About Der Betriebsarzt

Der Betriebsarzt

Der Betriebsarzt is the company-physician magazine of German occupational medicine: the regular supplement "ASUpraxis – Der Betriebsarzt" of the journal ASU – Arbeitsmedizin, Sozialmedizin, Umweltmedizin (Zeitschrift für medizinische Prävention), published monthly by the Gentner Verlag in Stuttgart. With its own editorial team focused on Betriebsmedizin (company medicine), the supplement serves the core target group of occupational and company physicians in teaching, research and practice — the Betriebsärzte who advise companies and care for employees' health. A note on the web presence: the standalone domain der-betriebsarzt.de did not resolve at research time (October 2026); the magazine's content is verifiably carried within ASU's publishing program, which continues monthly.

Overview

Der Betriebsarzt is the practice magazine within Germany's leading occupational-medicine journal. The parent title ASU — founded in 1965, appearing 12 times a year, reaching around 12,000 readers in the German-speaking area — is described by its publisher as the Leitmedium (leading medium) of Arbeitsmedizin: peer-reviewed, led by a scientific editorial board and advised by a scientific advisory board, with recognized authors from science and practice. Within this journal, the regular supplement ASUpraxis – Der Betriebsarzt is the component (Bestandteil) dedicated to company-physician practice, managed by an editorial team with the Schwerpunkt Betriebsmedizin.

The readership — the Kernzielgruppe — comprises Arbeitsmediziner and Betriebsärzte in Lehre, Forschung und Praxis: the occupational physicians in universities, free practice, companies, institutions and academies of occupational medicine who regularly use the journal. Because ASU also takes up socio-medical and environmental-medical topics, it additionally reaches physicians of other specialties. The supplement's focus — the Betriebsarzt's daily work: the Vorsorge, the Begutachtung, the Beratung of companies and employees — makes it the practitioner's magazine within the scientific journal.

The journal's institutional role: ASU is the organ (Organ) of the scientific societies for occupational medicine in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, of the Verband Deutscher Betriebs- und Werksärzte (VDBW) and of the academies for occupational and social medicine. The supplement ASUprotect – Das Magazin für Arbeitsschutzmanagement, appearing twice a year, complements ASU at the interface to occupational safety. The bibliographic record (ZDB-ID 124312-3, ISSN 0944-6052 for the print) documents the title history: "Der Betriebsarzt" appears as the other title (Nebentitel) of the journal since the 1993 continuation.

History

The history of Der Betriebsarzt is the history of ASU. The journal was founded in 1965 as "Arbeitsmedizin, Sozialmedizin, Arbeitshygiene" (Stuttgart: Gentner) — the post-war generation of occupational-medicine publishing, serving the young Federal Republic's industrial medicine. From 1973 to 1993 it appeared as "Arbeitsmedizin, Sozialmedizin, Präventivmedizin" (ISSN 0300-581X), already carrying "Der Betriebsarzt" as its other title; since 1993 it continues as "Arbeitsmedizin, Sozialmedizin, Umweltmedizin" (ISSN 0944-6052) — the environmental turn of the 1990s added to the title.

The Gentner Verlag of Stuttgart — the specialist publisher for the building-services and medical-technology trades, among others — has published the journal throughout: the Stuttgart imprint (Stuttgart: Gentner, 1965–) is the constant of the bibliographic record. The online edition (ISSN 2363-4669) has accompanied the print since 2002. The supplement structure — the regular ASUpraxis – Der Betriebsarzt with its company-medicine editorial team, the twice-yearly ASUprotect for safety management — developed as the journal's answer to the profession's differentiation: the scientific core journal plus the practice supplements.

The title history — the bibliographic record — deserves its telling. The KIT library catalog traces the journal: "Arbeitsmedizin, Sozialmedizin, Arbeitshygiene" (Stuttgart: Gentner, 1966–1973), then "Arbeitsmedizin, Sozialmedizin, Präventivmedizin: Zeitschrift für Praxis, Klinik, Forschung, Arbeitshygiene, Begutachtung, Rehabilitation" (8.1973–28.1993, ISSN 0300-581X) — already with "Der Betriebsarzt" as other title — then "Arbeitsmedizin, Sozialmedizin, Umweltmedizin" (28.1993– , ISSN 0944-6052, ZDB-ID 124312-3) with the other titles "Der Betriebsarzt," "ASUpraxis, der Betriebsarzt," "ASU praxis, der Betriebsarzt" and "ASU." The supplements of the earlier era — the Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz's official communications, the "Aktuelle ärztliche Berufskunde" and "Arbeitsmedizinische Berufskunde" special supplements — show the journal's long institutional embedding. The record's function — the catalog's — documents the continuity: the Stuttgart Gentner imprint across six decades — the journal's paper trail.

