Societies

Forging Partnerships, Empowering New Knowledge

At World Scientific, we believe in connecting great minds. With over 40 years of experience in academic publishing, we are well-positioned to harness the knowledge resources of your society, form new collaborative possibilities, and break new grounds in research.

Adopting a society-centric approach, our editorial and marketing team devise personalised solutions to meet the goals of your organisation and serve the needs of your members.

Start sharing your society’s aspirations with our Society Publishing team today. Contact us via [email protected]

Why Partner with Us?

Worldwide Network We have a global presence with nine regional offices in key markets like the US, Europe and China. Our society partners can leverage on our strong institutional and individual network of authors and customers across the world to further internationalise the publications’ contributors and readership.

Robust Cross Promotion of Books and Journals Our society partners can tap on our extensive book and journal programmes. With a comprehensive database of authors and editors, our marketing team will feature your publications in leaflets and catalogues to scholars and institutions from the same disciplines. The use of content recommendation engine TrendMD also allows your work to appear as related articles, even on websites of our partner publishers. This tool will give your products added visibility.

Strong Online Presence Our society partners can leverage our digital platforms to connect with prospective readers. We use the latest marketing tools to improve the searchability of your content. Our marketing team will be engaging in content marketing as well as advertisements via social media to drive traffic to the publications.

Dedicated Support to Society-led Events We will support the Society’s events and annual conferences with marketing materials and/or promotional campaigns. If print copies of the publications are required, WS can produce print-on-demand within 1 week (at cost price).

Flexible Production Workflow Our production team will work closely with society partners on an optimal time frame, suited to their organizational requirements. We provide fast-track editorial process that guarantees quick release of publications while maintaining the highest standards of the production work.

Monitoring Performance of Publications Our advanced e-journals platform offers a tracking system to identify the “Most Read” and “Most Cited” papers in your journal.

World Scientific Supports Open Access

At World Scientific, we are committed to disseminating high quality research to as wide an audience as possible. Our team has actively been up to date to the latest developments of the Open Access movement, including Plan S and transformative agreements. Click here for more details on Open Access.

We have partnered with some societies and provided APC discounts when these society members publish Open Access with us.

With our resources and know-how, we are confident in transitioning your society’s publications towards Open Access. Societies that have successfully transitioned their publications into Open Access include:

• APEC and East Asian Cooperation Center
• Asian Development Bank
• Asia Pacific Consortium of Mathematics for Industry
• Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction
• Hong Kong Physiotherapy Association
• Institute of Indian Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
• Institutes of Integrative Medicine, Fudan University
• International Center for Dielectric Research
• Italian Association of Scholars of Economics and Management of Financial Institutions and Markets
• King Abdulaziz University
• Molecular Frontiers Foundation
• Nguyen Tat Thanh University
• Shanghai Chongxing Health Management Consulting Co., Ltd
• Shanghai Institutes for International Studies
• Shanghai International Studies University
• Sogang University Nam Duck-Woo Economic Research Institute
• The Hong Kong Society of Rheumatology
• Universiti Brunei Darussalam School of Business and Economics