De Gruyter - Transformative agreement

PublisherDe Gruyter
Term of agreement2023-2025
Disciplinary areas coveredHumanities and Social Sciences.
Characteristics of the agreementAccess to all the journals included in the HSS (Humanities and Social Sciences) package available on the De Gruyter platform and the possibility for authors affiliated with the Scuola Normale who are also corresponding authors to publish open-access articles at no extra cost.
Types of articles publishable in open accessOriginal papers, review papers, case reports e Book reviews.
Journals in which publishing in open access is possibleIn all hybrid and gold journals included in the HSS (Humanities and Social Sciences) package, with the exception of journals published by scientific societies or associated publishers.
Workflow for publishing in open accessThe corresponding author may choose to publish his or her work in open access only if at the submission stage he or she selects the Scuola Normale as organisation of affiliation (also indicating, if possible, his/her ORCID) and utilises his or her SNS e-mail address @sns.it, so as to be identified as an author affiliated with the Scuola Normale also on the dedicated Rightslink for Scientific Communications platform of the CCC (Copyright Clearance Center) integrated with the publisher’s web site. The affiliation is verified and validated by the referents of the Scuola Normale. The validation of the corresponding author takes into account the date of acceptance of the article on the part of the publisher independently of the date of the first submission. 
The validation of the corresponding author takes into account the date of acceptance of the article on the part of the publisher independently of the date of the first submission.
APCs coverThe agreement does not include a pre-established distribution of the APCs among the subscribing institutions. The APCs are progressively used up until the number available at national level is exhausted. In addition, there is a 20% discount on the list price of APCs for full open access journals and a 10% discount for hybrid journals not covered by the cost of the contract.
Availability of the APCs for the current yearAPCs available.
LicenceCC-BY. The author retains the copyright.
Informational supportInstitutional Open Access Agreements
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