The Microbiology Society, one of the largest microbiology societies in Europe, is pleased to announce a new three-year Publish and Read offering with German consortium ZB MED – Information Centre for Life Sciences, available to its 400 member institutions and 2,000 hospitals. This agreement was established in partnership with HARRASSOWITZ, the Society’s representative agency in Germany.
From 2025, member institutions can join this consortium-wide Publish and Read agreement to enjoy discounted pricing. For participating institutions, the Society’s Publish and Read model allows affiliated researchers:
- Uncapped Open Access publishing: corresponding authors from a Publish and Read institution can publish Open Access with no Article Processing Charges (APCs).
- Unlimited usage: any user associated with a Publish and Read institution can access the entire archive of Society content, back to 1947.
Publish and Read covers the Society’s entire portfolio, including hybrid titles Journal of General Virology, Journal of Medical Microbiology and International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology and fully Open Access titles Access Microbiology, Microbiology and Microbial Genomics.
Authors can check if their institution is signed up here.
Peter Cotgreave, Chief Executive of the Microbiology Society: “We are delighted to have established this offering for the ZB MED consortium to further support microbiologists across Germany with simple, APC-free Open Access publishing. Germany is a crucial region for the Society’s efforts to advance the field of microbiology and we are grateful for the support of our representatives at HARRASSOWITZ in arranging this wide-reaching, impactful agreement for the German research community.”
Petra Labriga, Head of Strategic Licensing and Acquisitions at ZB MED: “In our role as the German Information Centre for Life Sciences, ZB MED is strongly invested in helping German life scientists publish their work Open Access in an affordable yet highly professional environment. Focusing on the transition to Open Access and transformative agreements for German Life Sciences, we invite all interested German academic and research institutions and hospitals to join this Publish and Read consortium agreement with the Microbiology Society to take advantage of this non-APC based, uncapped author publishing opportunity across all of the Microbiology Society’s journals.”
Monika Schneider, Director of Sales Europe at HARRASSOWITZ: “We are extremely pleased to support German libraries in managing this new agreement. With HARRASSOWITZ’s extensive experience in handling transformative agreements and understanding the specific requirements of consortia, we will provide the highest level of precision and align our services with the needs of our clients. We have a long and successful history of working closely with both Microbiology Society and ZB MED, and we are excited to continue this collaboration.”
