Springer Science+Business Media
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| September 2024 | Lucina Uddin, a UCLA neuroscience professor, filed a class-action lawsuit against Springer Nature and five other academic journal publishers, alleging antitrust violations related to manuscript competition and denial of payment for peer review services. |
| September 2024 | Lucina Uddin, a UCLA neuroscience professor, filed a class-action lawsuit against Springer Nature and five other academic journal publishers, alleging antitrust violations related to manuscript competition and denial of payment for peer review services. |
| August 2023 | After an investigation, Springer Nature retracted a paper that claimed there is no evidence of a global climate crisis. |
| August 2023 | After an investigation, Springer Nature retracted a paper that claimed there is no evidence of a global climate crisis. |
| 2021 | Springer Nature acquired Atlantis Press, an open access publisher specializing in scientific, technical, and medical content and conference proceedings. |
| 2021 | Springer Nature acquired Atlantis Press, an open access publisher specializing in scientific, technical, and medical content and conference proceedings. |
| November 2021 | Springer Nature retracted 44 nonsense papers from the Arabian Journal of Geosciences following a lapse in the peer review process. |
| November 2021 | Springer Nature retracted 44 nonsense papers from the Arabian Journal of Geosciences following a lapse in the peer review process. |
| 2020 | Second unsuccessful IPO attempt in autumn, again due to unfavorable market conditions. |
| 2020 | Second unsuccessful IPO attempt in autumn, again due to unfavorable market conditions. |
| August 2020 | Springer Nature was reported to have rejected a publication from a Taiwanese doctor at the request of its co-publisher, Wenzhou Medical University, due to the absence of 'China' after 'Taiwan' in the text. |
| August 2020 | Springer Nature was reported to have rejected a publication from a Taiwanese doctor at the request of its co-publisher, Wenzhou Medical University, due to the absence of 'China' after 'Taiwan' in the text. |
| July 2020 | Springer Nature retracted a paper in the journal Society due to a dubious review process and criticism regarding racism. |
| July 2020 | Springer Nature retracted a paper in the journal Society due to a dubious review process and criticism regarding racism. |
| 2019 | The company retracted a paper in its BMC Emergency Medicine journal due to a problematic peer-review process involving a herpetologist's potential involvement in publication denial. |
| 2019 | The company retracted a paper in its BMC Emergency Medicine journal due to a problematic peer-review process involving a herpetologist's potential involvement in publication denial. |
| September 2019 | Daniel Ropers was replaced as CEO by Frank Vrancken Peeters. |
| September 2019 | Daniel Ropers was replaced as CEO by Frank Vrancken Peeters. |
| May 2018 | First unsuccessful attempt to launch an Initial Public Offering (IPO), thwarted by unfavorable market conditions. |
| May 2018 | First unsuccessful attempt to launch an Initial Public Offering (IPO), thwarted by unfavorable market conditions. |
| 2017 | Springer Nature agreed to block access to hundreds of articles on its Chinese site, censoring content related to Tibet, Taiwan, and China's political elite. |
| 2017 | Springer Nature agreed to block access to hundreds of articles on its Chinese site, censoring content related to Tibet, Taiwan, and China's political elite. |
| December 2017 | Derk Haank retired as CEO of Springer Nature, concluding his leadership tenure. |
| December 2017 | Derk Haank retired as CEO of Springer Nature, concluding his leadership tenure. |
| May 2015 | Springer Nature was formed through the merger of Springer Science+Business Media and Holtzbrinck Publishing Group's Nature Publishing Group, Palgrave Macmillan, and Macmillan Education, creating a major academic publishing company. |
| May 2015 | Springer Nature was formed through the merger of Springer Science+Business Media and Holtzbrinck Publishing Group's Nature Publishing Group, Palgrave Macmillan, and Macmillan Education, creating a major academic publishing company. |
| January 15 2015 | Plans for the merger of Nature Publishing Group, Palgrave Macmillan, Macmillan Education, and Springer Science+Business Media were first publicly announced. |
| January 15 2015 | Plans for the merger of Nature Publishing Group, Palgrave Macmillan, Macmillan Education, and Springer Science+Business Media were first publicly announced. |
| 2014 | Launched the Nature Portfolio series of themed online journals. |
| 2014 | Launched the Nature Portfolio series of themed online journals. |
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