Springer Nature or the Springer Nature Group is a German–British academic publishing company created by the May 2015 merger of Springer Science+Business Media and Holtzbrinck Publishing Group 's Nature Publishing Group , Palgrave Macmillan , and Macmillan Education .
16-714: Contrex is a brand of mineral water owned since 1992 by Nestlé Waters , a branch of the Swiss group Nestlé , and is part of the Vittel mineral water company that includes Vittel and Hépar . The water, whose source is located in Contrexéville in the French département of Vosges , was discovered by Charles Bagard, the first doctor of Louis XV . The water is bottled in a 250,000 m² factory complex that employs around 900 people. 635 million bottles of all kinds are produced
32-744: A gender pay gap report for Springer Nature's UK operations. Springer Nature is a signatory of the SDG Publishers Compact , and has taken steps to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the publishing industry. These include becoming carbon neutral as of 2020, organizing its publications into 17 SDG-related content hubs, and launching thematic journals such as Nature Climate Change , Nature Energy , Nature Sustainability , Nature Food , Nature Human Behaviour , Nature Water and Nature Cities (appearing 2024). In 2014,
48-633: A year, of which 11% are exported. The bottling factory is connected by pipelines with the Vittel factory in Vittel , a few kilometers from Contrexéville, which permits bottling of the Contrex water in either Vittel or in Contrexéville. Contrex is a highly mineralized water and has diuretic properties. Mineral water Mineral water is water from a mineral spring that contains various minerals , such as salts and sulfur compounds . It
64-517: Is bottled at the source and has undergone no or minimal treatment. Permitted is the removal of iron , manganese , sulfur and arsenic through decantation , filtration or treatment with ozone -enriched air, insofar as this treatment does not alter the composition of the water as regards to the essential constituents which give it its properties. No additions are permitted except for carbon dioxide , which may be added, removed or re-introduced by exclusively physical methods. No disinfection treatment
80-544: Is permitted, nor is the addition of any bacteriostatic agents . A review by the World Health Organization found slightly reduced cardiovascular disease mortality from consuming harder water with higher mineral amounts, with magnesium and possibly calcium being the most likely contributors. However, mineral amounts vary greatly among different brands of mineral water, and tap water can contain similar or greater amounts of minerals. One study found that
96-427: Is usually still, but may be sparkling ( carbonated / effervescent ). Traditionally, mineral waters were used or consumed at their spring sources, often referred to as "taking the waters" or "taking the cure," at places such as spas , baths and wells . Today, it is far more common for mineral water to be bottled at the source for distributed consumption. Travelling to the mineral water site for direct access to
112-533: The harder it is said to be; water with few dissolved calcium and magnesium ions is described as being soft . The U.S. Food and Drug Administration classifies mineral water as water containing at least 250 parts per million total dissolved solids (TDS), originating from a geologically and physically protected underground water source. No minerals may be added to this water. In the European Union , bottled water may be called mineral water when it
128-482: The Arabian Journal of Geosciences after a lapse in the peer review process. In August 2023, after an investigation, Springer Nature retracted a paper that claimed there is no evidence of a global climate crisis. In September 2024, Lucina Uddin , a neuroscience professor at UCLA , sued Springer Nature along with five other academic journal publishers in a proposed class-action lawsuit, alleging that
144-581: The Nature Portfolio series of themed online journals was launched. Springer's journal Environment, Development, and Sustainability was one of six out of 100 journals to receive the highest possible "Five Wheel" impact rating from the SDG Impact Intensity™ journal rating system, based on an analysis of data from 2016–2020 that assessed relevance to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The following major brands belong to
160-433: The group (see also Subsidiaries): In 2017, the company agreed to block access to hundreds of articles on its Chinese site, cutting off access to articles related to Tibet, Taiwan, and China's political elite. The company retracted a paper in 2019, in its journal BMC Emergency Medicine due to a dubious peer-review process (a herpetologist could have denied the publication of the paper). In August 2020, Springer Nature
176-670: The median mineral content of North American mineral waters was lower than for tap water, though values varied widely among both groups. Additionally, other dietary sources of minerals are available and may be more cost effective and less environmentally impactful than bottled mineral water. Kozisek, Frantisek; Rosborg, Ingegerd, eds. (2020). Drinking Water Minerals and Mineral Balance Importance, Health Significance, Safety Precautions . Springer International Publishing . ISBN 9783030180348 . Springer International Publishing The company originates from several journals and publishing houses, notably Springer-Verlag , which
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#1732801425974192-568: The merger were first announced on 15 January 2015. The transaction was concluded in May 2015 with Holtzbrinck having the majority 53% share. IPO attempts in May 2018 and Autumn 2020 were unfruitful due to unfavorable market conditions. In 2021, Springer Nature acquired Atlantis Press, an open access publisher founded in Paris in 2006, focusing on scientific, technical, and medical (STM) content, and publication of conference proceedings . After
208-417: The merger, former Springer Science+Business Media CEO Derk Haank became CEO of Springer Nature. When he retired by the end of 2017, he was succeeded by Daniel Ropers , the co-founder and long-time CEO of bol.com . In September 2019, Ropers was replaced by Frank Vrancken Peeters . The company is releasing several Policies & Reports, including a Modern Slavery Act statement, a Tax strategy, and
224-403: The water is now uncommon, and in many cases not possible because of exclusive commercial ownership rights. More than 4,000 brands of mineral water are commercially available worldwide. In many places the term "mineral water" is colloquially used to mean any bottled carbonated water or soda water , as opposed to tap water . The more calcium and magnesium ions that are dissolved in water,
240-647: Was founded in 1842 by Julius Springer in Berlin (the grandfather of Bernhard Springer who founded Springer Publishing in 1950 in New York), Nature Publishing Group which has published Nature since 1869, and Macmillan Education , which goes back to Macmillan Publishers founded in 1843. Springer Nature was formed in 2015 by the merger of Nature Publishing Group, Palgrave Macmillan, and Macmillan Education (held by Holtzbrinck Publishing Group) with Springer Science+Business Media (held by BC Partners ). Plans for
256-418: Was reported to have rejected the publication of an article at the behest of its co-publisher, Wenzhou Medical University , from a Taiwanese doctor because the word "China" was not placed after "Taiwan". In July 2020, Springer Nature retracted a paper in the journal Society due to a dubious review process and criticism regarding racism. In November 2021, Springer Nature retracted 44 nonsense papers from
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