The expert panel met for its constituent meeting on 2 December 2021. The scientific advisory board is made up of six experts from various life science disciplines and the Open Science movement. In this way, ZB MED promotes exchange with researchers and scientific editors in order to further develop the publication platform in line with demand and to enable researchers to continue quality-assured publishing at fair prices in the future. 

"With the constitution of the scientific advisory board for the PUBLISSO - Platform Gold, a further step has been taken to anchor the platform in the life sciences community," states Prof. Dr. Ursula Arning, head of the Open Science department at ZB MED. "We look forward to gaining new impetus through the advisory board and continuing to align the platform with the needs of research with its publication offerings for living handbooks, journals and series (as well as congresses in the future)."

Founding members of the newly constituted advisory board: 

• Prof. Dr. Björn Brembs
  (University of Regensburg, Institute of Zoology, Dept. of Neurogenetics)
• Prof. Dr. Judith Kreyenschmidt
  (Geisenheim University of Applied Sciences, Institute for Fresh Product Logistics / University of Bonn, Institute for Animal Sciences)
• Dr. Daniel Mietchen
  (Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering / Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries)
• Prof. Dr. Susanne Moebus
  (University Hospital Essen, Institute for Urban Public Health)
• Prof. Dr. Matthias Schulze
  (Dept. of Molecular Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition / University of Potsdam)
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dagmar Waltemath
  (University of Greifswald, Institute for Community Medicine, Dept. of Medical Informatics)
   

To PUBLISSO, the ZB MED Publikation Portal for Life Sciences