IOS Press is a
publishing house
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headquartered in
Amsterdam
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, specialising in the publication of
journals and books related to fields of
scientific
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,
technical
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* Technical (vehicle), an improvised fighting vehicle
* Technical analysis, a discipline for forecasting the future direction of prices through the study of past market data
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, and
medical
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research. Established in 1987, IOS Press publishes around 100 international journals and releases about 75 book titles annually, covering fields such as
computer science
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,
mathematics
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, the
natural science
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s, and topics within medicine.
A subsidiary based in the United States (IOS Press, Inc.) was created in 1990, based in the
Washington, D.C. area. In 2005, IOS Press expanded to acquire the publications list of
Delft University Press
Delft University of Technology ( nl, Technische Universiteit Delft), also known as TU Delft, is the oldest and largest Dutch public technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands. As of 2022 it is ranked by QS World University Rankings amo ...
. Several co-publishing and
joint venture
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relationships have been formed, to extend IOS Press'
academic publishing
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coverage in Germany, Japan, and China.
IOS Press is a member of the
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;Publications
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Information Services & Use
''Information Services & Use'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the area of information technology, especially information management and applications. It is peer-reviewed. Its current editors-in-chief are Arnoud De Kemp and Ellio ...
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Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
The ''Journal of Alzheimer's Disease'' is a peer-reviewed medical journal published by IOS Press covering the etiology, pathogenesis, epidemiology, genetics, treatment, and psychology of Alzheimer's disease. The journal publishes research reports, ...
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Journal of Neutron Research
The ''Journal of Neutron Research'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by IOS Press. It was established in 1993 and covers research on Neutron scattering and its applications. It publishes original research papers of an experimental ...
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Publishing companies of the Netherlands
Book publishing companies of the Netherlands
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Publishing companies established in 1987
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