Marcel Dekker was a well-known journal and encyclopedia

Encyclopedia

An encyclopedia is a type of reference work, a compendium holding a summary of information from either all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge....

 publishing company with editorial boards found in New York, New York. Dekker encyclopedias are now published by CRC Press

CRC Press

The CRC Press, LLC is a publishing group which specializes in producing technical books. While many of their books relate to engineering, science and mathematics, their scope also includes books on business, forensics and information technology...

, part of the Taylor and Francis

Taylor and Francis

Taylor & Francis Group is an international company originating in the United Kingdom which publishes books and academic journals. It is a division of Informa plc, a United Kingdom-based publisher and conference company.- Overview :...

 publishing group.

Initially a textbook publisher, they added journal publishing in the 1970s, and encyclopedia publishing in the early 1980s. They were purchased by Taylor and Francis in 2003. At that time, they published 78 journals and 300 new books annually. As of 2008, they have a total of 26 encyclopedias available. These encyclopedias deal with scientific issues such as agricultural engineering

Agricultural engineering

Agricultural engineering is the engineering discipline that applies engineering science and technology to agricultural production and processing...

, chemistry

Chemistry

Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....

, agronomy

Agronomy

Agronomy is the science and technology of producing and using plants for food, fuel, feed, fiber, and reclamation. Agronomy encompasses work in the areas of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, and soil science. Agronomy is the application of a combination of sciences like biology,...

, and library science

Library science

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