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

Marie Curie

Marie Skłodowska-Curie was a physicist and chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes—in physics and chemistry...

, Paul Langevin

Paul Langevin

Paul Langevin was a prominent French physicist who developed Langevin dynamics and the Langevin equation. He was one of the founders of the Comité de vigilance des intellectuels antifascistes, an antifascist organization created in the wake of the 6 February 1934 far right riots...

, 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
  Dentistry
  Dentistry is the branch of medicine that is involved in the study, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases, disorders and conditions of the oral cavity, maxillofacial area and the adjacent and associated structures and their impact on the human body. Dentistry is widely considered...
  
  
• 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.

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

Impact factor

The impact factor, often abbreviated IF, is a measure reflecting the average number of citations to articles published in science and social science journals. It is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field, with journals with higher impact factors deemed...

Journals	Themes	Scientific partners	Impact factors
Agronomy for Sustainable Development Agronomy for Sustainable Development Agronomy for Sustainable Development is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing research on the interactions between cropping systems and other activities in the context of sustainable development. It is one of the seven journals of the French Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique...	Life Sciences	INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique The Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique is a French public research institute dedicated to scientific studies surrounding the problems of agriculture...	1.000
Annals of Forest Science	Life Sciences	INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique The Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique is a French public research institute dedicated to scientific studies surrounding the problems of agriculture...	1.591
Astronomy and Astrophysics Astronomy and Astrophysics * Astronomy and Astrophysics has a 2010 impact factor of 4.410.-See also:*The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review‎*Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics*Astronomy & Geophysics*Astronomical Journal*Astrophysical Journal...	Physics, Astronomy & Astrophysics	European Southern Observatory European Southern Observatory The European Southern Observatory is an intergovernmental research organisation for astronomy, supported by fifteen countries...  (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 EDF - Military :* Elmendorf Air Force Base, a United States Air Force Base in Alaska* Estonian Defence Forces, military of the Republic of Estonia* European Defence Force, an international military force by the European Council- Organizations :...
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 Institute for Scientific Information The Institute for Scientific Information was founded by Eugene Garfield in 1960. It was acquired by Thomson Scientific & Healthcare in 1992, became known as Thomson ISI and now is part of the Healthcare & Science business of the multi-billion dollar Thomson Reuters Corporation.ISI offered...  (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 Institute for Scientific Information The Institute for Scientific Information was founded by Eugene Garfield in 1960. It was acquired by Thomson Scientific & Healthcare in 1992, became known as Thomson ISI and now is part of the Healthcare & Science business of the multi-billion dollar Thomson Reuters Corporation.ISI offered...  (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 Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique The Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique is a French public research institute dedicated to scientific studies surrounding the problems of agriculture...	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