De Gruyter has been a publisher of excellent scholarship since 1749 – and our mission and vision are the foundation of everything we do. Our vision ("We want to know!") represents our key characteristics.
Our mission:
We are the trusted partner of scholars regardless of discipline, background or origin and support them in their endeavor to give their best to the world. We create new opportunities to promote, disseminate and protect knowledge. We do this not only as a service provider, but also as a partner and a promoter of discovery.
Further information on this agreement is available from De Gruyter.
This page was last updated on 28 March 2025.
The following institutions participate in this agreement:
Authors who do not see their institution listed above should contact library staff to enquire further.
This agreement allows authors from participating institutions to publish in most of De Gruyter's hybrid journals without the need for any transactional open access article processing charge (APC).
This is an uncapped agreement. There is no limit on the number of articles that can be published OA under this agreement.
Authors affiliated with the following institutions in Australia and New Zealand can publish primary research and review articles in open access with the negotiated terms and discounts:
In hybrid OA journals at no cost to the author (unlimited articles),
In selected pure OA journals with 20% discount on APCs (APCs covered by the author).
For articles with multiple authors, the author who signs the publishing agreement is considered the eligible author ("corresponding author").
Articles accepted from 1/1/2025 are eligible to be published open access under this agreement.
The following article types are eligible for open access under this agreement:
Article types excluded from this agreement include, but are not limited to:
As defined by the publisher, the eligible author is:
All teaching and research staff affiliated with the institution, as well as students enrolled at the time of acceptance of your publication, are eligible authors. In the case of articles published by multiple authors, the author who signs the publishing agreement will be considered the eligible author.
Responsible corresponding authors must include a participating institution as one of their affiliations to benefit from this agreement.
Authors will be identified as eligible for open access publishing by their:
Responsible corresponding authors must use their institutional email address when submitting an article for publication.
Responsible corresponding authors should not use personal email addresses (e.g. Hotmail, Gmail). Doing so may result in delayed approval of the article or the article may not be approved to be published open access under the terms of the agreement.
Articles not covered by this agreement may benefit from a 20% discount on eligible APCs. Please consult the title list for eligible journals.
In selected pure OA journals with 20% discount on APCs (APCs covered by the author).
The agreement allows for publishing in most journals. The complete title list is available online. If you wish to publish open access, please check to ensure that your desired journal is included.
Hybrid journals that 'flip' to OA during the course of this agreement will remain available for OA publishing for the duration of the agreement.
Articles from authors at participating institutions may be published under the following Creative Commons licenses:
Authors retain all rights as per the CC license.
Further information about licenses is available on the publisher's website.
The Creative Commons licenses allow reuse (some with conditions) while protecting the authors' rights of acknowledgment as authors.
Article approvals are managed by institutions via Rightslink.
De Gruyter does not charge additional fees for page and/or colour fees. Authors should always check each journal’s submission guidelines to ensure that they will not be subject to any other fees or charges.
The following instructions for authors have been provided by the publisher.
1. Article is accepted
2. Eligible authors are recognized by affiliated email domains (or optionally by RINGGOLD numbers)
3. If matched, articles are accepted automatically in Rights Link.
4. Authors are informed via email notifications about the free OA publication
Please email OAfunding@degruyter.com for questions regarding this agreement. Please include your full name, institution, article title, journal name and DOI (if available), and state the reason for your enquiry.
Please contact library staff at your institution for questions related to this agreement. They can provide advice on using the CAUL Open Access Agreements.
