De Gruyter - Open Access Agreement "HSS- und Economic-Journals"

For 2025

JLU Giessen participates in the Open Access Transformation Agreement for the 'HSS & Economic Journals' of the De Gruyter publishing house. This means that JLU authors acting as corresponding authors can publish Open Access in  86 hybrid journals in the humanities and social sciences and in 23 hybrid journals in the economic sciences without additional costs.

In addition, participating institutions receive a 20% discount on the list price of the APCs for publication in Gold Open Access journals. This discount is automatically deducted from the APC by the publisher. Articles in Gold Open Access journals are eligible for support from the JLU Open Access Publication Fund.

For APCs up to 2.000 € the JLU Open Access publication fund covers 50% of the costs. APCs above 2.000 € can be supported by JLU funds with 1.000 € (incl. VAT). As junior scientist in their PhD process or with a PhD-graduation that is not older than five year the JLU OA publication fund covers 75% and a maximum of 1.500 €. The support for junior scientists is only applicable if they act as corresponding author.

For 2026

JLU Giessen participates in the Open Access Transformation Agreement for the 'HSS & Economic Journals' of the De Gruyter publishing house. This means that JLU authors acting as corresponding authors can publish Open Access in  hybrid journals in the humanities and social sciences and in  hybrid journals in the economic sciences without additional costs.

In addition, participating institutions receive a 20% discount on the list price of the APCs for publication in Gold Open Access journals. This discount is automatically deducted from the APC by the publisher. Articles in Gold Open Access journals are eligible for support from the JLU Open Access Publication Fund.

For APCs up to 2.000 € the JLU Open Access publication fund covers 50% of the costs. APCs above 2.000 € can be supported by JLU funds with 1.000 € (incl. VAT). As junior scientist in their PhD process or with a PhD-graduation that is not older than five year the JLU OA publication fund covers 75% and a maximum of 1.500 €. The support for junior scientists is only applicable if they act as corresponding author.