Why gms?
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The idea to publish and distribute papers of the German medical scientific communities in electronic form independent of commercial publishers has been created by the gms founder members AWMF, DIMDI and ZBMed. An analysis of the Journal Impact Factor and its misleading use, yearly price increases for the subscription of scientific journals and last but not least the lack of international acceptance of medical journals in German language had triggered this initiative of the members of the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany. Limited budgets of university libraries as well as the continuously rising prices of the publishing houses for the subscription of printed scientific journals had further impact on the discussion. Substantial suggestions came from national and international symposia on the future of scientific publishing in the field of medicine. Also authors of DIMDI published a paper on the Journal Impact Factor [1]. The interest on plans for an internet journal broadened quickly. By inquiries among members of the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany the requirements regarding current and future publications were determined. These are rapid publication international acceptance searchability in medical databases and on the web citability long term archiving favourable copyright regulations small publication costs
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