Elsevier

Dutch publishing and analytics company
Organization book_publisher Q746413
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Elsevier is a publishing company founded in 1880 . The company's headquarters are located in Amsterdam . Elsevier operates as a besloten vennootschap, which is a Dutch term for a private limited company . In 2008, the company employed approximately 6.9 thousand people . Elsevier operates in the publishing industry .

Elsevier

Summary

Elsevier is a book publisher[1]. Elsevier ranks in the top 4% of book_publisher entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,248 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Elsevier was a member of ORCID, Inc.[3].
  • Elsevier was a member of Verband Deutscher Zeitschriftenverleger[4].
  • Elsevier was a member of Gesellschaft zur Verfolgung von Urheberrechtsverletzungen e.V.[5].
  • Elsevier was a member of Committee on Publication Ethics[6].
  • Elsevier was a member of Publishers Association Limited[7].
  • Elsevier was a member of Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association[8].
  • Elsevier is in the country of Netherlands[9].
  • Elsevier is in the country of United Kingdom[10].
  • Elsevier is in the country of South Africa[11].
  • Elsevier is in the country of Hong Kong[12].
  • Elsevier is in the country of United States[13].
  • Elsevier is in the country of Spain[14].
  • Elsevier's instance of is recorded as book publisher[15].
  • Elsevier's instance of is recorded as academic publisher[16].
  • Elsevier's headquarters location is recorded as Amsterdam[17].
  • Elsevier's headquarters location is recorded as Philadelphia[18].
  • Elsevier's child organization or unit is recorded as Churchill Livingstone[19].
  • Elsevier's child organization or unit is recorded as Saunders[20].
  • Elsevier's child organization or unit is recorded as Knovel[21].
  • Elsevier's child organization or unit is recorded as Cell Press[22].
  • Elsevier's child organization or unit is recorded as Bepress[23].
  • Elsevier's child organization or unit is recorded as KeAi Publishing Communications[24].
  • Elsevier's child organization or unit is recorded as Academic Press[25].
  • Elsevier's child organization or unit is recorded as Morgan Kaufmann Publishers[26].
  • Elsevier's child organization or unit is recorded as Mosby[27].

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include 1880[28] and 1993[29]. Elsevier's location of formation is recorded as Amsterdam[30].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Amsterdam[17], a city[31], in Netherlands[32], founded in 1300[33] and Philadelphia[18], a city of Pennsylvania[34], in United States[35], founded in 1682[36]. Parent organizations include RELX[37] and RELX Group (Netherlands)[38]. Subsidiaries include Churchill Livingstone[19], a publishing house[39], founded in 1971[40]; Saunders[20], a publishing house[41], in United States[42], founded in 1888[43], headquartered in Philadelphia[44]; Knovel[21]; Cell Press[22]; Bepress[23]; and KeAi Publishing Communications[24].

Industry

Elsevier's industry is recorded as publishing[45].

Ownership

Elsevier's product or material produced is recorded as Acta Astronautica[46].

Why It Matters

Elsevier ranks in the top 4% of book_publisher entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,248 views/month).[2] Elsevier has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] Elsevier is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

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  1. [9] . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] . Q1227538. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] . Q1227538. wikidata.org.
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  17. [25] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  24. [6] . publicationethics.org. Retrieved . publicationethics.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [7] . publishers.org.uk. Retrieved . publishers.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [8] . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] . ROR release v1.19. wikidata.org.
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  30. [37] . wikidata.org.
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  32. [46] . wikidata.org.

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  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  12. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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