AME Publishing Company

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AME Publishing Company
FoundedJuly 2009
FounderStephen Wang
Headquarters location Hong Kong
Official website https://www.amegroups.com/

AME Publishing Company is an academic publishing company, which publishes medical journals and books. Founded in July 2009, it is currently headquartered in Hong Kong, with additional offices in Guangzhou, Changsha, Nanjing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Beijing, Taipei, and Hangzhou. Its name stands for "Academic Made Easy/Excellent/Enthusiastic". [1] It has published over 50 medical journals, as well as 20 English-language books, 28 Chinese-language books, and 60 e-books. [2]

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It was included on Beall's list of predatory publishers. [3] Although the publisher did not make an official response statement, one of its journals subsequently published a commissioned editorial skeptical of the list. [4] In 2020 it signed up to the Publons review tracking service in order to improve its peer review processes. [5]

Journals

The company currently publishes over 60 medical journals: [6]

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References

  1. "A Marriage between WSES and AME Publishing Company in academic cooperation" (Press release). World Society of Emergency Surgery.
  2. "About". AME Publishing Company. Archived from the original on 2017-09-16. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
  3. "Beall's List of Predatory Journals and Publishers". Archived from the original on 2018-11-26. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
  4. Teixeira da Silva, Jaime A. (2017-06-07). "Caution with the continued use of Jeffrey Beall's "predatory" open access publishing lists". AME Medical Journal. 2: 97. doi: 10.21037/amj.2017.06.14 . ISSN   2520-0518. Archived from the original on 2022-06-13.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. "AME entered an official partnership with Publons to enhance wide-ranging recognition for reviewers". www.theajo.com. Australian Journal of Otolaryngology. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  6. "Grasp the Rhythm of Medicine - AME Publishing Company". www.amegroups.com. Retrieved 2021-04-23.