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Line 1: {{short description\|Journal publishing business of John Wiley & Sons}} ~~{{POV-check}}[[User:Jondea\|Jondea]] ([[User talk:Jondea\|talk]]) 11:00, 8 January 2016 (UTC)~~ {{Use mdy dates\|date=February 2012}} {{Infobox publisher \| image = [[File:Wiley Blackwell Logo.gif]] \| parent = [[~~John~~Wiley (publisher)\|Wiley ~~& Sons~~]] \| status = \| founded = {{start date and age\|1922}} \| founder = \| successor = \| country = [[United States]] \| headquarters = [[Hoboken, New Jersey]] \| distribution = \| keypeople = \| publications = Books, [[academic journal]]s \| topics = \| genre = \| imprints = \| revenue = \| numemployees = \| nasdaq = \| url = {{URL\|http://www.wiley.com/wiley-blackwell\|wiley.com/blackwell}} }} '''Wiley-Blackwell''' is ~~the~~an international scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly publishing business of [[John Wiley & Sons]]. It was formed by the merger of John Wiley's & Sons Global Scientific, Technical, and Medical business with Blackwell Publishing~~, after Wiley took over the latter~~ in 2007.<ref name=aboutWB>[http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Brand/id-35.html About Wiley-Blackwell]. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</ref> Wiley-Blackwell ~~publishes~~is innow an imprint that publishes a diverse range of academic and professional fields, including in [[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 -– Businessweek\|work=investing.businessweek.com\|~~accessdate~~access-date=21 November 2012}}</ref>▼ As a [[learned society]] publisher, Wiley-Blackwell partners with around 750 societies and associations. It publishes nearly 1,500 peer-reviewed journals and more than 1,500 new books annually in print and online, as well as databases, major reference works, and laboratory protocols. Wiley-Blackwell is based in [[Hoboken, New Jersey]] (United States) and has offices in many international locations including Boston, [[Oxford]], [[Chichester]], Berlin, Singapore, Melbourne, Tokyo, and Beijing, among others. ==Blackwell Publishing history==▼ ▲Wiley-Blackwell publishes in a diverse range of academic and professional fields, including in [[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 \|title=Wiley-Blackwell, Inc.: Private Company Information - Businessweek\|work=investing.businessweek.com\|accessdate=21 November 2012}}</ref> Blackwell Publishing was formed by the 2001 merger of two [[Oxford]]-based [[academic publishing]] companies, Blackwell Science, founded in 1939 as Blackwell Scientific Publishing, and Blackwell Publishers, founded in 1922 as Basil Blackwell & Mott. Blackwell Publishers, founded in 1926, had its origins in the 19th century [[Blackwell's]] family bookshop and publishing business.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Group \|first=PMB \|title=Online catalogue IDC OCG \|url=https://doc-center.ocg.msf.org/index.php?lvl=publisher_see&id=95 \|access-date=2023-04-26 \|website=doc-center.ocg.msf.org \|language=en}}</ref> 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]], publisher of ''[[The BMJ]]'', a British medical journal, in 2004.<ref>{{cite journal\|doi = 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.854-d\|title = BMJ Publishing Group sells its books department\|journal = [[British Medical Journal]]\|year = 2004\|volume = 328\|issue = 7444\|page = 854\|first = Owen\|last = Dyer\|pmc = 387509}}</ref> Blackwell published over 805 journals and 650 text and reference books in 2006, across a wide range of academic, medical, and professional subjects.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Blackwell Timeline \|url=https://www.ulib.niu.edu/publishers/Blackwell.htm \|work=The Academic Publishing Industry: A Story of Merger and Acquisition \|author= Mary H. Munroe \|year=2004 \|via= Northern Illinois University }}</ref> Access to more than 1,500 journals, OnlineBooks, lab protocols, electronic major reference works and other online products published by Wiley-Blackwell is available through [[Wiley Online Library]],<ref>[http://www.wileyonlinelibrary.com WileyOnlineLibrary.com]</ref> which replaced the previous platform, Wiley InterScience, in August 2010. ▲==Blackwell Publishing history== Blackwell Publishing was formed by the 2001 merger of two Oxford-based [[academic publishing]] companies, Blackwell Science (founded 1939 as Blackwell Scientific Publishing) and Blackwell Publishers (founded 1922), which had their origins in the nineteenth century [[Blackwell's]] family bookshop and publishing business. The merger created the world's leading learned society publisher, partnered with 665 academic and professional societies. Blackwell published over 805 journals and 650 text and reference books in 2006, across a wide range of academic, medical, and professional subjects, and had 990 staff members with offices in the United States, UK, Australia, China, Denmark, Germany, Singapore and Japan. 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 ~~are~~were delivered through [[Wiley InterScience]].~~<ref>[http://www3.interscience.wiley.com Interscience.wiley.com], Wiley-Blackwell. June 16, 2008.</ref>~~▼ The company identified its mission as an expert publisher creating long-term partnerships with its clients that enhanced learning, disseminated research, and improved the quality of professional practice. Blackwell Science launched online full-text service in 1999. ==Controversy== ▲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 are delivered through [[Wiley InterScience]].<ref>[http://www3.interscience.wiley.com Interscience.wiley.com], Wiley-Blackwell. June 16, 2008.</ref> In April 2022, the journal [[Science (journal)\|''Science'']] reported that a Ukrainian company, [[International Publisher Ltd.]], run by Ksenia Badziun, operates a Russian website where academics can purchase authorships in soon to be published academic papers. During the 2 year period analyzed by researchers, they found that at least 419 articles "appeared to match manuscripts that later appeared in dozens of different journals" and that "More than 100 of these identified papers were published in 68 journals run by established publishers, including [[Elsevier]], [[Oxford University Press]], [[Springer Nature]], [[Taylor & Francis]], [[Wolters Kluwer]], and Wiley-Blackwell." Wiley-Blackwell claimed that they were examining the specific papers that were identified and brought to their attention.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Russian site peddles paper authorship in reputable journals for up to $5000 a pop\|date=6 April 2022\|author=AMBYDALMEET SINGH CHAWLA\|url=https://www.science.org/content/article/russian-website-peddles-authorships-linked-reputable-journals\|work=Science}}</ref> == See also == Line 44 ⟶ 43: ==External links== * {{Official website\|http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Brand/id-35.html}} * {{cite web \|title=Blackwell Timeline \|url=http://www.ulib.niu.edu/publishers/index.htm \|work=The Academic Publishing Industry: A Story of Merger and Acquisition \|author= Mary H. Munroe \|year=2004 \|via= Northern Illinois University }} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Academic publishing companies]] [[Category:Publishing companies established in 1922]] Line 51 ⟶ 50: [[Category:Commercial digital libraries]] [[Category:Publishing companies of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:~~1922~~American ~~establishments~~companies established in ~~the United States~~1922]] [[Category:American digital libraries]] [[Category:Wiley (publisher)]] [[Category:1932 establishments in the United States]]