Coverage and Content

The editorial program follows the occupational physician's working year. The company-medicine coverage — the Betriebsmedizin — addresses the Betriebsarzt's core tasks: occupational health surveillance (arbeitsmedizinische Vorsorge), expert assessment (Begutachtung), advising management and employees on occupational and health protection, ergonomic workplace design, accident prevention, first-aid organization, vaccinations, pregnancy counseling, reintegration (Wiedereingliederung) and the occupational integration management (betriebliches Eingliederungsmanagement).

The prevention coverage — the Prävention — spans the medical-prevention topics of the working world: the journal's subtitle (Zeitschrift für medizinische Prävention) is the program. The assessment coverage — the Begutachtung — serves the expert's report practice: the occupational-disease assessments, the fitness-for-work evaluations. The science coverage — the peer-reviewed contributions from universities and research — keeps the practitioner current on the evidence. The interdisciplinary coverage — the social-medical and environmental-medical topics — widens the view beyond the factory gate.

The ASUprotect supplement — the safety magazine — deserves its telling. ASUprotect – Das Magazin für Arbeitsschutzmanagement appears twice a year and complements ASU at the interface to occupational safety and security (Arbeitsschutz und -sicherheit): the safety-management magazine within the medical journal. Its function — the twice-yearly's — serves the Betriebsarzt's neighboring field: the safety engineers, the occupational-safety specialists, the managers responsible for the safe workplace — the medical journal's bridge to the safety profession. Together with ASUpraxis – Der Betriebsarzt, the two supplements map the journal's ecosystem: the science in ASU, the company-physician practice in Der Betriebsarzt, the safety management in ASUprotect. The formats' mix — the monthly ASU journal, the regular ASUpraxis – Der Betriebsarzt supplement, the ASUprotect supplement, the online edition — defines the brand: the leading medium of occupational medicine, with the company physician's practice magazine at its heart.

Organization and Ownership

Der Betriebsarzt is published as the supplement ASUpraxis – Der Betriebsarzt within ASU – Arbeitsmedizin, Sozialmedizin, Umweltmedizin by the Gentner Verlag, Stuttgart — the monthly journal (12 issues a year, minimum subscription 12 months) that has carried the title since 1965. The journal is led by a wissenschaftliche Schriftleitung (scientific editorial office) and advised by a wissenschaftlicher Beirat; the supplement is managed by its own editorial team with the Schwerpunkt Betriebsmedizin. The journal is peer-reviewed.

The organ function — the society ties — deserves its telling. ASU is the Organ of the scientific societies for occupational medicine in Germany, Austria and Switzerland — the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Arbeitsmedizin und Umweltmedizin and its sister societies — as well as of the Verband Deutscher Betriebs- und Werksärzte (VDBW), the association of German company and plant physicians, and of the academies for occupational and social medicine. The organ function means the journal carries the societies' official communications alongside the peer-reviewed science: the profession speaks through its journal. Through six decades these ties deepened: the institutional embedding that makes ASU the profession's official medium — and Der Betriebsarzt, as its practice supplement, the company physician's own paper within it. The business model follows the specialist-press pattern: subscriptions (the journal reaches some 12,000 readers in the German-speaking area), advertising, and the supplements. Detailed circulation (beyond the readership figure), staffing and revenue figures are not publicly confirmed; the editor names for the supplement's team are not publicly confirmed.

Digital Presence

The journal's digital presence centers on the ASU publishing program: the online edition (running since 2002) accompanies the monthly print journal. The standalone domain der-betriebsarzt.de listed for the magazine did not resolve at research time (October 2026) — readers reach the company-physician content through ASU's channels and the Gentner Verlag's medical publishing presence rather than a dedicated portal.

The digital strategy follows the society-journal logic: the print monthly for the peer-reviewed deep read — the 12 issues, the supplements, the 12,000 readers — the online edition for the digital access — the articles, the archive. As the company physician's magazine — the ASUpraxis supplement of ASU (the 1965 founding, the Gentner publishing house, the VDBW society ties) — Der Betriebsarzt remains the profession's practice paper: the Betriebsmedizin magazine within Germany's leading occupational-medicine journal, monthly in print.