Open Access for Journal Authors

At De Gruyter, we work with a variety of Open Access models for our journals.

Subscribe to Open (S2O) Journals

Subscribe to Open (S2O) is a sustainable and equitable approach to transitioning subscription-based journals into open access, one year at a time. It utilizes existing library relationships and subscription processes, without imposing any publication fees on authors. Under the S2O model, subscribers are offered continued access to their subscribed titles through the standard renewal process. When enough subscriptions are renewed, the journal is moved to OA for that year. This means that the content of that year becomes openly accessible under a creative commons license, available for everyone to read, and with no charges for authors.

APC Journals

APC journals are entirely open access, exclusively publishing content that is freely accessible and can be re-used. The final version of your article (version of record) is immediately available to all readers.

We apply an article processing charge (APC) to cover the costs of publishing. The APC amount varies by journal and can be found on the journal’s website and our journal pricing list. Authors retain copyright. Most of our APC journals apply a CC BY 4.0 license.

Sponsored Journals

Sponsored journals, sometimes also referred to as diamond journals, are entirely open access, exclusively publishing content that is freely accessible and can be re-used. The final version of your article (version of record) is immediately available to all readers.

There are no costs for authors as a sponsoring institution is funding the open access publication of the entire journal. Authors retain copyright. Our sponsored journals operate under a CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.

Hybrid Journals

Hybrid journals are subscription-based, with individual articles published in gold open access, while the majority of content remains accessible only to subscribers.

Two routes to publishing open access for hybrid journals:

1. You have the option to publish your article as hybrid gold open access, making it immediately available to all readers.
2. If you choose to publish your article in closed access, you can opt for open access through the green route: You may self-archive the version of record in an institutional repository or on your personal website after a 12-month embargo period.

If you choose to publish in hybrid gold open access, an article processing charge of 2,400 EUR (plus VAT if applicable) applies. Corresponding authors from institutions with which we have an institutional open access agreement can publish hybrid gold open access without incurring any fee. There are no costs associated with opting for the green route.

If you opt for hybrid gold open access, you, as the author, retain copyright. We apply a CC BY 4.0 license to hybrid gold open access articles. However, if you choose to publish your article in closed access, the publisher holds the copyright, and rights and re-use are limited.

Please consult our institutional open access agreements for detailed information on whether you are eligible to publish in hybrid gold open access at no cost.

Additionally, refer to our repository policy for more details regarding the green route.

Read-Only Journals

Our read-only journals are subscription-based and do not allow for gold open access publishing. Consequently, all content published in read only journals is available only to subscribers. Nevertheless, our green open access policy extends to read-only journals, allowing authors to self-archive the version of record in an institutional repository or on their personal website after a 12-month embargo period.

The green route is cost-free. You transfer the copyright to your articles to De Gruyter. Rights and re-use are restricted. Please refer to our repository policy for more details regarding the green route.

De Gruyter has established more than 20 institutional open access agreements with consortia and leading university libraries across the globe.