Karger Publishers

Karger Publishers
Founded 1 April, 1890
Founder Samuel Karger
Country of origin Switzerland
Headquarters location Basel
Publication types Academic journals, books
Nonfiction topics medicine and sciences
Fiction genres academic publishing, STM publishing
Owner(s)

Gabriella Karger, CEO

Thomas Karger, Chairman
Number of employees 250
Official website www.karger.com

Karger Publishers in Basel, Switzerland, is a globally active medical and scientific publishing company. Independent and family-run in the fourth generation, Karger is dedicated to serving the information needs of the scientific community with publications of high-quality content, covering all fields of medical science. Karger publishers puts great emphasis on direct and personal relationships with all partners.

Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers issues more than 100 digital and printed journals and some 50 books a year, most of them in English. They are produced in a highly efficient process. The range of publications also includes open access journals. To foster the global transfer of knowledge, the publishing company is committed to making the dissemination of its publications in a user-friendly way a top priority.

More than 170 editors-in-chief from research, clinical practice, academia and the pharmaceutical industry ensure the scientific excellence of the publications. They are supported by 4,000 editorial board members. Every year, 16,000 papers are submitted to Karger Publishers. About half of them are accepted for publication after having been peer-reviewed by 12,500 independent experts.

Karger publications are offered in various formats – as individual articles or chapters, journal subscriptions, and diverse special collections combining titles across specialties and formats. Everything Karger has ever published since 1890 is available in digital form.

With 250 employees worldwide, Karger Publishers is the largest medical and scientific publishing company in Switzerland. In addition to its headquarters in Basel and a subsidiary in Freiburg, Germany, Karger Publishers maintains offices in the United States, Latin America, Japan, China, Malaysia, India, Pakistan and Thailand as well as Russia, South Eastern Europe and France.

History

On April 1, 1890, Samuel Karger (1863–1935) founded Karger Publishers in Berlin with the goal of publishing literature with a focus on practical medicine. The first publication was a manual on obstetrics. In 1937, in the face of mounting political pressure from the National Socialists, his son Heinz Karger (1895–1959) moved his family and company to Basel, Switzerland. Thomas Karger (born 1930) headed the company between 1959 and 1999. He was successful in expanding and internationalizing the publishing company and also added two further business units to it: the Karger Libri International Subscription Agency (est. 1960) and the Bookstore Karger Libri (est. 1967), both located in Basel as well. These three business units together make up S. Karger AG. Steven Karger (1959–2008) was CEO of the publishing company for seven years until his untimely death in 2008. Today, Gabriella Karger (born 1964) is leading the publishing company and S. Karger AG.

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