Introduction:
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. operates as a research and learning company worldwide. It operates through three segments: Research, Learning, and Held for Sale or Sold. The company offers scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly journals, as well as related content and services to learned societies, individual researchers, other professionals, as well as academic, corporate, and government libraries. It publishes physical sciences and engineering, health sciences, social sciences, and humanities and life sciences journals through research libraries and library consortia, and independent subscription agents, direct to professional society members, and other customers ; and operates Literatum, an online publishing platform for production and content hosting, submissions and peer review support, editorial, and copyediting services. The company also offers academic and professional products and services, including scientific, professional, education print and digital books, and digital courseware to libraries, corporations, students, professionals, and researchers through chain and online booksellers, libraries, colleges and universities, corporations, direct to consumer, websites, distributor networks, and other online applications. In addition, it provides learning, development, publishing, and assessment services to businesses and professionals; and online learning and training solutions for global corporations and small and medium-sized enterprises. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. was formerly known as John Wiley And Sons and changed its name to John Wiley & Sons, Inc. in November 1953. The company was founded in 1807 and is based in Hoboken, New Jersey.