IOS Press

IOS Press
Parent companySage
Founded1987
Country of originNetherlands
Headquarters locationAmsterdam
DistributionBooks: Baker & Taylor (United States)
Co Info (Australia)
multiple distributors (Asia)
Journals: EBSCO (United States)
Globe Publication (India)
Maruzen, Kinokuniya (Japan)
Publication typesBooks, Journals
Nonfiction topicsScientific, technical, and medical research
Official websitewww.iospress.com

IOS Press is a publishing house headquartered in Amsterdam,[1] specialising in the publication of journals and books related to fields of scientific, technical, and medical (STM) research.[2] It was established in 1987 by Einar Fredriksson[3][4] with a strong focus on computer science and artificial intelligence.[3][5] IOS Press has since diversified to include basic sciences and medicine.[1][2] IOS Press publishes around 90 international journals and releases about 70 book titles annually, covering fields such as computer science, mathematics, the natural sciences, and topics within medicine.[2][6][7]

A subsidiary based in the United States (IOS Press, Inc.) was created in 1990, based in the Washington, D.C. area.[6] In the 1990s, IOS Press partnered with Ohmsha Ltd. (Japan) and re-established the Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft AKA GmbH aka AKA-Verlag (Germany).[8] Other co-publishing and joint venture relationships have been formed to extend IOS Press' academic publishing coverage between Germany, Japan and China.[9][6]

IOS Press expanded to acquire the publications list of Delft University Press (Netherlands) in 2005, and has since explored open access initiatives for books and journals through TU Delft.[10][11] IOS Press publishes a number of peer-reviewed open access journals, including In Silico Biology, Information Knowledge Systems Management, Journal on Satisfiability, Boolean Modeling and Computation[12] and Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine.[13]

IOS Press is a member of the International Association of Scientific, Technical, and Medical Publishers (STM).[14][15] IOS Press is a signatory of the SDG Publishers Compact,[16][17] and has taken steps to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the publishing industry.[18][19] In 2023 the company was acquired by Sage.[20][21]

  1. ^ a b Deinema, Michaël (2008). "Amsterdam's re-emergence as a major publishing hub in a changing international context". Paper Presented at the IXth International Conference on Urban History, Lyon, August 29th 2008.
  2. ^ a b c "IOS Press". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  3. ^ a b "IOS Press". Dutch Techcentre for Life Sciences.
  4. ^ "Popke Huizinga appointed director of IOS Press". STM Publishing News. February 7, 2014.
  5. ^ Snellen, I.Th.M.; Thaens, M.; Donk, W.B.H.J. van de (October 10, 2012). Public Administration in the Information Age: Revisited. IOS Press. pp. 1–17. ISBN 9781614991373.
  6. ^ a b c "About IOS Press". IOS Press.
  7. ^ "IOS Press". Academic Publishers & Scholarly Journals.
  8. ^ Fredriksson, Einar H. (2012). "In Memoriam Seiji Sato, 1934 - 2012" (PDF). STM Association.
  9. ^ "Company Database: IOS Press". Evisa. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  10. ^ Prinčič, Alenka; Belliard, Frédérique (2 October 2020). "Towards a community-driven, open access university publisher". Research Information.
  11. ^ "TU Delft Open Publishing has partnered with IOS Press". Delft University of Technology. 14 June 2023.
  12. ^ "IOS Press introduces Open Library to offer authors an open-access option". Science X. March 18, 2011.
  13. ^ "IOS Press journal, Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine transitions to full open access publication". KnowledgeSpeak. January 18, 2023.
  14. ^ "Scholarly publishing action on climate change UN SDG 13: Climate Action Portal". International Association of Scientific, Technical, and Medical Publishers. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  15. ^ "Memberships". IOS Press.
  16. ^ "SDG Publishers Compact Members". United Nations Sustainable Development. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  17. ^ "SDG Publishers Compact". United Nations Sustainable Development. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  18. ^ Ricci, Gabriela (12 January 2023). "IOS Press Pursues Sustainable Development Goals via the Publishers Compact". IOS Press Labs. Archived from the original on Aug 5, 2023.
  19. ^ "IOS Press Looking to the Future Sustainable Development Goals" (PDF). IOS Press. 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on Aug 5, 2023.
  20. ^ "Sage Grows Research Portfolio by Acquiring IOS Press". IOS Press. 1 November 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  21. ^ "About". IOS Press. Retrieved 26 January 2024.