E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (Schweizerbart Science Publishers) is a
Stuttgart-based
scholarly publisher
Academic publishing is the subfield of publishing which distributes academic research and scholarship. Most academic work is published in academic journal articles, books or theses. The part of academic written output that is not formally pub ...
established in 1826 by Wilhelm Emanuel Schweizerbart. The company and its affiliate
Borntraeger Science publish English-language scholarly journals, monographs and books series in the earth and environmental sciences (e.g. geology, palaeontology, mineralogy, stratigraphy), the life sciences (botany, zoology, entomology, aquatic ecology, soil science) and physical (medical) anthropology.
In its early years, the publishing house gained acclaim in Germany for publishing groundbreaking geological and palaeontological works, among them the (first) German-language edition of Darwin's "The Origin of Species".
The company is privately owned by two scientists and is not part of a larger entity. It currently publishes several journal on behalf of the
Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources
The Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe or BGR) is a German agency within the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. It acts as a central geoscience consulting insti ...
,
State Authority for Mining, Energy and Geology of Lower Saxony State, and the
Senckenberg Nature Research Society
The Senckenberg Nature Research Society (german: link=no, Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, until 2008 ''Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft'') is a German scholarly society with headquarters in Frankfurt am Main.
Overview
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. In 2016, E. Schweizerbart acquired all publications of Catena Verlag, a publishing house specializing in soil science.
See also
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List of E. Schweizerbart serials
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Academic publishing companies
Publishing companies established in 1826
German companies established in 1826
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