Wiley- Blackwell (former Blackwell Publishing (Holdings) Ltd.)

Country: United Kingdom

Region: Europe

Price: 195 EUR

Description:

Blackwell Publishing Ltd (BPL) was established by merging Blackwell Publishers (founded 1926) and Blackwell Science (founded 1939). This merger created Blackwell Publishing, the world's largest independent society publisher. The majority of journals are published on behalf of scholarly societies.

On 2 February 2007, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. completed the acquisition of the outstanding shares of Blackwell Publishing (Holdings) Ltd., for $1.1 billion (£572 million), making it the largest acquisition in the companys history. One of the worlds foremost academic and professional publishers, Blackwells publishing program is being merged with Wileys global scientific, technical, and medical business to form what is now called Wiley-Blackwell, the largest of Wileys three businesses. The combined business will publish approximately 1,400 scholarly peer-reviewed journals as well as an extensive collection of books with global appeal.