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Humana Press

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Humana Press
Founded1976
FounderThomas L. Lanigan and Julia Lanigan
Defunct2006 Edit this on Wikidata
SuccessorSpringer Science+Business Media
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationTotowa, New Jersey
Publication typesBooks and journals
Nonfiction topicsScience, technology, and medical
Official websitewww.springer.com/humana

Humana Press was an American academic publisher of science, technology, and medical books and journals founded in 1976. It was bought by Springer Science+Business Media in 2006.[citation needed]

History

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Humana published more than 100 new books and 25 journals per year[when?] with a backlist of approximately 1,500 titles[when?] in areas such as molecular biology, neuroscience, and medicine.[1]

The company was founded in 1976 in Clifton, New Jersey, by Thomas L. Lanigan and his wife, Julia Lanigan, both chemists, and published its first book in 1977. The company was acquired by Springer Science+Business Media in the fall of 2006 and continues to publish titles of book series under the Humana Press imprint.[2]

Selected publications

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Book series

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Journals

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References

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  1. ^ Humana Press Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine website, accessed October 15, 2007.
  2. ^ Publishers Weekly. Archived 2008-03-19 at the Wayback Machine "Springer Buys Humana; Blackwell Adds Brandywine." September 5, 2006.
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