The OAPEN Foundation and De Gruyter have developed a framework agreement that outlines good practice for retroactive open access to books and chapters resulting from research funded by the European Research Council (ERC) under the 7th EU Research Framework Programme (FP7).
Since FP7 did not include a strict open access mandate for publications, publications resulting from these grants are generally not freely accessible. The framework agreement between De Gruyter and the OAPEN Foundation supports authors by establishing compliance with the ‘best effort’ requirement to make publications open access.
De Gruyter has been promoting open access since 2005 and has developed into one of the most significant independent publishers of open access monographs and edited collections in the Humanities, among them several gold OA publications that originated from ERC grants under the current EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, Horizon 2020. All open access titles are available in the De Gruyter Open Access Book Library to read, download and share, and all of De Gruyter's open access books (just under 2,000 titles at the moment) and those of publishing partners are included.
De Gruyter published its first open access monograph almost 15 years ago, making it one of the first traditional publishers to offer open access books. All of De Gruyter’s open access books are listed in the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB), and all books will also be available – in open access and for free – in the OAPEN Library.
As part of the agreement, ERC, OAPEN and De Gruyter have now identified 110 publications (24 books and 86 chapters) resulting from ERC-funded research that will be made freely available retroactively in the OAPEN Library.
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