About the portal German Medical Science
Concept
The portal German Medical Science is the electronic interdisciplinary portal of the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany (AWMF). Developed in cooperation with the German Institute of Medical Documentation and Information (DIMDI) and the German National Library of Medicine (ZB MED) 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. The project is sponsored by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
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 "impact-factor".
The archival storage on DIMDI'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).
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 (info@egms.de). 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 proceedings.
- 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 and Apply for 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 full-texts 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 abstract or full-text gets its own citeable proof.
- An explicit addressing enables quick and easy access to any abstract or full-text.
- Quick and convenient search features are available.
- Furthermore, the portal German Medical Science offers a Print-on-Demand-Service to publish printed exemplars of conference proceedings reasonably and quickly.
Scientific Committee
The scientific committee of the portals German Medical Science consists of representatives of the member societies of AWMF:
| Prof. Dr. Jens R. Allenberg | Heidelberg | Vascular surgery |
| Prof. Dr. Peter Bärtsch | Heidelberg | Sports medicine and prevention |
| Prof. Dr. Hansjürgen Bratzke | Frankfurt a. M. | Forensic medicine |
| Prof. Dr. Reinhard G. Bretzel | Gießen | Diabetes |
| Prof. Dr. N. H. Brockmeyer | Bochum | AIDS |
| Prof. Dr. Ulrich M. Carl | Bremen | Diving and hyperbaric medicine |
| Prof. Dr. Wolfgang F. Caspary | Frankfurt a. M. | Digestive and metabolic disorders |
| Prof. Dr. med. Jean-François Chenot | Greifswald | General medicine |
| Prof. Dr. Ursula Creutzig | Münster | Pediatric oncology and hematology |
| PD Dr. Hans-Henning Eckstein | Ludwigsburg | Vascular surgery |
| Prof. Dr. Thomas Eiermann | Hamburg | Immunogenetics |
| Prof. Dr. Florian Eitel | München | Medical education |
| Prof. Dr. Rita Engenhart-Cabillic | Marburg | Cancer |
| Dr. Ekkehart D. Englert | Erfurt | Child and adolescent psychiatry |
| Dr. rer. nat. Wolfgang Eschner | Köln | Medical physics |
| PD Dr. Stefan Evers | Münster | Migraine and headache |
| Prof. Dr. Axel Gehrke | Hannover | Physical medicine and rehabilitation |
| Prof. Dr. Christoph Gutenbrunner | Hannover | Physical medicine and rehabilitation |
| PD Dr. Hans Gutzmann | Berlin | Geriatric psychiatry and psychotherapy |
| Prof. Dr. Monika Hasenbring | Bochum | Pain therapy (associated) |
| Prof. Dr. Detlef Heidemann | Frankfurt a. M. | Oral surgery |
| Prof. Dr. Gereon Heuft | Münster | Psychotherapeutical medicine |
| Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hinkelbein | Berlin | Radiation therapy |
| Prof. Dr. Paul Hoff | Zürich | Psychiatry, psychotherapy and neurology |
| Prof. Dr. Gerd Hoffmann | Frankfurt a. M. | (Sports medicine and prevention) |
| Prof. Dr. W. Hohenberger | Erlangen | Surgery |
| Prof. Dr. Karl Hörmann | Mannheim | Otorhinolaryngology, head and neck surgery |
| Prof. Dr. Werner Hosemann | Greifswald | Otorhinolaryngology, head and neck surgery |
| Dr. Betsy Hughes-Formella | Hamburg | Applied human pharmacology |
| Prof. Dr. Karl-Bernd Hüttenbrink | Dresden | Otorhinolaryngology, head and neck surgery |
| Prof. Dr. Heinrich Iro | Erlangen | Otorhinolaryngology, head and neck surgery |
| Prof. Dr. Paul L. Janssen | Dortmund | Psychotherapeutical medicine |
