When was Springer Science+Business Media founded?
Julius Springer founded Springer-Verlag in Berlin in 1842. His son Ferdinand grew the company from 4 employees to 65 staff, making it Germany's second-largest academic publisher by 1872.
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Who owns Springer Science+Business Media?
Springer Science+Business Media is owned by Springer Nature, formed in May 2015 when Holtzbrinck Publishing Group merged with Springer. Holtzbrinck holds a majority 53% share and BC Partners retains a 47% interest.
What does Springer Science+Business Media publish?
Springer publishes books, e-books, and peer-reviewed journals in science, humanities, technical, and medical fields. More than 168,000 titles are available as e-books across 24 subject collections on its SpringerLink platform.
What controversies has Springer Science+Business Media been involved in?
In 2014, Springer retracted 16 computer-generated papers created with SCIgen. In 2015, it retracted 64 papers from 10 journals after a fraudulent peer review process was uncovered. In 1938, the company was also pressured to apply Nazi principles to its journal Zentralblatt MATH, forcing out Jewish mathematician Tullio Levi-Civita from the editorial board.
What happened to Springer Nature's journal impact factors in 2020?
Seven Springer Nature journals had their 2019 journal impact factors suspended from Journal Citation Reports in 2020 due to unusually high levels of self-citation. The suspension was part of a broader sanction that affected 34 journals in total across the publishing industry.
How much did BC Partners pay for Springer Science+Business Media in 2013?
BC Partners acquired a majority stake in Springer Science+Business Media from EQT and the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation for $4.4 billion in 2013.