The CoP is a standing committee of the Executive Committee (EC) of the International Mathematical Union, reviewed every four years by the EC at its meeting preceding that of the IMU General Assembly. Founded in 1998 as the Committee on Electronic Information and Communication (CEIC), the committee was tasked with surveying changes in publishing and communication among scientists in the digital age and providing recommendations for the future. Since then, the committee's mission has been updated regularly to take into account new developments. In March 2025, it was renamed the Committee on Publishing (CoP).