Parent company | Springer Nature |
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Status | Active |
Founded | 1869 | (Nature Journal)
Founder | Alexander Macmillan, Daniel Macmillan |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Headquarters location | 4 Crinan Street, London |
Distribution | Worldwide |
Publication types | Academic journals, magazines, online databases |
Nonfiction topics | Science, medicine |
Owner(s) | Springer Nature |
Official website | www |
Nature Publishing Group is a division of the international scientific publishing company Springer Nature that publishes academic journals, magazines, online databases, and services in science and medicine. Nature Publishing Group's flagship publication is Nature, a weekly multidisciplinary journal first published in 1869. It also publishes Nature research journals, Nature Reviews journals (since 2000), and society-owned academic journals. Springer Nature also publishes Scientific American in 16 languages, a magazine intended for the general public. In 2013, Nature Publishing Group bought a controlling stake in Frontiers.
Before Springer Nature was formed in 2015, the Nature Publishing Group was a part of Macmillan Science and Education, a fully owned subsidiary of Holtzbrinck Publishing Group.
The Nature Publishing Group employs over 800 people in its offices in London, New York City, San Francisco, Seoul, Washington, D.C., Boston, Tokyo, Paris, Munich, Hong Kong, Melbourne, Gurgaon, Mexico City, and Basingstoke.
As of September 2016, NPG publishes 148 academic journals. The former series was rebranded and folded into the Nature Reviews series in April 2009. They also publish the njp (Nature Journal Partner) series.