The Chairman and Editor-in-Chief is Dr Phua Kok Khoo, while the Managing Director is Doreen Liu.

In 2006, World Scientific assumed full ownership of Imperial College Press, under a license granted by the university.

A book World Scientific published, Lim Siong Guan's The Leader, The Teacher & You (2013), co-won the Singapore Literature Prize for English Non-fiction.

[5] The judges for the Singapore Literature Prize for Non-fiction were independent parties appointed by the Book Council.

Soul of Ink: Lim Tze Peng at 100 (2021), authored by Woon Tai Ho, was awarded the inaugural Alan H.J.