Springer Nature AG & Co. Kgaa
A global academic and educational publisher, Springer Nature produces scientific journals and books used by researchers, students, and universities around the world — including the famous weekly science journal Nature, first published in 1869. The company was formed in 2015 when Springer Science+Business Media merged with the Nature Publishing Group, Palgrave Macmillan, and Macmillan Education. Its roots run deep: the Springer name dates to 1842, when Julius Springer opened a small Berlin bookshop on his 25th birthday, and the firm's chess-knight logo is a pun, since "Springer" means "jumper" in German.