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Wiley-VCH

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Academic publisher (founded 1921)

Wiley-VCH is a German publisher owned by John Wiley & Sons. It was founded in 1921 as Verlag Chemie (meaning "Chemistry Press": VCH stands for Verlag Chemie) by two German learned societies. Later, it was merged into the German Chemical Society (GDCh).2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Wiley-VCH is a German publisher owned by John Wiley & Sons. It was founded in 1921 as Verlag Chemie (meaning "Chemistry Press": VCH stands for Verlag Chemie) by two German learned societies. Later, it was merged into the German Chemical Society (GDCh). In 1991, VCH acquired Akademie Verlag. It has been owned by John Wiley & Sons since 1996. The humanities section of Akademie Verlag and the Akademie brand were sold in 1997 to R. Oldenbourg Verlag, while VCH retained the natural sciences catalog.2

Corporate structure

Wiley-VCH is part of a group headed by Wiley. 36 entities, 11 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Wiley Hoboken, New Jersey, United States
    • John Wiley & Sons Ltd Bognor Regis, United Kingdom
    • Wiley-VCH Weinheim
      • Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry Owned
    • ChemInform Subsidiary
    • Hindawi Publishing Corporation Subsidiary · القاهرة
    • Knewton Subsidiary · New York City
    • Knowledge Unlatched Subsidiary · Berlin
    • Wiley-Blackwell Subsidiary · Hoboken
    • Atypon Systems Ltd Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • Blackwell Science (Overseas Holdings) Ltd Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • Ernst & Sohn GmbH Subsidiary · Germany
    • Inscape Publishing, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • J WILEY LIMITED Subsidiary · Bognor Regis, United Kingdom
    • John Wiley & Sons (HK) Limited Subsidiary · Hong Kong
    • John Wiley & Sons Canada Limited Subsidiary · Canada
    • John Wiley & Sons Commercial Service (Beijing) Co Ltd Subsidiary · China
    • John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd. Subsidiary · Singapore
    • John Wiley and Sons Australia Ltd. Subsidiary · Australia
    • Madgex Holdings Ltd Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • Personality Profile Solutions, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • PIIEU Ltd Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • WILEY APAC SERVICES LLP Subsidiary · Hoboken, New Jersey, United States
    • Wiley Europe Investment Holdings, Ltd. Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • Wiley Europe Ltd Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • Wiley Heyden Ltd Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • Wiley HK2 Limited Subsidiary · Hong Kong
    • and 10 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Wiley-VCH reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Founded by German Chemical Society in 1921.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

Also owns

  • Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1921Founded Founded1

Sources

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