DE GRUYTERDe Gruyter Guide to publish journal
articles in open access(Manual for authors)
RightsLink®

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CONTENTS(1) Submission and Review Process(2) Notes : OA publication processes with/without system support

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1. SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCESSDe Gryuter OA Workflows RightsLink 5.10.21

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SUBMISSIONS AND PROCESSES
Step 1: Submit your paper. Submission should be made using the e-mail address of your institution.
Please also provide your institution's RINGGOLD number if available along with the name ofyour institution.
Submission instructions are described on the Submit tab of each journal's web page.
De Gruyter journal list

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SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCESS
Step 2: After your paper is accepted, the RightsLink
system verifies whether your paper iseligible for the APC discount or not.

Step 3: Authors will be notified that they canpublish OA by paying relevant fee.
Follow the link in the notification to process
your payment.
If the author does not want his or her paper
to be OA published, he or she may opt-out
by sending an email tooafunding@degruyter.com at this point.

If you want to pay APC yourself, click
the link to complete the process
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2. Notes : OA publication processes
with/without system support

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About the submission system
The method of submission to each journal differs depending on the title.
Many De Guryter journals accept submissions through their online submission systems (ScholarOne Manuscriptsand Editorial Manager). This can speed up the process from submission to publication.
The process of paper submission to OA publication differs between journals with this submission system andwithout the system.

Journals with system support

Journals without system support

The submission and production process takes
place on the system

The submission and production process is NOT
supported by the system

Approx. 75% of journals of De Gruyter

Approx. 25% of journals of De Gruyter(Mainly humanities and social sciences titles andtitles produced by external partners)

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OA- PUBLICATION PROCESS FOR SYSTEMSUPPORTED TITLESStep 1: As soon as the paper is put into production (as part of a journal issue), the article metadata
is sent to RightsLink.
Step 2: The author's institution will be identified by its name, email address, and RINGGOLD number.
Then the verification process (Slide 6 Step 2) begins. During this time, the production
process continues.
Step 3a: If the OA publication procedure is completed during the production process, the paper will
be OA at the time of publication. At this point, the production process is still ongoing, so it
may take some time from confirmation to publication.

Step 3b: In order to expedite publication, the paper will be published in degruyter.com as soon as
possible once the author has finalized the final manuscript. If the OA publication procedure
is completed after publication, the paper will be converted as OA retroactively. This cantake up to 30 days.
■ Once the PDF and metadata of the paper are submitted, the author accepts De Gruyter's
Copyright Transfer Agreement (CTA). This step will be completed in the system.
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9OA PUBLICATION PROCESS FOR JOURNALSWITHOUT SYSTEM SUPPORTStep 1: Journals are published and produced without a system.
Step 2: XML metadata for papers will be created after publication in degruyter.com The institution
name, email address, and RINGGOLD number are used in this data to confirm the author's
affiliation and identify the paper to be eligible.
Step 3: Articles identified as eligible are imported manually into RightsLink. The authorization
process (slide 6, Step2) starts.
Step 4: If the APC payment is processed, the article is made OA restroacctively. This can take up to30 days.

The steps to accept De Gruyter's Copyright Transfer Agreement (CTA) will be coordinated by theeditors.
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