About the portal German Medical Science
- Concept
- Publication Fees
- Portal Structure
- Journals
- Medical Meetings
- Editorial Office
- Steering Committee
- Scientific Committee
- Policy
Concept
The portal German Medical Science is the electronic interdisciplinary portal of the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany (AWMF). Developed with the German Institute of Medical Documentation and Information (DIMDI) and run in cooperation with the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) and ZB MED – Information Centre for Life Sciences, it offers open access to medical articles that are high-ranking and quality reviewed. The portal German Medical Science offers all scientists from the field of medicine the possibility to publish their research results online. In the build-up phase GMS was sponsored by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Federal Ministry of Health.
Beyond the rapidity of publication and access, the portal German Medical Science fully uses the possibilities of electronic media. Possibilities were created to upgrade the articles by linking them to high-resolution pictures, extensive charts, sounds, films, complete research databases or other data. The integration of national and international reference databases (e.g. MEDLINE) and the access to master files of publications allow for any extension of the information scope. In addition, the internet media enables the development of document-oriented alternatives to the "impact factor".
The archival storage on BfArM's highly secure servers guarantees for permanent access and citeability. All the articles published in the portal German Medical Science are available throughout the world online for anyone interested immediately, permanently and free of charge (open access).
The German Medical Science gGmbH is also publishing handbooks and the MAK Collection. These appear at PUBLISSO.
Publication Fees
In order to provide open access to publications from science and research, GMS uses a business model in which our expenses - including those of peer review, journal production, online hosting and archiving - are partially recovered by charging publication fees that are generally paid by the editing societies. If you are interested in our publication fees, please contact us. We will be happy to provide you with our price lists for journal and meeting publications and further information.
Portal Structure
The portal German Medical Science covers the following publication areas:
- Medical Journals: e-journals of individual expert associations are made available under their own title with scientific original papers and surveys from the respective field of activity, GMS German Medical Science - an Interdisciplinary Journal publishes high-ranking peer-reviewed interdisciplinary original papers and surveys from the entire spectrum of medicine on an interdisciplinary level. Additionally the "Mitteilungen der AWMF" and the journal of the German Medical Library Association are published in this area.
- The portal additionally serves as publication platform for electronic abstracts and proceedings of scientific meetings.
- The third area is dedicated to the publication of medical reports.
Journals within the portal German Medical Science
The portal German Medical Science gives scientists the possibility to establish their own online journal for their special field of interest. The portal German Medical Science has developed a web-based Manuscript Operating System (MOPS) that makes it possible for any interested specialist group to operate an own scientific publication organ. Each e-journal published under the umbrella of the portal German Medical Science has to be in agreement with the author's rights policy and the license terms of the portal German Medical Science. See Author's Rights, Journal Policy and Start a New Journal.
Medical Meetings
A quick publicaton of meetings/congress articles promotes the communication and teamwork among researchers and helps to avoid an overlapping of the results. The portal German Medical Science publishes abstracts and other contributions of scientific meetings.
Main advantages of a publication within the portal German Medical Science:
- More attention and observation for the conference via worldwide open access.
- Each contribution gets its own citeable record and persistent identifiers (DOI/URN).
- An explicit addressing enables quick and easy access to any contribution.
- Quick and convenient search features are available.
