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| Country of origin | United States |
|---|---|
| Headquarters location | Hauppauge, New York |
| Key people | Nadya S. Gotsiridze-Columbus, editor-in-chief |
| Publication types | Books, academic journals |
| Official website | www |
Nova Publishers is an academic publisher of books and journals based in Hauppauge, New York. It was founded in 1985 in New York by Frank Columbus. On his death in 2010 at age 69, his wife Nadya Columbus became the editor-in-chief.
In an evaluation of twenty-one international social-science book publishers that attempted to determine the market penetration of publishers on international markets and the mentioning of their books in international science index systems such as Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Nova Publishers ranked 17th out of 21 publishers.
In May 2009, the SENSE Research School, a joint venture of environmental research groups of twelve Dutch universities and institutes, ranked Nova Science Publishers in the category of "Decent international publishers and excellent national publishers."
Nova Science publishers is listed among the 336 book publishers in the Thomson/Reuters Book Citation Index
Criticism
Nova Publishers has been criticised by David Bade on account of their journals publishing many issues which contained no original materials at all, but reprinted articles, reports, and book chapters that are in the public domain.
References
- "Nova Science Publishers, Inc.: Private Company Information". Business Week. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
- Merrick, J. "A Tribute to Frank Columbus (1941–2010)". Nova Publishers. Retrieved 2012-08-31.
- Tausch, A. (2011). "On the Global Impact of Selected Social-Policy Publishers in More Than 100 Countries". Journal of Scholarly Publishing. 42 (4): 476–513. doi:10.3138/jsp.42.4.476.
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- Bade, D. (2007-08-24). "The Content of Journals Published by Nova Science Publishers, Inc". Stanford University Libraries. Retrieved 2009-08-17.