[2] 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.

[3] The company currently publishes over 95 journals,[4] and over 9,000 e-book titles.