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	==Blackwell Publishing history==		==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 as Basil Blackwell & Mott, Blackwell Publishers ~~from~~ 1926), ~~which~~ had ~~their~~ origins in the ~~nineteenth~~ 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 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\|website=Information Today}}</ref> The group then acquired BMJ Books from the [[BMJ Publishing Group]] (publisher of ~~the~~ ''[[~~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>		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 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>

	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 were delivered through [[Wiley InterScience]].		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 were delivered through [[Wiley InterScience]].

	==Controversy==		==Controversy==
	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\|author=AMBYDALMEET SINGH CHAWLA\|url=https://www.science.org/content/article/russian-website-peddles-authorships-linked-reputable-journals\|work=Science}}</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 ==		== See also ==

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'''Wiley-Blackwell''' is an international scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly publishing business of [[John Wiley & Sons]]. It was formed by the merger of John Wiley & Sons Global Scientific, Technical, and Medical business with Blackwell Publishing in 2007.<ref name=aboutWB>[http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Brand/id-35.html About Wiley-Blackwell]. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</ref>

Wiley-Blackwell is now an imprint that publishes a diverse range of academic and professional fields, including [[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|access-date=21 November 2012}}</ref>

==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 as Basil Blackwell & Mott, Blackwell Publishers from 1926), which had their origins in the nineteenth 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 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|website=Information Today}}</ref> The group then acquired BMJ Books from the [[BMJ Publishing Group]] (publisher of the ''[[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>

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 were delivered through [[Wiley InterScience]].
==Controversy==
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|author=AMBYDALMEET SINGH CHAWLA|url=https://www.science.org/content/article/russian-website-peddles-authorships-linked-reputable-journals|work=Science}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[:Category:Wiley-Blackwell academic journals|List of journals published by Wiley-Blackwell]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Brand/id-35.html}}
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