Karger Publishers (also: Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers, S. Karger AG) is an academic publisher of

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and

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s and books. The current

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is Daniel Ebneter.

History

The company was founded in 1890 in

Berlin Berlin is Capital of Germany, the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and List of cities in Germany by population, by population. Its more than 3.85 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European U ...

Samuel Karger Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the bibl ...

, who remained at the helm of the company until his death in 1935. His son, Heinz Karger led the company until his death in 1959, and Heinz's son (and Samuel's grandson) Thomas Karger took over the leadership of the company; he was followed as the company leader by his eldest son, Steven Karger, and, most recently, by his youngest daughter, Gabriella Karger, who leads the publishing house now. Its first

, '' Dermatologische Zeitschrift'' (later: ''Dermatologica'', now: ''Dermatology'') was established in 1893. The company published works from well-known scientists such as

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. Because of political pressure from the

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regime, the company was relocated to

Basel , french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS) ...

, Switzerland, in 1937 and lost all German authors and editors. This led to a more international focus and most journal titles were changed from German to Latin and articles were now published in either

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, English,

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, or Italian. The company currently publishes over 80 journals and over 40-book series.

Journals

Journals published by Karger include: * ''Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism'' * '' Brain, Behavior and Evolution'' * ''

Cardiology Cardiology () is a branch of medicine that deals with disorders of the heart and the cardiovascular system. The field includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular he ...

'' * ''Cells Tissues Organs'' * '' Cerebrovascular Diseases'' * ''

Chemotherapy Chemotherapy (often abbreviated to chemo and sometimes CTX or CTx) is a type of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs (chemotherapeutic agents or alkylating agents) as part of a standardized chemotherapy regimen. Chemothe ...

'' * ''

Cytogenetic and Genome Research ''Cytogenetic and Genome Research'' is the name of a peer-reviewed scientific journal In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research. Co ...

'' * ''

Dermatology Dermatology is the branch of medicine dealing with the skin.''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.'' Random House, Inc. 2001. Page 537. . It is a speciality with both medical and surgical aspects. A List of dermatologists, dermatologist ...

'' * '' European Addiction Research'' * '' European Neurology'' * '' Folia Primatologica'' * ''Gerontology'' * '' Hormone Research in Paediatrics'' * '' Intervirology'' * ''

Neonatology Neonatology is a subspecialty of pediatrics that consists of the medical care of newborn infants, especially the ill or premature newborn. It is a hospital-based specialty, and is usually practised in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). T ...

'' * ''

Neuroepidemiology Neuroepidemiology is a science of incidence, prevalence, risk factors, natural history and prognosis of neurological disorders, as well as of experimental neuroepidemiology, which is research based on clinical trials of effectiveness or efficacy o ...

'' * '' Neuropsychobiology'' * ''Ophthalmic Research'' * ''

Phonetica ''Phonetica'' is a peer-reviewed Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work (peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession with ...

'' * ''

Psychopathology Psychopathology is the study of abnormal cognition, behaviour, and experiences which differs according to social norms and rests upon a number of constructs that are deemed to be the social norm at any particular era. Biological psychopathol ...

'' * ''

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics ''Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering psychotherapy and psychosomatic medicine. It was established in 1953 under the name ''Acta Psychotherapeutica et Psychosomatica'', obtaining its current n ...

'' * '' Research in Complementary Medicine'' * '' Skin Pharmacology and Physiology''

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