De Gruyter

Term of contract: 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024

Benefits for members of Leibniz University Hannover

Free Open Access publishing in hybrid journals in the field of economics.

You can find a list of these journals here (pdf file).

What requirements must be met?

• You are a member of Leibniz Universität Hannover (LUH) and submit the paper as the responsible Corresponding Author.
• It is one of the publisher's hybrid journals mentioned above.
• The article will be accepted for publication within the contract period.

In addition to research articles, other types of articles such as book reviews are also covered by the agreement.

What do you need to do?

• Be sure to use your LUH e-mail address for submission and clearly state your institutional affiliation to LUH ("Leibniz Universität Hannover").
• Agree to the "Licence to Publish (LTP)". Your article will then be published as Open Access under a CC-BY licence.
• The TIB will be informed about your article and asked to confirm payment.

Open Access journals

The pure Open Access journals of De Gruyter are not covered by the contract. However, as a member of LUH you will receive a 20% discount on the standard APC. The LUH Open Access Publication Fund will cover the remaining bill, provided the funding conditions are met.

Further information

De Gruyter also provides information on the contract on their website.