| Universum | |
| Frequency: | Ten issue per a year |
| Category: | Science and nature magazine |
| Company: | LW Media |
| Publisher: | LW Media |
| Country: | Austria |
| Based: | Vienna |
| Language: | German |
Universum is an Austrian popular science magazine published in German and based in Vienna, Austria. The magazine is the only Austrian publication in the field of popular science, because Germany-published magazines dominate the field in the country. The magazine is financially supported by the Austrian National Science Foundation.[1]
Universum was established in 1998 as a joint venture of Austrian Radio and Television and N.O Pressehaus.[2] The latter owned and published the magazine.[2] Then the magazine began to be owned and published by the LW Media. Universum is based in Vienna.[3]
The magazine is published ten times a year.[2] It covers science and nature stories about the determination of gender, cystic fibrosis, genetic determination of wine genealogy, analysis of viral genes and RNA analysis amongst other things.[2] The subtitle of the magazine is "the most beautiful magazine of Austria", reflecting its preference for covering non-conflictual topics.[1]
Oliver Lehman is the founding editor-in-chief. He served in the post until 2007 and resigned from the magazine in 2013.[4] Martin Kugler is the current editor-in-chief of Universum.[5]
Universum had a circulation of about 70,000 copies in 2002.[2] In 2007 the magazine sold 52,000 copies.[6] Its circulation was 42,000 copies in 2010.[7]