EDP Sciences

EDP Sciences, Edition Diffusion Presse Sciences is a scientific publisher with an international vision but a French base. This society is involved in the communication and dissemination of scientific information to specialist audiences (researchers, engineers, students etc.) and non-specialist audiences alike (general public, decision makers, teachers, etc.). EDP Sciences is under the co-ownership of the Société Française de Physique (French Physics Society), the Société Française de Chimie (French Chemical Society) and the Société de Mathématiques Appliquées et Industrielles (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics ).

History

EDP Sciences was founded in 1920 under the name La Société du Journal de Physique et Le Radium. It thus took over the publication of Journal de Physique (established in 1872) on the occasion of its merger with the journal Le Radium (created in 1904). Among the founders, figure the Société Française de Physique and several renowned scientists and industrialists: Antoine Béclère, Paul et Louis De Broglie, Marie Curie, Paul Langevin, Louis Lumière, Jean Perrin, as well as patrons such as Prince Albert Ier de Monaco.

The company continued to publish the different sections of the Journal de Physique until the 80s, at which point, it started expanding into other areas of physics, particularly astrophysics. Likewise, the society expended into the publication of books.

Finally, in 1997, it was decided to expand and develop the company in the direction of other scientific communities. This development led the society to change its previous name Les Éditions de Physique to EDP Sciences which means Édition Diffusion Presse Sciences in 1998.

Themes

Since then, the company services have been developing their skills to serve the communities of numerous scientific domains:

• Chemistry
• Engineering and Technology
• General knowledge
• Health Sciences and Dentistry
• Life Sciences
• Mathematics and Computer Sciences
• Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics
• Social Sciences and Humanities

Its mission is to further extend its publishing platform in a concept of partnership with the scientific communities concerned.

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  Physics, Astronomy & Astrophysics
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  Life Sciences
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  Mathematics & Computer Sciences
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  Medecine & Dentistry

Publications

Today, the company publishes 50 scientific journals both paper and electronically, which represents approximately 60,000 pages per year. It also publishes 40 books every year: monographs at Master’s level or higher, as well as undergraduate teaching texts, professional works and popular science books.

Examples of journals classified by theme, scientific partner and Impact factor

Journals	Thèmes	Scientific partners	Impact factors
Agronomy for Sustainable Development	Life Sciences	INRA	1.000
Annals of Forest Science	Life Sciences	INRA	1.591
Astronomy and Astrophysics	Physics, Astronomy & Astrophysics	European Southern Observatory (ESO)	4.259
ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations	Mathématics & Computer Sciences	CNRS - Société de Mathématiques Appliquées et Industrielles (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics)(SMAI)	1.076
European Physical Journal Applied Physics (EPJ AP)	Engineering and Technology, Physics	CNRS - European Physical Society (EPS) - Société Française de Physique (French Physics Society) (SFP)	0.778
Hydroécologie appliquée (Applied Hydroecology)	Engineering and Technology, Life Sciences, General knowledge, Social Sciences and Humanities, Health Sciences	EDF
Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems (KMAE)	Life Sciences, General knowledge	Office national de l'eau et des milieux aquatiques (National water and aquatic environment office)(ONEMA)	Newly indexed in Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)
Mécanique et Industrie (Mechanics and Industry)	Engineering and Technology, Physics	Association Française de Mécanique (French Mechanics Association)(AFM)	Newly indexed in Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)
L'Orthodontie Française (The French Orthodonty)	Health Sciences & Dentistry	Société Française d'Orthopédie Dento-Faciale (Frencg dentofacial orthopedics association)(SFODF)
Veterinary Research	Life Sciences	INRA	4.125

See also

(en) (fr) Website of EDP Sciences

(en) (fr) Website of the Société Française de Chimie

(en) (fr) Website of the Société de Mathématiques Appliquées et Industrielles

(fr) Website of the Société Française de Physique