Established in Florence, Italy in 1999 the European Press Academic Publishing (EPAP) is a publishing house created by a group of researchers of different cultural areas. The aim of the organisation is the publication and the diffusion of research in the fields of Law, Economics, Political and Historical Sciences, Humanities, Scientific and Technical areas. Main focus: Social Sciences, Humanities, International Politics, Politics History, International Economy, Economic History, Essay, Anthropology, Literature and Art. The publishing house has established relationships with universities and research institutes, and publishes in English, Spanish and Italian.
Brill is an important international academic publisher in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Founded in Leiden, in the Netherlands in 1683, today this publisher has offices in Leiden and in Boston USA. Nowadays it publishes more than 100 journals and around 500 new books and reference works each year. With a diverse customer base such as; academic and research institutions, libraries, and scholars.
The first book was printed in Oxford in 1478, and what is today known as Oxford University Press (owned by Oxford University) date back to 1668. Nowadays Oxford University Press has a presence in more than 50 countries around the world. The international expansion started in 1896 with the opening of offices in USA. Today OUP USA is Oxford University Press's second major publishing centre, after Oxford, UK producing nearly 500 titles a year.
Cambridge University Press is the publishing house of the University of Cambridge; this is the oldest publisher and printer in the world, having been operating continuously since 1584. Today, CUP with its commitment to innovation delivers cutting-edge digital publications and a range of other pedagogic services. With almost worldwide presents CUP works with authors from 120 countries. With approximately 1900 staff in over 50 offices, CUP has an inventory of about 34000 in-print titles, with over 2800 new materials produced every year.
As part of Taylor & Francis Group, Routledge based in London is a global publisher of academic books, journals and online resources, with focus in the humanities and the social sciences. The publishing house was founded in 1836; today it publishes approximately 600 journals and about 2000 new books each year. Routledge has a books backlist with over 35000 titles and uses the latest technology to promote the use both of printed and digital recourses.
With two centuries' of experience, Taylor & Francis group has grown rapidly over the last two decades. With offices in London, Brighton, Basingstoke and Abingdon in the UK, New York and Philadelphia in the USA and Singapore and Melbourne in the Pacific Rim, the group publishes more than 1000 journals and around 1800 new books each year, and has a books backlist in excess of 20000 specialist titles.
Elsevier founded in 1880, is a publishing company evolved from a small Dutch publishing house and today offers over 20000 products to educational and professional science and healthcare communities worldwide. With its headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier is a global company employing over 7000 people in 24 countries and publishes in about12 languages. Since Elsevier is the world’s leading publisher of science and health information, the publisher serves more than 30 million scientists, students and health and information professionals worldwide. This is possible via a global community of journal editors, editorial board members, reviewers and authors.