Editorial Office
ZB MED – Information Centre for Life Science
Gleueler Str. 60
50931 Koeln
Germany
E-Mail
Steering Committee
Prof. Dr. Karl Broich
BfArM (Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices)
Prof. Dr. Dietrich Rebholz-Schuhmann
ZB MED – Information Centre for Life Science
Dr. Manfred Gogol
AWMF (Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany)
Scientific Committee
The scientific committee of the portal German Medical Science consists of representatives of the AWMF member societies:
Dr. Karl-Ludwig Ackermann | Filderstadt | Oral Surgery |
Prof. Dr. Peter Bartmann | Bonn | Pediatrics |
Prof. Dr. Anil Batra | Tübingen | Addiction Research and Therapy |
Prof. Dr. Daniela Berg | Tübingen | Neurology, Parkinson |
Prof. Dr. Peter Berlit | Berlin | Neurology |
PD Dr. Kurt Bestehorn | Ebenhausen | Pharmacy |
Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Bloch | Köln | Sports Medicine |
Prof. Dr. Klaus-Michael Braumann | Hamburg | Sports Medicine |
Prof. Dr. Nobert H. Brockmeyer | Bochum | Dermatology |
Prof. Dr. J. Buchmann | Rostock | Physiotherapy |
Prof. Dr. Gerd Burchard | Hamburg | Tropical Medicine |
Prof. Dr. Jean-François Chenot | Greifswald | General or Family Medicine |
Prof. Dr. Ursula Creutzig | Münster | Pediatric Oncology and Hematology |
Prof. Dr. Claus Cursiefen | Köln | Ophthalmology |
PD Dr. Georg Ebersbach | Beelitz-Heilstätten | Neurology, Parkinson |
Prof. Dr. Hans-Henning Eckstein | München | Vascular Surgery |
Prof. Dr. Thomas Eiermann | Hamburg | Immunogenetics |
Prof. Dr. Peter Elsner | Jena | Dermatology |
Prof. Dr. Rita Engenhart-Cabillic | Marburg | Oncology |
Dr. Ekkehart D. Englert | Erfurt | Child and Adolescent Psychiatry |
PD Dr. Stefan Evers | Münster | Neurology, Migraine |
Dr. Götz Fabry | Freiburg | Medical Education |
Prof. Dr. Martin Fischer | München | Medical Education |
Prof. Dr. Roland Frankenberger | Marburg | Dentistry |
Prof. Dr. Matthias Franz | Düsseldorf | Psychoanalytics |
Prof. Dr. Andreas Fritsche | Tübingen | Diabetes |
Prof. Dr. Paul Christian Fuchs | Köln | Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery |
Prof. Dr. Axel Gehrke | Hannover | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
Prof. Dr. Tanja Germerott | Mainz | Forensic Medicine |
Dr. Manfred Gogol | Hannover | AWMF |
Prof. Dr. Johannes Gostomzyk | Augsburg | Social Medicine and Preventive Care |
Prof. Dr. Gesine Grande | Leipzig | Cardiovascular Diseases, Rehabiliation |
Prof. Dr. Eva Grill | München | Epidemiology |
Prof. Dr. Christoph Gutenbrunner | Hannover | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
Prof. Dr. Dr. Martin Härter | Hamburg | Medical Psychology |
PD Dr. Alkomiet Hasan | München | Psychiatry |
Prof. Dr. Monika Hasenbring | Bochum | Pain Therapy |
Prof. Dr. Stephan Hau | Stockholm | Psychoanalysis, Psychotherapy, Psychosomatic Medicine |
Prof. Dr. Alexander Herold | Mannheim | Coloproctology |
Prof. Dr. Gereon Heuft | Münster | Psychosomatic Medicine |
Prof. Dr. Gerd Hoffmann | Frankfurt | Sports Medicine |
Prof. Dr. Christian Hugo | Dresden | Transplantation Medicine |
PD Dr. Katrin Janhsen | Witten | Drug Utilisation Research |
Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Jöckel | Essen | Medical Informatics and Biometry |
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Jorch | Magdeburg | Pediatrics, Neonatology |
Prof. Dr. Michael Jünger | Greifswald | Phlebology |
PD Dr. Björn Jüttner | Hannover | Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine |
Prof. Dr. Horst Kächele | Ulm | Psychosomatic Medicine |
