references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . june 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message s. karger ag founded 1890 founder samuel karger country of origin switzerland headquarters location basel publication types academic journals books nonfiction topics science and medicine official website www.karger.com karger publishers also karger medical and scientific publishers s. karger ag is an academic publisher of scientific and medical journals and books . the current ceo is gabriella karger . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 further reading 4 references 5 external links history edit the company was founded in 1890 in berlin by samuel karger 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 the 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 . 1 its first medical journal dermatologische zeitschrift later dermatologica now dermatology was established in 1893 . the company published works from well known scientists such as sigmund freud . because of political pressure from the nazi regime the company was relocated to basel 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 german english french or italian . 2 the company currently publishes over 80 journals . 3 see also edit category karger academic journals further reading edit harold m. schmeck . karger turning medical progress into print . kargeractivebooks . retrieved 2010 08 12 . references edit http www.karger.com company history from turning medical progress into print to connecting the world of biomedical science . karger publishers . retrieved 2010 08 12 . karger publishers journal index . karger.com . retrieved 2010 08 12 . external links edit official website this publishing related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title karger publishers & oldid 731526824 categories academic publishing companiespublishing companies established in 1890publishing companies of switzerland1890 establishments in germanycompanies based in baselpublishing stubshidden categories articles lacking reliable references from june 2008all articles lacking reliable referencesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 25 july 2016 at 22 41 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view