Academic Press (AP) is an academic book publisher of Elsevier specializing in scientific, technical, and medical literature. Founded in 1941 in New York City, it was acquired by Harcourt, Brace & World in 1969. Following Reed Elsevier's acquisition of Harcourt in 2001, Academic Press became part of Elsevier. Thus, Academic Press became an imprint of Elsevier.

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Academic Press publishes books and reference materials in fields including communications engineering, economics, environmental science, finance, food science, geophysics, life sciences, mathematics, neuroscience, psychology, and the physical sciences.

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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