zbMATH Open

zbMATH Open is designed for mathematicians in research and teaching. The information service offers access to more than 4 million bibliographic records with reviews or abstracts from the worldwide mathematical literature and to references to mathematical software. The search for scientific content is based on the comprehensive references of worldwide mathematical research; access is also possible via a formula search. Authors and their networks as well as journals and their content can also be searched.

zbMATH Open users can identify research trends and evaluate mathematical research. Of increasing relevance is the integrated search for applications of mathematical software in mathematics.

As of 2021, all zbMATH Open content will be available for free.  Open interfaces enable the integration of other services, e.g., better search functions for full texts from free digital libraries such as arXiv and EuDML. A further dimension of new applications is offered by the linkage with mathematical research data, which so far have been largely isolated and poorly developed.

The high degree of completeness of zbMATH Open is achieved, among other things, through the integration of the data related to “Jahrbuch über die Fortschritte in der Mathematik (1868-1942)“. Thus, zbMATH Open has an uninterrupted record of mathematical research literature since 1868 with a focus on Europe.

An essential prerequisite for the high scientific integrity and quality of the data is the deep formal and content-related indexing according to transparent, uniform methods and standards.
The publications are abstracted and evaluated by an international network of more than 7,800 scientists. Thus, the scientific quality of the articles becomes transparent to the public.

This provides zbMATH Open with a long-established quality assurance process that identifies and can counteract abuse in the publication business. The community is actively involved in the creation and quality assurance of the information.

In the beginning of 2021, the renowned information service zbMATH was transformed into an open access platform. This service, which had been subject to a charge up to now, is thus available free of charge to all interested persons worldwide.

Direct access to zbMATH Open is provided at the start page of zbmath.org.

zbMATH Open is jointly published by FIZ Karlsruhe, the European Mathematical Society, and the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities.