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Nova Science Publishers
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationHauppauge, New York
Key peopleFrank Columbus, editor-in-chief
Publication typesBooks, academic journals
Official websitewww.novapublishers.com

Nova Publishers is an academic publisher based in Hauppauge, New York of books and journals for an academic audience. Frank Columbus is the current editor-in-chief. The company focuses on science, political science, European and Asian studies, and security studies.[1]

Impact

In an evaluation of twenty-one international social-science book publishers according to nineteen quality criteria, Nova Publishers ranked 17th.[2]

Criticism

The publisher has been criticized for republishing public domain material in their journals (often chapters taken from early 20th century non-scholarly books) and for so-called "cross publication," where the same paper is republished in more than one collection.[3] In an evaluation of twenty-one international social-science book publishers according to nineteen quality criteria, Nova Publishers ranked 17th.[4]

References

  1. ^ Nova Publishers website
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  3. ^ David Bade (2007-08-24). "The Content of Journals Published by Nova Science Publishers, Inc". Stanford University Libraries & Academic Information Resources (SULAIR) Information Center. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
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