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Springer

Disciplines:
science
humanities
publishing/academic publishing

Summary

Springer (now Springer Nature) is one of the world's largest academic publishers, founded in Berlin in 1842 and now publishing over 3,000 journals and 200,000 book titles across science, technology, medicine, and the humanities. It merged with Nature Publishing Group to form Springer Nature in 2015.

Core Contribution

One of the foundational institutions of global academic publishing; disseminates peer-reviewed research across disciplines; Nature journals under its umbrella include some of the most prestigious scientific publications.

Key Spikes & Highlights

  • academic publishing
  • peer review
  • scientific journals
  • Nature
  • Springer Nature

Historical Influences

German academic tradition scientific publishing

Intellectual Lineage

German academic publishing traditionJulius Springer

Contemporaries & Peers

ElsevierWileyOxford University Press Cambridge University Press

Minds Influenced

Global academic publishingpeer review systemscientific communication

Intellectual Posterity

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