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zbMATH Open
Karlsruhe, Germany
What it is
zbMATH Open is a free mathematics information service linking research topics with authors, publications, references, and software. It offers more than 4.8 million bibliographic records containing reviews or abstracts from mathematical literature worldwide. Search covers research content, including formulas, as well as authors, author networks, journals, and journal contents. Records reference mathematical software, with an integrated search for software applications in mathematics. The service maintains an uninterrupted literature record since 1868, including data from the Jahrbuch über die Fortschritte der Mathematik. Mathematics-section arXiv preprints are integrated into author profiles and disambiguation. Available worldwide at no charge since becoming open access in 2021, it runs on the web and provides API and OAI access. The API does not contain all service content and commonly includes bibliographic data, DOI, reviews, author profiles, classifications, and sometimes abstracts. API use follows terms, licensing, copyright, and traffic controls.
For and against
For
- More than 4.8 million bibliographic records
- Formula, author, journal, and network search
- Continuous literature coverage since 1868
- Mathematical software references and application search
- Free worldwide open access
Against
- API does not include complete service content
- API access is subject to terms and traffic controls
The verdict
zbMATH Open offers broad mathematical bibliography, historical depth, and software references at no charge. Its API can support integrations, but users must work within its data scope and access conditions.
Who it suits
zbMATH Open is designed for mathematicians in research and teaching who need literature, author, journal, formula, or software discovery. Developers and researchers can also use its API and OAI interface.
Plans and prices
zbMATH Open
Free worldwide access · API access is subject to terms and contains only FIZ Karlsruhe’s own data and data authorized by publishers
Read 8 Oct 2026 · fizweb-p.fiz-karlsruhe.de
On the record
- API conditions
- API access requires agreement to its terms, which permit developing and testing applications and integrating the API subject to copyright, licensing, and traffic-control conditions.static.zbmath.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- API data limits
- The API does not contain the complete zbMATH Open content; datasets usually include bibliographic data, DOI, reviews, author profiles, classifications, and sometimes abstracts.static.zbmath.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- APIs and integrations
- The service provides API access and an OAI interface, and its open interfaces can support integration with other services and research use of zbMATH Open data.fizweb-p.fiz-karlsruhe.de · read 8 Oct 2026
- API service limitations
- The API is provided as is, may be temporarily interrupted or delayed, and access may be rate-limited or blocked if traffic-control practices are not followed.static.zbmath.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Audience
- The service is designed for mathematicians in research and teaching.fizweb-p.fiz-karlsruhe.de · read 8 Oct 2026
- Bibliographic coverage
- The service offers access to more than 4.8 million bibliographic records with reviews or abstracts from worldwide mathematical literature.fizweb-p.fiz-karlsruhe.de · read 8 Oct 2026
- Historical coverage
- The service reports an uninterrupted record of mathematical research literature since 1868, including data from the Jahrbuch über die Fortschritte der Mathematik.fizweb-p.fiz-karlsruhe.de · read 8 Oct 2026
- Open access
- The service became an open access platform in 2021 and is available free of charge worldwide.fizweb-p.fiz-karlsruhe.de · read 8 Oct 2026
- Preprints
- Preprints from the mathematics section of arXiv are integrated into zbMATH Open and included in author disambiguation and profiles.fizweb-p.fiz-karlsruhe.de · read 8 Oct 2026
- Publisher
- zbMATH Open is jointly published by FIZ Karlsruhe, the European Mathematical Society, and the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities.fizweb-p.fiz-karlsruhe.de · read 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- zbMATH Open is an information service for mathematics linking information on mathematical topics, authors, publications, references, and software.fizweb-p.fiz-karlsruhe.de · read 8 Oct 2026
- Search
- Users can search mathematical research content, including by formula, and can search authors, author networks, journals, and journal content.fizweb-p.fiz-karlsruhe.de · read 8 Oct 2026
- Software references
- The service includes references to mathematical software and an integrated search for applications of mathematical software in mathematics.fizweb-p.fiz-karlsruhe.de · read 8 Oct 2026
- Support
- FIZ Karlsruhe lists a customer service contact by telephone and email for questions about its offerings.fiz-karlsruhe.de · read 8 Oct 2026
