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In a 2017 ranking study of major book publishers around the world, published in German in the Journal "[[Bibliotheksdienst]]", it was shown that Nova Science Publishers was ranked 56.15% on the 0-100% [[percentile performance]] scale, based on 6 major categories. <ref>Tausch, Arno, Die Buchpublikationen der Nobelpreis-Ökonomen und die führenden Buchverlage der Disziplin. Eine bibliometrische Analyse (The Book Publications of the Nobel-Prize Economists and the Leading Book Publishers of the Discipline. A Bibliometric Analysis) (October 15, 2015). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2674502; the article appeared in Tausch, Arno (2017), Die Buchpublikationen der Nobelpreis-Ökonomen und die führenden Buchverlage der Disziplin. Eine bibliometrische Analyse (The book publications of the Nobel-Prize economists and the leading book publishers of the discipline. A bibliometric analysis).‘ Bibliotheksdienst ([[de Gruyther]]), March 2017: 339 – 374. Publishers ranked +-10% on the percentile performance scale are [[University of Washington Press]], [[Edinburgh University Press]], [[CABI]], [[Karger]], [[Equinox]], [[Island Press]], [[World Scientific and Engineering]], [[Catena Verlag]], [[Rodopi]], [[University of British Columbia Press]], and [[Transaction Publishing]]. |
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Revision as of 15:36, 22 March 2017
| Founded | 1985 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Frank H. Columbus |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | Hauppauge, New York |
| Key people | Nadya Gotsiridze-Columbus (President); Donna Dennis (Vice-President) |
| Publication types | Academic journals, books, encyclopedias, handbooks |
| Nonfiction topics | Science and Technology, Medicine and Biology, Social Sciences |
| Fiction genres | Academic; STM |
| Imprints | NOVA, NOVA Biomedical, Novinka |
| No. of employees | 55 in-house employees |
| Official website | www |
Nova Science Publishers is an academic publisher of books, encyclopedias, handbooks, e-books and journals, based in Hauppauge, New York.[1] While the firm publishes in several fields of academia, most of its publications cover fields of science and social science. As of January 2017, it listed 103 currently published journals.[2] It was founded in 1985 in New York by Frank Columbus. On his death in 2010, his wife Nadya Columbus became the CEO.[3][failed verification]
Nova Science Publishers is included in the Book Citation Index.[4] In terms of number of books published from 2005 to 2012 period, Nova ranked 4th, among the top three in 8 of 14 scientific fields (engineering, clinical medicine, human biology, animal and plant biology, geosciences, social science medicine and health, chemistry, physics and astronomy),[5] and ranked as the 5th most prolific book publishers from 2009-2013, ranking 3rd in Engineering and Technology and 2nd in Science by numbers of books published.[6] However, Nova had the lowest citation impact among the five most prolific publishers in both fields.[6] In a 2011 report of twenty-one international social-science book publishers that determined penetration on international markets and mention of books in international science index systems such as Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Nova Science Publishers ranked 17th out of 21.[7]
In a 2017 ranking study of major book publishers around the world, published in German in the Journal "Bibliotheksdienst", it was shown that Nova Science Publishers was ranked 56.15% on the 0-100% percentile performance scale, based on 6 major categories. Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). and for republishing, at high prices, old public domain book chapters and freely-accessible government reports as if they were new.[8][9] These criticisms prompted librarian Jeffrey Beall to write that in his opinion Nova Science Publishers was at the "bottom-tier" of publishers.[10]
References
- ^ "Company Overview of Nova Science Publishers, Inc". Business Week. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
- ^ Journal catalog page accessed 9 January, 2016
- ^ Merrick, Joav. "Editorial: A Tribute to Frank Columbus (1941–2010)". International Journal of Child Health and Human Development. 4 (2): 0. Retrieved 2012-08-31.
- ^ "Master Book List". Book Citation Index. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 2013-02-18.
- ^ Torres-Salinas, Daniel (2013). "Coverage, field specialization and impact of scientific publishers indexed in the 'Book Citation Index'". Online Information Review. 38 (1): 1–16. doi:10.1108/OIR-10-2012-0169.
- ^ a b Torres Salinas, Daniel; Robinson-Garcia, Nicolás; Jiménez-Contreras, Evaristo; Fuente-Gutiérrez, Enrique (2015). "The BiPublishers ranking: Main results and methodological problems when constructing rankings of academic publishers". Revista Española de Documentacion Cientifica. 38 (4): e111. doi:10.3989/redc.2015.4.1287b.
- ^ Tausch, Arno (2011). "On the Global Impact of Selected Social-Policy Publishers in More Than 100 Countries". Journal of Scholarly Publishing. 42 (4): 476. doi:10.3138/jsp.42.4.476.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Beall, Jeffrey (26 May 2015). "Watch Out for Publishers with "Nova" in Their Name". Scholarly Open Access. Archived from the original on 2016-11-08.
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