About the publisher

The National Geographic Society is a publisher centered on geography, nature, and human-interest topics. Publicly available information is limited, and its founding year and location are not recorded in the available data. Judging from the 698 titles in the collection, its publishing focuses on periodicals, especially the National Geographic series, including the January 2011 issue, the January 2010 issue, the February 1999 biodiversity special, and several 1998 issues, as well as earlier volumes from 1991, 1996, and 1997, showing a long-running continuity in magazine publishing. Its author resources include Chris Johns, William L. Allen, John G. Mitchell, Mike Edwards, Joel Achenbach, and Tom Struck, often credited alongside the National Geographic Society. Its publishing character lies in using periodicals to document geographic exploration and natural ecology, while also covering literary content.

Published (698)

National Geographic Magazine, January 2016 (Vol. 229, No. 1) National Geographic Society National Geographic Society · 2016 This is the January 2016 issue of National Geographic, Volume 229, Number 1, with the cover theme "The Power of Parks." 2016 marks the centennial of t… National Geographic, April 2016 (Vol. 229, No. 4) Susan Goldberg / Joel Sartore National Geographic Society · 2016 This is the April 2016 issue of National Geographic (US edition), Vol. 229, No. 4. The cover story is built around National Geographic photographer Jo… National Geographic Magazine, October 2016 (Vol. 230, No. 4) Susan Goldberg / Timothy Egan / Bryan Christy / Robert Kunzig / Michele Norris National Geographic Society · 2016 This is the October 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine (US edition), Vol. 230, No. 4, about 146 pages in total, with the cover theme "Back to … National Geographic, October 2015 (Vol. 228, No. 4) National Geographic Society / Susan Goldberg National Geographic Society · 2015 This is the October 2015 issue of National Geographic, Vol. 228, No. 4, a number whose theme can be summed up as "we are almost human." The cover stor… National Geographic, September 2015 (Vol. 228, No. 3) National Geographic Society / Brian Christie / Mark Jenkins / Patricia Edmonds / Hannah Bloch National Geographic Society · 2015 This is the September 2015 issue of National Geographic, Vol. 228, No. 3. The English original is published by the National Geographic Society, and th… National Geographic, July 2015 (Vol. 228, No. 1) David Quammen / David Brindley / Virginia Morell / Tom O'Neill / Nadia Drake / Jeremy Berlin National Geographic Society · 2015 This is the July 2015 issue of National Geographic (U.S. edition), Vol. 228, No. 1, running to about 144 pages. The cover features an illustration by … National Geographic Magazine, March 2015 (Vol. 227, No. 3) National Geographic Society National Geographic Society · 2015 This is the March 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine, U.S. edition (Vol. 227, No. 3), with the cover feature The War on Science. The cover use… National Geographic Magazine, May 2015 (Vol. 227, No. 5) National Geographic Society National Geographic Society · 2015 This is the May 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine (US edition), Volume 227, Number 5—one of the regular monthly issues that has carried forwa… National Geographic Magazine, November 2015 (Vol. 228, No. 5, Climate Change Special Issue) National Geographic Society National Geographic Society · 2015 This is the November 2015 issue of National Geographic Magazine, Vol. 228, No. 5. It is the magazine's "climate change special issue," deliberately re… National Geographic (U.S. Edition), April 2015, Vol. 227, No. 4 National Geographic Editorial Department National Geographic Society · 2015 This is the April 2015 issue of National Geographic (U.S. edition), Volume 227, Number 4. The cover story, "Hubble's Greatest Pictures," marks the 25t… National Geographic, January 2015, Vol. 227, No. 1 National Geographic Society National Geographic Society · 2015 This is the January 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine (U.S. edition), Volume 227, Number 1. The entire issue is built around the theme of "Fi… National Geographic, May 2014 (Vol. 225, No. 5) National Geographic Society / Jonathan Foley / Peter Miller / Peter Gwin / Rob Dunn / Cathy Newman National Geographic Society · 2014 This is the May 2014 issue of National Geographic (US edition): 154 pages, Volume 225, Number 5, with the cover theme "Feeding Nine Billion." The cove… National Geographic (U.S. Edition) April 2014, Vol. 225, No. 4 National Geographic Society National Geographic Society · 2014 This is the April 2014 issue of National Geographic magazine (U.S. edition), Vol. 225, No. 4, with an African pygmy hedgehog on the cover. The lead fe… National Geographic, August 2014 (VOL. 226 NO. 2) National Geographic Society Editorial Department National Geographic Society · 2014 This is the August 2014 issue of National Geographic Magazine, volume VOL. 226, issue NO. 2. The cover story concerns the Neolithic remains of the Ork… National Geographic, November 2014 (Vol. 226, No. 5) National Geographic Society National Geographic Society · 2014 This is the November 2014 issue of National Geographic, Volume 226, Number 5, roughly 146 pages, with Susan Goldberg as editor-in-chief. The issue bal… National Geographic Magazine, December 2014 (Vol. 226, No. 6) Paul Salopek / Susan Goldberg National Geographic Society · 2014 This is the December 2014 issue of National Geographic magazine (Vol. 226, No. 6), the closing installment of the year's multi-month "Future of Food" … National Geographic Magazine, June 2014 (Vol. 225, No. 6) National Geographic Society Editorial Department National Geographic Society · 2014 The June 2014 issue of National Geographic magazine (US edition, Vol. 225, No. 6) opens with the cover story "The Dogs of War," about military dogs se… National Geographic (U.S. Edition), October 2014, Vol. 226, No. 4 National Geographic Society National Geographic Society · 2014 The October 2014 issue of National Geographic (U.S. edition), Vol. 226, No. 4, is one installment of the magazine's long-running monthly tradition of … National Geographic, September 2014 (Vol. 226, No. 3) National Geographic Society Editorial Department / Ann Gibbons / Robert Draper / Matthieu Paley National Geographic Society · 2014 If you had to pick a single magazine issue to understand why we eat the way we do, the September 2014 National Geographic would be hard to avoid. "The… National Geographic (US Edition) February 2014, Vol. 225, No. 2 National Geographic Society National Geographic Society · 2014 This is the February 2014 issue of National Geographic's US edition, Vol. 225, No. 2, continuing the magazine's tradition of long-form reporting, docu…

Frequent authors

National Geographic Society (359)National Geographic Society (91)National Geographic Society (82)Gilbert H. Grosvenor (33)Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (30)Gilbert Grosvenor (17)Gilbert M. Grosvenor (15)Editorial Department of National Geographic Society (14)Chris Johns (10)Melville Bell Grosvenor (10)Frederick Simpich (9)Maynard Owen Williams (8)