A family business, founded in 1890 in Berlin. Samuel Karger decided to launch a publishing company devoted entirely to medicine and science.

Today, the company’s headquarters based in  Basel, Switzerland,  has a worldwide network of branch offices and distribution centres. The publishing house produces close to 80 scientific journals and about 150 serial and non-serial book titles and supplements or themed journal issues per year, primarily in English. All journals and most of the books are also available in electronic format, since Karger was among the first to recognize the potential of the new media for publishing.

Ready to tackle the many challenges facing the publishing industry in the next few decades, S. Karger is confident that it will continue to serve the information needs of the scientific community as an independent family-owned publishing house.