Zentralblatt MATH (ZBMATH), a reference database in mathematical research, has published its 3 millionth bibliographic entry. ZBMATH is projected as the leading publication in mathematics, presenting the development of research in this discipline for the past 150 years. A total of 3,500 journals and more than 1,100 book series and monographs are currently documented and analysed.
In practice, this means an annual growth of around 120,000 new entries from research institutes all over the world. The entries consist of abstracts or reviews written by more than 6,000 experts. The editorial work is carried out by FIZ Karlsruhe under the supervision of Editor-in-Chief Prof. Bernd Wegner.
In 2007, FIZ Karlsruhe and the National Science Library of the Chinese Academy of Sciences entered into a cooperation agreement. Since then, Chinese research literature in the field of mathematics has been comprehensively listed in the database. A total of more than 70,000 papers are already listed, with around another 8,000 added each year.
ZBMATH is now seen to be a database that goes far beyond the original concept of a journal and networks the international mathematical research community. The editorial office in Berlin structures and assesses content, makes the entries available in electronic form and ensures that the software is refined to be able to deal with the continual growth in mathematical publications. Strong networking among mathematicians allows the functionalities of the database to be optimally adapted to the requirements of researchers and scientists. By displaying the papers in MathML, complicated mathematical formulas can now be read directly as well.
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