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'''Wiley-Blackwell''' is an international scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly publishing business of [[John Wiley & Sons]]. It was formed by the merger of John Wiley & Sons Global Scientific, Technical, and Medical business with Blackwell Publishing in 2007.<ref name=aboutWB>[http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Brand/id-35.html About Wiley-Blackwell]. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</ref>
Wiley-Blackwell is now an imprint that publishes a diverse range of academic and professional fields, including [[biology]], [[medicine]], [[physical sciences]], [[technology]], [[social science]], and the [[humanities]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=44764174 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130731030229/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=44764174 |url-status= dead |archive-date= July 31, 2013 |title=Wiley-Blackwell, Inc.: Private Company Information
==Blackwell Publishing history==
Blackwell Publishing was formed by the 2001 merger of two [[Oxford]]-based [[academic publishing]] companies, Blackwell Science,
The merger between the two publishing companies created the world's leading learned society publisher.<ref>{{Cite web| title = Change Is Very Exciting| access-date = 2019-05-05| url = http://www.infotoday.com/IT/sep03/poynder.shtml |first=Richard|last=Poynder|date=September 2003|website=Information Today}}</ref> The group then acquired BMJ Books from the [[BMJ Publishing Group]], On November 17, 2006, [[John Wiley & Sons]] announced it had "entered into a definitive agreement to acquire" Blackwell Publishing.<ref>[http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/pdf/wiley.pdf Wiley to Acquire Blackwell Publishing (Holdings) Ltd.], John Wiley & Sons, Inc., November 17, 2006</ref> The acquisition was completed in February 2007, at a purchase price of £572 million. Blackwell Publishing was merged into Wiley's Global Scientific, Technical, and Medical business to create Wiley-Blackwell.<ref name=aboutWB/> From June 30, 2008, the journals previously on Blackwell Synergy were delivered through [[Wiley InterScience]].
==Controversy==
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== See also ==
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