Kagaku-Dojin Publishing

Kagaku-Dojin Publishing (株式会社化学同人, Kagaku-Dōjin) is a Japanese publishing house based in Kyoto that specializes in chemistry and the natural sciences. It was founded in 1954 by a group of like-minded scholars centered on Munio Kotake, a professor at Osaka University, with the aim of launching the monthly magazine Kagaku (Chemistry). The company's guiding principle is expressed as "content high, expression simple" (内容は高く 表現はやさしく). The publisher's catalogue spans university textbooks and reference works in general, physical, quantum, analytical, inorganic, organic, and polymer chemistry, as well as biochemistry and the biological sciences, industrial chemistry and chemical engineering, environmental science, pharmacy, food and nutrition science, and sports science. It is also known in Japan for publishing the original-language and translated editions of major international textbooks such as Cowan's Inorganic Biochemistry, McKee's Biochemistry, Weaver's Molecular Biology, Bruice's Organic Chemistry, Vollhardt and Schore's Organic Chemistry, and Ball's Physical Chemistry. Beyond chemistry, Kagaku-Dojin issues dictionaries and terminology collections, study guides, children's books, picture books, and illustrated reference works. Its periodicals include the monthly magazine Kagaku, first published as the reason for the company's founding, and its supplementary volumes Bessatsu Kagaku. The company also operates a print-on-demand service and sells e-books. Its book series include DOJIN選書, DOJIN文庫, DOJIN ACADEMIC SERIES, the Chemistry Primer Series, CSJカレントレビュー, DOJIN BIOSCIENCE SERIES, and the Basic Pharmacy Textbook Series, among many others. Kagaku-Dojin remains a privately held Japanese company. It maintains an official website, an online ordering system, and a presence on social media including X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook, where it presents itself as a Kyoto-based publisher.

Kagaku-Dojin Publishing was founded in 1954 as a gathering of like-minded scholars (同志, dōjin) centered on Munio Kotake, a professor at Osaka University, for the purpose of publishing the monthly magazine Kagaku (Chemistry). The company's founding principle, "content high, expression simple" (内容は高く 表現はやさしく), has guided its editorial direction since then. From its base in Kyoto, the publisher built a catalogue focused on chemistry and the natural sciences. It became known in Japan as the publisher of the original-language and translated editions of several major international textbooks, including Cowan's Inorganic Biochemistry, McKee's Biochemistry, Weaver's Molecular Biology, Bruice's Organic Chemistry, Vollhardt and Schore's Organic Chemistry, and Ball's Physical Chemistry. It also developed its own textbook series, such as the Basic Pharmacy Textbook Series (ベーシック薬学教科書シリーズ), and published dictionaries and terminology collections including the Practical Dictionary of Chemical English, the Chemical English-Japanese Glossary, the Chemical Japanese-English Glossary, the Dictionary of Molecular Biology, and the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology English-Japanese Glossary. Its periodicals include the monthly magazine Kagaku, which has been published continuously and is catalogued on the company's website by volume year (for example, Kagaku 2025, volume 80), and its supplementary volumes Bessatsu Kagaku. Over time the catalogue expanded beyond chemistry into related fields such as biochemistry and molecular biology, pharmacy, food and nutrition science, environmental science, and sports science, as well as general science reading, children's books, and illustrated reference works. The company also adopted e-book and print-on-demand formats. It remains a privately held Japanese publisher operating from Kyoto.

• 1954

  Founded in 1954 by a group of colleagues centered on Osaka University professor Munio Kotake to publish the monthly magazine Kagaku.

• Publishes the monthly magazine Kagaku and its supplementary volumes Bessatsu Kagaku.

• Publishes Japanese original-language and translated editions of major international textbooks such as Cowan's Inorganic Biochemistry, McKee's Biochemistry, Weaver's Molecular Biology, Bruice's Organic Chemistry, Vollhardt and Schore's Organic Chemistry, and Ball's Physical Chemistry.

• Develops its own textbook series including the Basic Pharmacy Textbook Series (ベーシック薬学教科書シリーズ).

• Expands into e-books and print-on-demand formats.

Specialist publisher of chemistry and natural-science books and textbooks, guided by the principle "content high, expression simple".

• Monthly magazine Kagaku

• Bessatsu Kagaku

• Cowan's Inorganic Biochemistry (Japanese original and translation)

• McKee's Biochemistry (Japanese original and translation)

• Weaver's Molecular Biology

• Bruice's Organic Chemistry (Japanese original and translation)

• Vollhardt and Schore's Organic Chemistry (Japanese original and translation)

• Ball's Physical Chemistry (Japanese original and translation)

• Basic Pharmacy Textbook Series (ベーシック薬学教科書シリーズ)

• Practical Dictionary of Chemical English

• Chemical English-Japanese Glossary

• Chemical Japanese-English Glossary

• Dictionary of Molecular Biology

• Biochemistry and Molecular Biology English-Japanese Glossary

• DOJIN選書

• DOJIN文庫

• DOJIN ACADEMIC SERIES

• Chemistry Primer Series

• CSJカレントレビュー

• DOJIN BIOSCIENCE SERIES

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