ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti sˈɛvən ænd nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti ˈeɪt, wˈoʊltɚz klˈuːwɚɹ ɐkwˈaɪɚd tˈɑːmsən sˈaɪəns ˈoʊnɚɹ ʌvðə kˈɜːɹənt əpˈɪniən mˈɛdɪkəl dʒˈɜːnəlz, ænd plˈɛnəm ænd mˈɜːdʒd ðə mˈɛdɪkəl pˌʌblɪkˈeɪʃənz ʌv ˈiːtʃ wɪð lˈɪpɪŋkˌɑːtɹˈeɪvən.
In 1997 and 1998, Wolters Kluwer acquired Thomson Science (owner of the Current Opinion medical journals), and Plenum and merged the medical publications of each with Lippincott-Raven.