Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. is a privately held independent
publishing company
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founded by its
president
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, Mary Ann Liebert, in 1980.
The company publishes
peer-reviewed academic journal
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s,
book
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s, and
trade magazine
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s in the areas of
biotechnology
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,
biomedical sciences,
medical research, and
life sciences;
clinical medicine
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,
surgery, and
nursing
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;
technology
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and
engineering
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;
environmental science;
public health
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and
policy
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;
law
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,
regulation
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, and
education
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.
The company's headquarters is in
New Rochelle, New York.
The company has been described as the first to establish a specialty in
genetic engineering.
Publications
Eschewing traditional
market research
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, the publisher seeks out niche topics overlooked by larger publishers.
As of 2000, its portfolio of more than ninety peer-reviewed journals included:
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Publications focused on topics outside of the medical field include ''Westchester Wag'', which covers the social scene in
Westchester County, New York
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, and ''Rinkmagazine'', a skating periodical.
History
The company's first publication was the ''Journal of Interferon Research'', launched in 1981.
''Genetic Engineering News'' was launched the same year, attaining a circulation of 50,000 by 2000.
The combined circulation of all titles from the publisher in 2000 was 250,000.
The company's top five publications by revenue as of 2000 were ''Genetic Engineering News'' (50,000), ''Westchester Wag'' (50,000), ''Journal of Women's Health and Gender-Based Medicine'' (5,000), ''Human Gene Therapy'' (2,300), and ''
AIDS Research and Human Retrovirus'' (2,150).
In February 2018, the company launched ''
The CRISPR Journal'', a bimonthly journal devoted to research advances and commentary in the field of
CRISPR and
genome editing
Genome editing, or genome engineering, or gene editing, is a type of genetic engineering in which DNA is inserted, deleted, modified or replaced in the genome of a living organism. Unlike early genetic engineering techniques that randomly inserts ...
.
See also
*
OMICS (journal)
*
:Mary Ann Liebert academic journals
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://www.liebertpub.com/
Academic publishing companies
Publishing companies of the United States
Companies based in New Rochelle, New York
American publishers (people)
Publishing companies established in 1980
1980 establishments in New York (state)