2026-2028 S2O Agreement with Flat Fee Pilot between Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Medizin (ZB MED) - Informationszentrum Lebenswissenschaften and American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

Provider: American Society for Microbiology (USA)

Negotiated by: ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences

Product type: S2O Agreement with Flat Fee Pilot 

Product description: 

The ASM consortium offer for the years 2026 to 2028 offers a choice between the following packages:

Read access:
Journals in the all-inclusive package:
• Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
• Applied and Environmental Microbiology
• Clinical Microbiology Reviews
• Infection and Immunity
• Journal of Bacteriology
• Journal of Clinical Microbiology
• Journal of Virology
• Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Journals in the basic package:
• Applied and Environmental Microbiology
• Infection and Immunity
• Journal of Bacteriology
• Journal of Virology
• Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

ASM has eight additional open access journals. The complete list can be found at this link: https://journals.asm.org/institutional-subscription-pricing

The six most important ASM research journals, which are available by subscription, are also included in the S2O model.

Subscribe-to-open journals:
• Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy®
• Applied and Environmental Microbiology®
• Infection and Immunity®
• Journal of Bacteriology®
• Journal of Clinical Microbiology®
• Journal of Virology®

Publication component:
A subscription to one of the available packages (“All-Inclusive Package” or “Basic Package”) entitles licensees and authors to publish free of charge in the listed journals during the term of this agreement, using S2O benefits*.

All-Inclusive Package:
• Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy®
• Applied and Environmental Microbiology®
• Infection and Immunity®
• Journal of Bacteriology®
• Applied and Environmental Microbiology®
• Infection and Immunity®
• Journal of Bacteriology®
• Journal of Clinical Microbiology®
• Journal of Virology®

Basic Package:
• Applied and Environmental Microbiology®
• Infection and Immunity®
• Journal of Bacteriology®
• Journal of Virology®

*Further details in the pricing information

Eligible institutions:
Universities, (technical) colleges, hospitals, research institutions (based in Germany)

Contract period:
01.01.2026-31.12.2028

For further information please contact: konsortiallizenzen@zbmed.de