Prof. Dr. Axel Karenberg | Köln | History of Neurology |
Prof. Dr. Elmar Keck | Wiesbaden | Osteology |
Prof. Dr. Annerose Keilmann | Mainz | Phoniatrics and Pediatric Audiology |
PD Dr. Rigobert Klett | Gießen | Physiotherapy |
PD Dr. Christof Klötzsch | Allensbach | Ultrasound in Medicine |
Prof. Dr. Harald Klüter | Mannheim | Transfusion Medicine |
Prof. Dr. Armin Koch | Hannover | Medical Informatics and Biometry |
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Köpcke | Münster | Medical Informatics and Biometry |
Prof. Dr. Karin Kraft | Rostock | Phytotherapy |
Prof. Dr. Axel Kramer | Greifswald | Hospital Hygiene |
Prof. Dr. Peter Kropp | Rostock | Medical Psychology |
Prof. Dr. Jens-Peter Kühn | Greifswald | Radiology |
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Laufs | Homburg/Saar | Cardiology |
Prof. Dr. Johannes Liese | Würzburg | Pediatric Infectiology |
Dr. Petra Lynen Jansen | Berlin | Gastroenterology, Digestive and Metabolic Diseases |
Dr. Berend Malchow | München | Psychiatry |
Prof. Dr. Ingo Marzi | Frankfurt a. M. | Trauma Surgery |
Prof. Dr. Hans-Dieter Mennel | Marburg | History of Neurology |
Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Mentzel | Jena | Pediatric Radiology |
Prof. Dr. H.-J. Meyer | Berlin | Surgery |
Prof. Dr. Stefan C. Müller | Bonn | Urology |
Prof. Dr. Karsten Müssig | Düsseldorf | Diabetes |
Prof. Dr. Björn Nashan | Hamburg | Transplantation Medicine |
Prof. Dr. Edmund Neugebauer | Köln | Study of Pain |
Prof. Dr. Christopher Nimsky | Marburg | Neurosurgery |
Prof. Dr. Christian Ohrloff | Frankfurt | Ophthalmology |
Prof. Dr. Martin Ptok | Hannover | Phoniatrics and Pediatric Audiology |
Dr. Udo Puteanus | Münster | Drug Utilisation Research |
PD Dr. Ulrich Quint | Hamm | Spine Research |
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Reichenbach | Jena | Medizinische Physik |
Prof. Dr. Herbert Rübben | Essen | Urology |
Prof. Dr. Henning Schliephake | Göttingen | Oral Surgery |
Prof. Dr. Ingo Schmidt-Wolf | Bonn | Hematology and Oncology |
Prof. Dr. Frank Schneider | Aachen | Biological Psychiatry |
Prof. Dr. Rainer Schönweiler | Lübeck | Phoniatrics and Pediatric Audiology |
Prof. Dr. Clemens Sommer | Mainz | Neuropathology and Anatomy |
Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Stellbrink | Hamburg | AIDS |
Prof. Dr. Friedhelm Stetter | Porta Westfalica | Medical Hypnosis and Autogenic Training |
Prof. Dr. Caner Süsal | Heidelberg | Immunogenetics |
Prof. Dr. Monika Tigges | Karlsruhe | Phoniatrics and Pediatric Audiology |
Prof. Dr. Bernd Turowski | Düsseldorf | Neuroradiology |
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Uehleke | Berlin | Phytotherapy |
Prof. Dr. Eberhard Uhl | Gießen | Neurosurgery |
Prof. Dr. Marcel A. Verhoff | Frankfurt | Forensic Medicine |
Prof. Dr. Thomas Vogl | Frankfurt | Radiology |
Prof. Dr. Peter M. Vogt | Hannover | Plastic Surgery |
Prof. Dr. Olaf von dem Knesebeck | Hamburg | Medical Sociology |
Dr. Thomas von Lengerke | Hannover | Medical Sociology |
Prof. Dr. Wilfried Wagner | Mainz | Oral Surgery |
Prof. Dr. Claus-W. Wallesch | Elzach | Neurorehabilitation |
Prof. Dr. Diethelm Wallwiener | Tübingen | Senology |
Prof. Dr. Ulla Walter | Hannover | Social Medicine and Preventive Care |
Prof. Dr. Norbert Weiss | Dresden | Angiology |
Dr. Wilhelm Welslau | Wien | Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine |
Prof. Dr. Normann Willich | Münster | Radiation Therapy |
Prof. Dr. Alfred Winter | Leipzig | Medical Informatics and Biometry |
Prof. Dr. Torsten Witte | Hannover | Immunology |