| Prof. Dr. Rudolf W. C. Janzen | Frankfurt a. M. | Neurology |
| Prof. Dr. Gerhard Jorch | Magdeburg | Neonatology and pediatric intensive care |
| Prof. Dr. Michael Jünger | Greifswald | Phlebology |
| Prof. Dr. Horst Kächele | Ulm | Psychosomatic medicine |
| Prof. Dr. Elmar Keck | Wiesbaden | Osteology |
| Prof. Dr. Annerose Keilmann | Mainz | Phoniatrics and pediatric audiology |
| PD Dr. Christof Klötzsch | Allensbach | Ultrasound in medicine |
| Prof. Dr. Harald Klüter | Mannheim | Transfusion medicine and immuno hematology |
| Prof. Dr. Uwe Koch | Hamburg | Medical psychology |
| Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Köpcke | Münster | Medical informatics and biometry |
| Prof. Dr. Hans-Christian Korting | München | Dermatology and mycology |
| Prof. Dr. Axel Kramer | Greifswald | Hospital hygiene |
| Prof. Dr. Volker Kretschmer | Marburg | |
| Prof. Dr. Birgit Kröner-Herwig | Göttingen | Behavioral medicine and modification |
| Prof. Dr. R. Leuwer | Krefeld | Otorhinolaryngology, head and neck surgery |
| Prof. Dr. Klaus Lieberz | Mannheim | Psychotherapy |
| Prof. Dr. Eike Martin | Heidelberg | Anesthesiology and intensive care |
| Prof. Dr. Norbert N. Meenen | Hamburg | Trauma surgery |
| Prof. Dr. O. Michel | Köln | Otorhinolaryngology, head and neck surgery |
| Prof. Dr. Peter Mildenberger | Mainz | Radiology |
| Prof. Dr. Joachim Mössner | Leipzig | Digestive and metabolic disorders |
| Prof. Dr. Edmund Neugebauer | Köln | Study of pain |
| Prof. Dr. Fritz Uwe Niethard | Aachen | Orthopedy and orthopedic surgery |
| Prof. Dr. Gerhardt Nissen | Würzburg | History of neurology |
| Prof. Dr. Christian Ohrloff | Frankfurt a. M. | Ophthalmology |
| Prof. Dr. Martin Ptok | Hannover | Phoniatrics and pediatric audiology |
| PD Dr. Ulrich Quint | Hamm | Spine research |
| Prof. Dr. Hans Reinauer | Düsseldorf | AWMF - Editor in Chief |
| Prof. Dr. Ivar Roots | Berlin | Clinical pharmacology and therapy |
| Prof. Dr. Herbert Rübben | Essen | Urology |
| PD Dr. Thomas Schiedeck | Lübeck | Coloproctology |
| Prof. Dr. Henning Schliephake | Göttingen | Oral surgery |
| Prof. Dr. Lutz G. Schmidt | Mainz | Addiction research and therapy |
| Prof. Dr. Ingo Schmidt-Wolf | Bonn | Hematology and onkology |
| Prof. Dr. Frank Schneider | Düsseldorf | Biological psychiatry |
| Prof. Dr. Rainer Schönweiler | Lübeck | Phoniatrics and pediatric audiology |
| Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Schuster | Hildesheim | Internal medicine |
| Prof. Dr. Clemens Sommer | Mainz | Neuropathology and anatomy |
| Prof. Dr. Norbert Stasche | Kaiserslautern | Otorhinolaryngology, head and neck surgery |
| Prof. Dr. Friedhelm Stetter | Porta Westfalica | Medical hypnosis and autogenic training |
| PD Dr. Monika Tigges | Karlsruhe | Phoniatrics and pediatric audiology |
| PD Dr. Heikki Toomes | Gerlingen | Thoracic surgery |
| Prof. Dr. Thomas Vogl | Frankfurt a. M. | Radiology |
| Prof. Dr. Rüdiger von Kummer | Dresden | Neuroradiology |
| Prof. Dr. Jürgen von Troschke | Freiburg | AWMF, Medical sociology |
| Prof. Dr. Peter von Wichert | Hamburg | Internal medicine |
| Prof. Dr. Wilfried Wagner | Mainz | Oral surgery |
| Prof. Dr. Diethelm Wallwiener | Tübingen | Senology |
| Dr. Wilhelm Welslau | Wien | Diving and hyperbaric medicine |
| Prof. Dr. Karl Werdan | Halle | Cardiology, internal intensive care |
Founder members of the Scientific Committee
| Prof. Dr. Wolfgang J. Bock |
Düsseldorf | AWMF / Neurological surgery |
| Prof. Dr. Stephan Bockenheimer |
Frankfurt a. M. | Neuroradiology |
| Prof. Dr. Heinz Gerngroß |
Ulm | Military medicine and pharmacy |
| Prof. Dr. Hans-Günter Willert |
Göttingen | Osteology |
