De Gruyter is set to significantly expand its Subscribe-to-Open program, DG2O, by transforming an additional 37 journals into open access by 2025. This ambitious move aims to further democratize access to scholarly research, particularly in the humanities and social sciences.
Among the notable journals transitioning to open access are historically significant titles such as Historische Zeitschrift, established in 1859, and Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie, first published in 1888. Other esteemed periodicals, including Analyse und Kritik (founded in 1979) and feministische studien (founded in 1982), will also become freely accessible, promoting critical perspectives on socio-political issues.
The expansion of the DG2O program will provide global readers with free access to important research in fields that have been underrepresented in the open access movement. Notably, there will be no publication fees (APCs) for authors, making this model particularly fair and inclusive for researchers in disciplines where financial support for APCs is less established.
Preliminary analyses indicate that De Gruyter journals already converted to open access through DG2O have experienced significant increases in readership and geographic reach. This trend highlights the potential impact of making scholarly content freely available.
In addition to humanities and social sciences journals, the 2025 expansion will include reputable De Gruyter science journals with a long heritage, such as Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials (founded in 1877) and Biological Chemistry (founded in 1878).
De Gruyter's Subscribe to Open initiative, launched last year as the central transformation model of its open access strategy, has already made 42% of its journal program freely accessible online. The inclusion of 37 additional titles will increase De Gruyter's Subscribe to Open portfolio to nearly 60 titles by 2025. The publisher aims to gradually convert around 270 subscription journals to open access by 2028, working closely with editors and scholarly societies.
This strategic move underscores De Gruyter's commitment to making scholarly research accessible to a broader audience, fostering an inclusive and equitable scholarly communication landscape.
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