verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message medknow publications parent company wolters kluwer founded 1999 country of origin india headquarters location mumbai publication types academic journals official website www.medknow.com medknow provides publishing services for peer reviewed online and print plus online journals in medicine on behalf of learned societies and associations with a focus on emerging markets . medknow is a product line within wolters kluwer s health division and is part of wolters kluwer india pvt ltd. contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit founded in 1997 in mumbai india by dr devkumar sahu with a promise to provide solutions for the scientific publishing community medknow s mission is to help medical societies disseminate research thus supporting the transformation of research into knowledge . dr sahu adopted the open access oa model of publishing services providing unrestricted online access to peer reviewed scholarly research . in 2006 medknow had 33 scientific technical & medical journals to its portfolio at the time one of the largest open access publisher of medical content in the world . 1 medknow s first online venture the journal of post graduate medicine from india jpgmonline.com grew from a 2001 print circulation of 300 400 to an estimated 4 000 visitors per day . most of the international readers were from the us and europe and from leading us academic research institutions including harvard . medknow hosted its first editorial conference at kem hospital mumbai india in september 2004 . in 2005 medknow signed its first international journal entitled annals of thoracic medicine . by 2010 medknow celebrated its 100th journal added to its portfolio . medknow was acquired by wolters kluwer in december 2011 and has continued to grow its journal portfolio extending its publishing partnerships in china the middle east and other high growth markets . today medknow provides publishing services to over 370 medical society journals in over 40 specialties . 2 see also edit category medknow publications academic journals references edit noronha frederick 24 october 2006 . good news from india open access journals work . the communication initiative network . the media development network . retrieved 9 august 2016 . vccircle.com 7 december 2011 . wolters kluwer health acquires medknow . reuters . retrieved 9 august 2016 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title medknow publications & oldid 733641795 categories academic publishing companiesopen access publisherspublishing companies established in 1999publishing companies of india1999 establishments in indiahidden categories articles needing additional references from august 2016all articles needing additional references 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 add links this page was last modified on 9 august 2016 at 05 11 . 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