Humana Press

Humana Press

Founded	1976
Founder	Thomas L. Lanigan and Julia Lanigan
Defunct	2006
Successor	Springer Science+Business Media
Country of origin	United States
Headquarters location	Totowa, New Jersey
Publication types	Books and journals
Nonfiction topics	Science, technology, and medical
Official website	www.springer.com/humana

Humana Press was an American academic publisher of science, technology, and medical books and journals founded in 1976. It was bought by Springer Science+Business Media in 2006.^[1]

History

The company was founded in 1976 in Clifton, New Jersey, by Thomas L. Lanigan and his wife, Julia Lanigan, both chemists, and published its first book in 1977. The company was acquired by Springer Science+Business Media in the fall of 2006 and continues to publish titles of book series under the Humana Press imprint.^[2]

In January 2008, Springer stated that Humana Press had a backlist of approximately 1,500 titles in clinical medicine and life sciences, and that about 150 titles were added each year.^[3]

Selected publications

Book series

• Cancer Drug, Discovery, and Development
• Contemporary Cardiology
• Contemporary Endocrinology
• Current Clinical Oncology
• Current Clinical Pathology
• Current Clinical Practice
• Methods in Molecular Biology
• Methods in Molecular Medicine
• Neuromethods

Journals

• Journal of Molecular Neuroscience
• Neuroinformatics
• Stem Cell Reviews and Reports
• Clinical Proteomics
• High Temperature and Materials Science

References

1. "Springer Buys Humana; Blackwell Adds Brandywine". Publishers Weekly. September 5, 2006. Archived from the original on March 19, 2008. Retrieved May 18, 2026.
2. Publishers Weekly. Archived 2008-03-19 at the Wayback Machine "Springer Buys Humana; Blackwell Adds Brandywine." September 5, 2006.
3. "Humana Press journals now available on SpringerLink". EurekAlert!. Springer Science+Business Media. January 14, 2008. Retrieved May 30, 2026.

External links

• Official website^{[dead link]}