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Welcome to De Gruyter! As an independent academic publisher disseminating excellent scholarship since 1749, we remain true to our founding spirit, yet also have ambitious plans for the future. Thanks to our proactive embrace of digital transformation, cutting-edge research is reaching an ever-broader global audience. Learn more about us here.

Award-Winning Website: Seamless Access to Research

The new degruyter.com is a stable, intuitive and 100% secure digital research platform, offering fast online access to over 110,000 scholarly books and 800,000 journal articles.

Built in close cooperation with academic institutions around the world, the new platform allows us to react to our customers' demands much faster, without changing our infrastructure.

UX award 2022 winner

Our user-centric approach has been recognized with the OpenAthens' third annual Best Publisher User Experience (UX) Award 2022.

The award puts the spotlight on those publishers that strive to put their users at the heart of their service design and builds on our commitment to drive forward innovation in the information industry.

Want to learn more about our award?

Read our blog article in De Gruyter Conversations, our digital magazine

About De Gruyter

Our Vision and Mission

De Gruyter has been a publisher of excellent scholarship since 1749 - and our mission and vision are the foundation of everything we do.

Our imprints

The De Gruyter Group includes eight imprints, each of which are independent brands and leaders in their respective fields.

History

Steeped in the history of Berlin, De Gruyter’s roots go back to Frederick the Great and the Königliche Realschule’s bookstore. Learn more about the story behind the publishing house here.

Walter de Gruyter Foundation

Bringing together one hundred years of tradition and change, the De Gruyter Foundation's mission is to promote research and scholarship.

Our locations

The company is headquartered in Berlin, with offices in Basel, Beijing, Boston, Munich, Warsaw and Vienna.

Our Responsibility

We aim to reduce our environmental footprint, foster a culture of learning, contribute to social progress and create an inclusive environment that cherishes diversity.

De Gruyter Conversations Blog Submission Guidelines

De Gruyter Conversations delivers thought-provoking and engaging content. Learn about our blog’s submission guidelines.

De Gruyter eBound

De Gruyter eBound supports the publishing and sustainability of the mission-driven scholarly monograph for not-for-profit and open access publishers, with the goal to make these publications accessible for a global audience.

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Our Publisher Partners

Since launching our Publisher Partner Program in 2012 with Harvard University Press, we have continued to expand the program globally and now have over 20 partners.

Services

Are you an author and thinking about publishing with us? Or a librarian who wants to make De Gruyter content available for your library? Do you need information on rights and permissions? Browse our service section to find out more.

Digital Events

As an independent academic publisher, our mission is to promote, disseminate and protect knowledge. Besides publishing cutting-edge academic books and journals, we host and participate in digital events as a way to encourage intellectual debate and connect with you, our readers, authors, and partners.