Springer is a leading global scientific publisher providing content to academia and industry. In 2011, Springer had consolidated turnover of EUR 875 million. Springer publishes around 2,000 journals and over 7,000 new book titles annually across science, technology, medicine, business, transport, and architecture. Springer has a growing eBook collection and open access portfolio. The company has over 6,200 employees worldwide.

1. 2012
Facts and Figures
Springer Science+Business Media

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Key facts
• Leading global scientific publisher, providing researchers in academia, scientific institutions
and corporate R&D departments with quality content via innovative information products
and services
• Trusted local-language publisher in Europe – especially in Germany and the Netherlands –
primarily for physicians and professionals working in the automotive, transport and
healthcare sectors
• Consolidated turnover in 2011: EUR 875 million; in 2010: EUR 866 million; in 2009:
EUR 859 million
• Some 2,000 journals and more than 7,000 new book titles published every year, in 6 main
publishing fields: science, technology, medicine, business, transport and architecture
• Springer eBook Collection with more than 50,000 titles available on springerlink.com;
expected to be over 110,000 (including the Springer Book Archives) by the end of 2012
• Largest open access portfolio worldwide, with over 300 open access journals
• Approximately 6,200 employees in some 25 countries worldwide

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Leading in scientific publishing markets
Scientific publishing by the Springer group
• Around 2,000 journals and more than 7,000 new book titles annually, the vast majority of which are scientific
• Publishing partnerships with more than 500 scientific societies
• Growing presence in emerging markets
SpringerLink
• One of the leading internet science portals, including more than 5.5 million documents, an eBook Collection
with more than 50,000 titles, journal archives digitized back to the first issues in the 1800s and more than
26,000 Protocols and 215 Reference Works
Open access activities
• Largest Open Access (OA) publisher with more than 300 OA journals, including BioMed Central, the pioneering
OA publisher
Pharma / Healthcare
• Includes portfolio of highly-regarded Adis scientific journals and newsletters in pharmacology and pharmacotherapy
German-language content
• Leading professional medicine publishers in Germany, including brands such as Springer Medizin, Ärzte Zeitung,
Urban & Vogel and bsmo
• Leading publishing brands in business and technology such as Springer Gabler and Springer Vieweg

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Revenue from STM content Geographic split of total revenue
(2011) by region (2011)
5%
14%
Europe
Print US
47.2% 52.8%
Digital Asia
56%
25%
ROW

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SpringerLink usage: 2005 – 2011
Usage up 11% from 2010 to 2011
Full text downloads in millions
250
200
eBooks
150
eBooks: +13%
100
Journals
50
Journals: +10%
0
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

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Content growth on SpringerLink
Documents in millions
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

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Growing share of open access content
Open access articles (SpringerOpen, Springer Open Choice and BioMed Central)
as share of total articles in Springer STM journals
In percent (%)
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

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Connect with Springer!
118 Twitter accounts
39 Facebook pages
23 LinkedIn groups
5 Xing groups
6 YouTube channels
14 blogs
5 Google+ accounts

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Historical overview (selected events)
1842: Julius Springer opens book shop in Berlin, and starts publishing soon after
1889: Kluwer established in the Netherlands
1946: Office in Heidelberg opened
1964: Greater international focus and founding of Springer-Verlag New York
1978: Founding of Kluwer Academic Publishers (KAP)
1999: Bertelsmann acquires the majority of Springer-Verlag , combines it with their Professional
Information division, and name it: BertelsmannSpringer
2003: The British financial investors Cinven and Candover acquire Kluwer Academic Publishers
(KAP) and BertelsmannSpringer
2004: Creation of Springer Science+Business Media through merger of BertelsmannSpringer
with KAP. The result is the second-largest publisher worldwide in the Science, Technology,
Medicine (STM) field
2005 – 2008: Acquisitions including Humana Press, Bohn Stafleu van Loghum and BioMed Central
2009: EQT and GIC acquire Springer from Cinven and Candover
2011: Springer acquires MPS from Wolters Kluwer

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Today Springer is present in some 25 countries worldwide
Argentina / Australia / Austria/ Brazil / China / France / Germany / India / Italy / Japan / Malaysia / Mexico / Morocco /
The Netherlands / New Zealand / Russia / Singapore / South Africa / South Korea / Spain / Switzerland / Taiwan / Turkey /
United Arab Emirates / United Kingdom / USA

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Our publishing brands

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Executive
Management