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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing |
| Founded | 2015 |
Key people | |
| Revenue | EUR 1.64 bn (2017) |
| Owners | Holtzbrinck Publishing Group (53%) BC Partners |
Number of employees | 13,000 (2017) |
Springer Nature is an academic publishing company created by the May 2015 merger of Springer Science+Business Media and Holtzbrinck Publishing Group's Nature Publishing Group, Palgrave Macmillan, and Macmillan Education.[1] The company reported revenues of EUR 1.64 billion in 2017 and by their own account publishes around 300,000 articles across almost 3,000 journals and 13,000 books per year.[1]
History[edit]
Springer Nature was created in 2015 by the merger of Nature Publishing Group, Palgrave Macmillan and Macmillan Education (held by Holtzbrinck Publishing Group) with Springer Science+Business Media (held by BC Partners). Plans for the merger were first announced on 15 January 2015.[2] The transaction was concluded in May 2015 with Holtzbrinck having the majority 53% share.[3]
The company originates from a number of journals and publishing houses, notably Springer-Verlag, which was founded in 1842 by Julius Springer in Berlin[4], Nature (journal), first published on 4 November 1869[5], and Macmillan Education, going back to Macmillan Publishers founded in 1869.
After the merger, former Springer Science+Business Media CEO Derk Haank became CEO of Springer Nature. When he retired by the end of 2017, he was succeeded by Daniel Ropers, the co-founder and long-time CEO of bol.com.[6]
Subsidiaries[edit]
- Adis International
- Springer Healthcare
- Springer VS
- Springer Verlag
- Springer Gabler
- Springer Vieweg
- Springer Medizin
- Springer Pflege
- Apress
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Macmillan Education
- Nature Publishing Group
- BMC
- Scientific American
- J. B. Metzler
- Humana Press
- Asser Press
- Bohn Stafleu van Loghum
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Springer Nature created following merger completion". Springer. 6 May 2015.
- ^ "Nature publisher to merge with Springer". Times Higher Education. 15 January 2015. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
- ^ Caroline Carpenter (May 6, 2015). "Completed merger forms 'Springer Nature'". The Bookseller. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
- ^ "Springer celebrates 175 years since its founding". KnowledgeSpeak.com. 11 May 2017. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
- ^ "Nature". Phys.org. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
- ^ "Bol.com's Ropers to take Haank's role at Springer Nature". The Bookseller. 6 May 2015.