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<p>Academic Press (AP) is an <a href="/facts/Academic/Q1cenQyr">academic</a> <a href="/facts/Book/Yylgt4AC">book</a> <a href="/facts/Publisher/7g01YeYG">publisher</a> founded in 1941. It launched a British division in the 1950s. Academic Press was acquired by <a href="/facts/Harcourt_(publisher)/JJoDPsh6">Harcourt, Brace & World</a> in 1969. <a href="/facts/Reed_Elsevier/VvxfpuLj">Reed Elsevier</a> said in 2000 it would buy Harcourt, a deal completed the next year, after a regulatory review. Thus, Academic Press is now an <a href="/facts/Imprint_(trade_name)/77F1IVpF">imprint</a> of <a href="/facts/Elsevier/jkPSAEmR">Elsevier</a>. </p><p>Academic Press publishes reference books, serials and online products in the subject areas of: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Communications_engineering/xq79k0PW">Communications engineering</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Economics/HYctA2Dn">Economics</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Environmental_science/svr8eCse">Environmental science</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Finance/fLh1GgN8">Finance</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Food_science/FBjv8Gba">Food science</a> and <a href="/facts/Nutrition/SMJ3Dhfs">nutrition</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Geophysics/ywVQ1sAQ">Geophysics</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Life_sciences/9HYkCgqe">Life sciences</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mathematics/pxTouaz4">Mathematics</a> and <a href="/facts/Statistics/DNPsKGYU">statistics</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Neuroscience/o5RV8Cas">Neuroscience</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Physical_sciences/30ztjEKK">Physical sciences</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Psychology/duoqW7Sz">Psychology</a></li></ul> <p>Well-known products include the <i><a href="/facts/Methods_in_Enzymology/2hj0PH7Q">Methods in Enzymology</a></i> series and encyclopedias such as <i>The International Encyclopedia of Public Health</i> and the <i>Encyclopedia of Neuroscience</i>. </p>