ResearchGate and De Gruyter Brill expand partnership

ResearchGate and De Gruyter Brill have announced an expansion of their Journal Home partnership covering 60 titles. They have additionally activated the Open Access Agreement Upgrade.

The extended partnership follows a successful content syndication agreement that has been in place since February 2023. Some 60 journals covering a broad and representative range of De Gruyter Brill’s combined portfolios will now benefit from Journal Home’s visibility features and insights.

With the Open Access Agreement Upgrade (OAAU), De Gruyter Brill also seeks to address a widely reported challenge: making researchers aware of funding available to them through institutional Open Access (OA) Agreements, says ResearchGate.

“This is an important time for De Gruyter Brill as we strive for new and better services for our author communities, so we are delighted to expand our collaboration with ResearchGate,” said Zita Jeukendrup, VP of Marketing. “Activating the OAAU for our journals supports our commitment to grow OA publishing in the humanities, where funding is a known barrier to participation. Highlighting our agreements to eligible researchers enables the possibilities of open research for these authors.”

“We have long been admirers of De Gruyter Brill and their drive to push the boundaries of publishing, seeking new ways to disseminate knowledge among global researcher communities,” said Sören Hofmayer, co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer at ResearchGate. “It’s an exciting time for the newly combined organisation to drive forwards open access and enhance author service, and we look forward to seeing OA growth across the portfolio.

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