EMS Publishing House

EMS Publishing House
Name	EMS Publishing House
Founded	1947
Country	France
Headquarters	Paris
Publications	Books, journals, translations
Topics	Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science

EMS Publishing House

EMS Publishing House is a European scientific publisher known for advanced monographs, conference proceedings, and textbooks in mathematics and the physical sciences. It has published works by numerous prominent researchers and collaborated with several learned societies and universities across Europe. EMS has a history of involvement with major mathematical organizations and international research networks.

History

The origins of EMS trace to post-World War II efforts to revitalize scholarly communication across Europe, involving figures associated with École Normale Supérieure, Université Paris-Sud, Sorbonne University, Institut Henri Poincaré, Collège de France and interactions with institutions such as Max Planck Society, CNRS, CERN, École Polytechnique and Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques. Early decades saw publication projects tied to conferences like the International Congress of Mathematicians, workshops at ETH Zurich, and collaborations with societies including the London Mathematical Society, Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung, Unione Matematica Italiana, Real Sociedad Matemática Española and Società Italiana di Matematica. During the Cold War era it fostered exchanges involving scholars from University of Warsaw, Moscow State University, Lomonosov Moscow State University and Steklov Institute of Mathematics. The publisher expanded through the late 20th century, aligning with projects at Princeton University Press partners, outreach to American Mathematical Society networks, and agreements with Springer Science+Business Media, Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press authors.

Organization and Leadership

The governance structure has included editorial boards drawn from academics affiliated with University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, Harvard University, Stanford University, University of Tokyo, Tsinghua University, Peking University and Seoul National University. Leadership over time has featured directors with joint appointments at institutions such as École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Université Grenoble Alpes, University of Milan, Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Universidade de Lisboa. Advisory committees have included representatives from International Mathematical Union, European Mathematical Society, American Mathematical Society, and national academies like the Académie des Sciences (France), Royal Society, Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina and Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei.

Publications and Series

The catalog has encompassed monograph series, lecture notes, and proceedings connected to conferences at Institut Mittag-Leffler, Clay Mathematics Institute, Banff International Research Station, Fields Institute and Institute for Advanced Study. Series titles have addressed topics related to researchers at Princeton University, Yale University, Columbia University, University of California, Berkeley, California Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Imperial College London. Key journals and edited volumes have been used in graduate teaching at ETH Zurich, École Normale Supérieure, University of Chicago, McGill University and Australian National University.

Notable Authors and Works

Authors published include leading mathematicians and physicists affiliated with Alexander Grothendieck-era circles, scholars from Jean-Pierre Serre's network, contributors related to Henri Cartan, André Weil, Élie Cartan and later figures associated with Michael Atiyah, Isadore Singer, Jean-Pierre Kahane, John Milnor, Pierre Deligne, Gerd Faltings, Grigori Perelman, Terence Tao, Alain Connes, Max Born-era historians, and contemporaries connected to Edward Witten, Roger Penrose, Stephen Hawking and Claude Shannon-related works. Important titles have informed courses at Princeton University, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, Sorbonne University and Uppsala University.

Distribution and International Collaborations

Distribution networks have linked EMS with academic bookstores and libraries at institutions such as Bibliothèque nationale de France, British Library, Library of Congress, National Library of China, Russian State Library, Biblioteca Nacional de España and Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal. Cooperative projects include co-publication agreements and translation efforts with Springer, Elsevier, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, De Gruyter and regional presses like Akademiai Kiadó and Teubner. EMS has participated in European Commission–backed research dissemination initiatives and worked with pan-European research infrastructures including ERC-funded centers, Horizon 2020 projects, and consortia involving Max Planck Society, Fraunhofer Society and European Research Council grantees.

Awards and Impact

Works published by EMS authors have been associated with major prizes and recognitions such as the Fields Medal, Abel Prize, Wolf Prize, Crafoord Prize, Bôcher Memorial Prize, Shaw Prize, Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics and Nobel Prize-adjacent historiography. EMS titles have been cited in award lectures at institutions like Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, Royal Society, National Academy of Sciences (United States), Russian Academy of Sciences and Accademia dei Lincei. The publisher’s impact is visible in curricula at University of Paris, Heidelberg University, Sapienza University of Rome, University of Vienna and KU Leuven.

Digital Initiatives and Accessibility

Digital strategies include partnerships for electronic distribution with platforms used by Project Euclid, JSTOR, MathSciNet indexing collaborations, and integration with institutional repositories at HAL (open archive), arXiv, Zenodo and university digital libraries at Université PSL, ETH Zurich Research Collection and DART-Europe. Accessibility projects have aligned with open science policies promoted by European Commission, UNESCO, and national open access mandates in countries like France, Germany, United Kingdom and Spain.

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