Academic and Scientific Publishers

Academic and Scientific Publishers NV (ASP) was a Belgian academic and scientific publishing house based in Brussels. It operated from late 2006 until the end of 2023, when it was acquired by Borgerhoff & Lamberigts and integrated into its academic imprint Owl Press. ASP specialised in scholarly publications across the social sciences and humanities, and was included on the publisher list of the Flemish Academic Bibliographic Database for the Social Sciences and Humanities (VABB-SHW). From 2020 it positioned itself as an open access publisher and established an independent university-wide editorial board for its GPRC procedure. Its six core domains were political and social sciences; philosophy, worldview and religions; history; spatial planning, mobility and urban studies; communication sciences; and public management, economics and entrepreneurship. The imprint VUBPRESS, the publishing house of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, was also part of ASP editions. Since January 2024, ASP has been absorbed into Owl Press, the academic imprint of Borgerhoff & Lamberigts, and its titles are now available through the Borgerhoff & Lamberigts webshop.

Academic and Scientific Publishers NV (ASP) was established at the end of 2006 as a spin-off entity of the publisher Politeia. Earlier in 2006, Politeia had taken over VUBPRESS, the publishing house of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. ASP was headquartered at Keizerslaan 34 in Brussels and operated as an academic and scientific publisher. The imprint VUBPRESS was part of ASP editions. ASP specialised in academic and scientific publications and was included on the publisher list of the Flemish Academic Bibliographic Database for the Social Sciences and Humanities (VABB-SHW). From 2020, ASP positioned itself as an open access publisher and installed an independent university-wide editorial board for its GPRC procedure. The publisher focused on six core domains: political and social sciences; philosophy, worldview and religions; history; spatial planning, mobility and urban studies; communication sciences; and public management, economics and entrepreneurship. In November 2023, Academic and Scientific Publishers was acquired by Borgerhoff & Lamberigts and placed under Owl Press. Since January 2024, ASP has been absorbed into Owl Press, the academic imprint of Borgerhoff & Lamberigts, and its titles are available through the Borgerhoff & Lamberigts webshop.

• Politeia takes over VUBPRESS, the publishing house of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

• Academic and Scientific Publishers NV is founded as a spin-off of Politeia.

• ASP positions itself as an open access publisher and installs an independent university-wide editorial board for its GPRC procedure.

• ASP is acquired by Borgerhoff & Lamberigts and placed under Owl Press.

• ASP is absorbed into Owl Press, the academic imprint of Borgerhoff & Lamberigts.

Academic and scientific publisher specialising in social sciences and humanities, with a focus on open access since 2020.

• VUBPRESS imprint

  The publishing house of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, part of ASP editions.

• ASP Editions

  Imprint of Academic and Scientific Publishers.

• University Press Antwerp

  Imprint associated with ASP.

1. 1Owl Press ASP - B&L Webshopborgerhoff-lamberigts.be
2. 2Academic and Scientific Publishers - Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Academic and Scientific Publishers - Wikipedia (Dutch)nl.wikipedia.org