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Phone: +49 (0)221 999 892 240

Cologne Site

Medicine and Health

Address:
ZB MED – Information Centre for Life Sciences
Gleueler Straße 60
50931 Cologne (Köln)
Germany

Bonn Site

Nutritional, Environmental and Agricultural Sciences

Address:
ZB MED – Information Centre for Life Sciences
Friedrich-Hirzebruch-Allee 4
53115 Bonn
Germany

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An infrastructure and research centre for data and information in the life sciences.

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ZB MED is your ideal partner for the field of life sciences.

Offers for scientific institutions, research communities, libraries

  • BrowZine by Third Iron for the Leibniz Association
    Productsheet (in German)
     
  • Canadian Science Publishing - Read & Publish Agreement represented by Accucoms
    Product sheet (in German)
     
  • The Company of Biologists - Read & Publish Agreement represented by Missing Link
    Product sheet (in German)
     
  • ELFI database for the Leibniz Association
    Product sheet (in German)
     
  • ELFI database for departmental research institutions
    Product sheet (in German)
     

  • Frontiers Media - National Publication Agreement valid for participating organisations
    Invitation to the information event on the Frontiers 2024 - 2026 consortium offer
    On 28 November 2024 from 11:00-12:00 - Link to registration

      For new customers (without previous publications, in German): Product sheet
      For existing customers: Product sheet

    Choice between two possible categories - A & B
      Category A: tiered flat-fee model
      Category B: individual billing with consortium discount
    Link to the agreement: Open Access Publishing Framework Agreement for Germany
    Link to: List of participants

  • GeoScienceWorld - Subscription Agreement
    Product sheet (in German)
     
  • JMIR - Gold OA-Publication Agreement valid for participating organisations
    Product sheet (in German)
     
  • JMIR - Plan P-Fully-Open-Access-Agreement
    Product sheet (in German)

  • Lyell Collection from the Geological Society of London represented by Accucoms (mainly university libraries)
    Product sheet (in German)

  • LibKey by Third Iron for the Leibniz Association
    Productsheet (in German)
     
  • Lippincott Williams & Wilkins - Subscriptionagreement - 116 Journals
    Product sheet (in German)
     
  • Mary Ann Liebert - Subscriptionagreement represented by Burgundy
    Product sheet (in German)
     
  • MDPI - National Publication Agreement for Open Access
    Information event on the MDPI 2025-2027 consortium offer
    took place on 19.11.2024 from 11:00-12:00 o'clock
    Product sheet (in German)
     
  • Microbiology Society - Read & Publish Agreement represented by Harrassowitz
    Product sheet (in German)
     
  • The Neurosurgical Atlas represented by Accucoms
    Product sheet (in German)
     
  • Rockefeller University Press - Read & Publish Agreement represented by Accucoms
    Product sheet (in German)
     
  • Thieme Transformation contract II (4 journals) (mainly university libraries)
    Product sheet (in German)
     
  • Thieme via medici - Lernplattform
    Product sheet (in German)
     
  • Visible Body - Online Software
    Product sheet (in German)

ZB MED is supported by the Federal Ministry of Health

ZB MED is supported by the Federal Ministry of Health.

The Federal Ministry of Health is a sponsor of ZB MED on the basis of a decision by the German Bundestag.

Local universities cooperate closely with ZB MED as partners

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The robust, well-established partnership between ZB MED and the University of Cologne covers research, teaching and the provision of information. The Scientific Director of ZB MED also holds a professorship at the Medical Faculty.

ZB MED is sponsered by the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia

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Logo of Ministry of Culture and Science of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia

The Ministry of Culture and Science of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia is sponsoring ZB MED.

Local universities cooperate closely with ZB MED as partners

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A joint professorship is just one example of the cooperation between ZB MED and the University of Bonn in the fields of research and teaching. ZB MED’s Bonn site is located on the Poppelsdorf campus.

ZB MED advocates Open Access

ZB MED promotes and supports open access to scientific research through the PUBLISSO portal and other services.

Local universities cooperate closely with ZB MED as partners

ZB MED’s cooperation with TH Köln focuses on providing qualifications in information and data science through joint professorships and other strategies.

ZB MED is a member of DataCite

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DataCite is an international not-for-profit organisation that offers services and know-how relating to the management, referencing and citation of research data.

ZB MED and Bielefeld University have signed a cooperation agreement

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The objective is to work together to provide complementary information services for the life sciences.

ZB MED advocates equality

ZB MED received the TOTAL E-QUALITY award in 2010, 2013, 2017 and 2021 for successfully implementing equality in its staffing structure and personnel policies.

ZB MED is one of over 30 partners in the LFV Open Science

The network is committed to the research and development of working methods, infrastructures, and tools of Open Science.

ZB MED is a member of DAFA.

The "Deutsche Agrarfoschungsallianz" aims to improve the performance, transparency and international visibility of German agricultural research. It is a joint project of German agricultural research.

ZB MED is committed to the principles of Libraries4Future.

Climate protection, sustainability, responsibility, social solidarity.