18 million pieces of content from more than 4,000 academic journals and 30,000 e-books of this publisher.

How do you cite Elsevier?

In-text citations: All citations in the text should refer to: 1. Single author: the author's name (without initials, unless there is ambiguity) and the year of publication; 2. Two authors: both authors‟ names and the year of publication; 3. Three or more authors: first author's name followed by 'et al.

What is meant by academic press?

Academic press, sometimes referred to as a university press, is a publishing house associated with a post-secondary institution. The press specializes in publishing scholarly works, many of which are authored by faculty members. Most large research universities house an academic press.

Do academic presses pay authors?

University presses pay low or no advances, the up-front money you get on signing a contract. Any advances they offer are typically under $1,000. But your book can do well if it hits it big or keeps earning royalties over time.

Is a university press a publisher?

University presses are publishers. At the most basic level that means they perform the same tasks as any other publisher. University presses acquire, develop, design, produce, market and sell books and journals, just like Random House or Sage.

What publisher owns Harry Potter?

J.K. ROWLING'S WIZARDING WORLD is a trademark of J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Materials from the Harry Potter series of films and from the film Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them are courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment.

Who is the most successful self published author?

The best-selling self-published books include E.L. James' Fifty Shades of Grey, Amanda Hocking's Trylle Trilogy and H.M. Ward's Damaged. E.L. James' Fifty Shades of Grey, initially self-published as an e-book and print-on-demand, has sold over 150 million copies worldwide.

How do I publish my book on academic press?

Does Elsevier pay authors?

Royalty payments are made as agreed in your contract. Most of our contracts are either annual (January-December) or semi-annual (January-June and July-December). Annual contracts are generally paid in March each year. Semi-annual contracts are generally paid in either March and September, or April and October.

Is Elsevier a reliable source?

Elsevier is a leading publisher of some of the most well-respected science journals in the world. Hence publishing a research in Elsevier will be widely disseminated. Because of this, Elsevier journals are a smart choice for scientific authors. Elsevier journals also have a high journal impact factor overall.