Begell House

Begell House
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Status Active
Founded 1991 (1991)
Founder William Begell
Country of origin United States
Headquarters location Danbury, Connecticut
Distribution Worldwide
Key people

President-Yelena Shafeyeva

Vice President-Vicky Lipowski
Publication types Academic books and journals
Nonfiction topics Engineering and biomedical sciences
Official website Begell House Homepage

Begell House is an academic publisher of medical and scientific journals and books, with a concentration on engineering and biomedical sciences .[1] It is also produces eBooks and digital articles via "Begell Digital Library" and "Thermopedia"[2] It is a privately owned one of the Begell House products. The company headquarters are in Danbury, Connecticut.[3] The company was founded in 1991 by William Begell.[4]

Begell House remains one of the few independent STM publishers in the world. Begell House subscribers include major research, academic and governmental institutions as well as industrial corporations worldwide. We support and invite like-minded scholars and engineers to join our forward-looking ranks of collaborators in bringing modern information to the modern researcher and reader, while maintaining our traditional philosophy of investing in the future of science and engineering.

Journals

Begell House currently publishes 45 peer-reviewed journals and about 10 books annually. All journals are peer-reviewed for academic and professional communities. They provide information in the fields of [thermal & fluids engineering], [heat & mass transfer], [multiphase systems], [fluid dynamics], [mechanical], [computational], [nuclear], [nanotechnology], [telecommunications], [biomedical research in cancer], [immunology], [gene expressions], [therapeutic drugs], [implant], and more. Journals are archived electronically by Portico.[5] All journal titles are included in Journal Citation Reports. Begell House Journals are indexed by major indexing and abstracting services, including ISI Thompson Science Citation Index, CAS, SCOPUS, PubMed, CrossRef, and others. http://www.begellhouse.com/journals/

eBooks

Begell eBook Platform provides access to over 130 recent and classic titles going back to 1990s. It comprises several eBook collections that totally exceed 50,000 technical peer-reviewed pages. eBooks can be retrieved through individual chapters as a PDF file, can provide MARC records and also does not apply DRM technology. http://www.begellhouse.com/ebook_platform/

References and Proceedings

Begell House also has several databases, references and conference proceedings. http://www.begellhouse.com/references/

William Begell Medal

William Begell Medal, For Excellence in Thermal Science and Engineering is being established to award an individual, from among those selected to deliver Keynote lectures at the [IHTC] Conferences, who is held in high regard by the heat transfer community for his/her contributions and excellence in thermal science and technology. http://www.begellhouse.com/begell/

References

  1. ↑ "Begell House". Burgundy Information Services. Retrieved 2011-02-27.
  2. ↑ "Thermopedia". Thermopedia. http://liblicense.crl.edu. Retrieved 2011-02-27. External link in |publisher= (help)
  3. ↑ "Begell House Inc - West Redding, Connecticut (CT)". Company Profiles. manta.com. Retrieved 2011-02-27.
  4. ↑ Geoff Hewitt. "William Begell passed away". International Centre for Heat and Mass Transfer. Retrieved 2011-02-27.
  5. ↑ "Begell House to Preserve E-Journal Collection in Portico". Portico. Retrieved 2011-02-27.

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