Wiley-Blackwell
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Academic publishing |
| Predecessor | Wiley's Global Scientific, Technical, and Medical division; Blackwell Publishing |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Headquarters | Oxford , United Kingdom |
| Products | Scholarly journals and books in biology, medicine, physical sciences, technology, social science, and humanities |
| Parent | John Wiley & Sons |
Wiley-Blackwell serves as the scholarly, scientific, medical, and technical publishing branch of John Wiley & Sons. It was formed in 2007 following the combination of Wiley's Global Scientific, Technical, and Medical division with Blackwell Publishing. The company distributes content across a wide range of academic and professional disciplines, such as biology, medicine, physical sciences, technology, social science, and the humanities.
Blackwell Publishing history
Blackwell Publishing originated in 2001 through the consolidation of two Oxford-based academic publishers: Blackwell Science (established in 1939) and Blackwell Publishers (founded in 1922), which traced its roots back to the Blackwell family bookshop from the 19th century. This union established Blackwell as a prominent publisher for learned societies. In 2004, it grew further by acquiring BMJ Books from the BMJ Publishing Group.
By 2006, Blackwell’s portfolio included more than 805 journals and 650 books covering academic, medical, and professional topics. On November 17, 2006, John Wiley & Sons revealed its intention to purchase Blackwell Publishing for £572 million, finalizing the acquisition in February 2007. This merger created Wiley-Blackwell by combining Blackwell’s assets with Wiley’s Global Scientific, Technical, and Medical business. Starting mid-2008, distribution of Blackwell’s journals shifted to Wiley InterScience.
Controversy
In April 2022, Science disclosed that a Ukrainian firm named International Publisher Ltd., managed by Ksenia Badziun, operated a Russian-language website offering authorship positions on forthcoming academic articles. Over a two-year investigation, researchers found at least 419 articles corresponding to manuscripts subsequently published in various journals. More than 100 of these appeared across 68 journals from well-known publishers including Elsevier, Oxford University Press, Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis, Wolters Kluwer, and Wiley-Blackwell. Wiley-Blackwell announced an ongoing review of the particular papers identified.