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JOURNAL CATALOGUE 2020 World Scientific Is Proud to Welcome You to Our New 2020 Catalogue Featuring All Our Journals, Including New and Forthcoming Ones JOURNAL CATALOGUE 2020 World Scientific is proud to welcome you to our new 2020 catalogue featuring all our journals, including new and forthcoming ones. All our journals go through a stringent review process in ensuring that the articles are world-class and serve their respective audiences. Our rapidly expanding journal programme has grown to include more than 140 international peer reviewed journals and has kept pace with the latest developments in scientific research, providing prompt responses to the demand for publication outlets and readership in rapidly advancing fields like nanoscience and the quantum computing. 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