Springer Science+Business Media
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This article is about the German academic publisher. For the American academic publisher, see Springer Publishing. For the German digital publishing house, see Axel Springer SE.
Springer Science+Business Media, commonly known as Springer, is a German multinational publishing company of books, e-books and peer-reviewed journals in science, humanities, technical and medical (STM) publishing.[1]
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Founded | 10 May 1842; 181 years ago (1842-05-10) (as Springer-Verlag) |
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Founder | Julius Springer |
Country of origin | Germany |
Headquarters location | Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany |
Nonfiction topics | Science, technology, medicine, business, transport and architecture |
Owner(s) | Springer Nature |
Official website | www |
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Originally founded in 1842 in Berlin, it expanded internationally in the 1960s, and through mergers in the 1990s and a sale to venture capitalists it fused with Wolters Kluwer and eventually became part of Springer Nature in 2015. Springer has major offices in Berlin, Heidelberg, Dordrecht, and New York City.