The Microbiology Society, one of Europe's largest and most respected microbiology organizations, has announced a new three-year Publish and Read agreement with the German consortium ZB MED – Information Centre for Life Sciences. This partnership, established with the support of HARRASSOWITZ, the Society’s representative agency in Germany, is now available to 400 member institutions and 2,000 hospitals across the country.
Starting in 2025, science institutions and hospitals that are part of this consortium will be able to join the Publish and Read agreement at discounted rates. The Society's Publish and Read model offers substantial benefits for researchers and institutions alike, including:
Uncapped Open Access Publishing: Corresponding authors affiliated with a Publish and Read institution can publish their work Open Access without incurring Article Processing Charges (APCs), making their research freely available to the global scientific community.
Unlimited Content Access: All users associated with a participating institution can access the entire archive of Microbiology Society content, dating back to 1947. This provides invaluable resources for both current research and historical reference.
The agreement covers the Society’s entire portfolio of journals, including its hybrid titles Journal of General Virology, Journal of Medical Microbiology, and International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, as well as its fully Open Access titles Access Microbiology, Microbiology, and Microbial Genomics.
This new initiative underscores the Microbiology Society’s commitment to advancing microbiological research and supporting the global scientific community by providing wide access to its publications. Researchers can now disseminate their work more broadly while benefiting from the Society’s extensive and well-regarded journal archive.
Authors and institutions interested in participating can check if their organization is signed up for the Publish and Read agreement here.
This strategic move by the Microbiology Society is expected to enhance the visibility and impact of microbiological research in Germany, fostering greater collaboration and innovation across the life sciences.
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