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DE GRUYTER OPENPUBLISHING PROPOSAL

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ABOUT DE GRUYTER OPEN Established in 2001 as Versita

Leading Open Access publisher in various models

Publisher of scholarly journals and books in all major disciplines

Provider of professional publishing services

www.degruyteropen.com

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ABOUT DE GRUYTER Founded in 1749

Around 900 journals (400 in Open Access)

Over 80 000 books

Publisher of the oldest journal in mathematics

Number 1 worldwide in some areas (e.g. linguistics)

Partners with major content distributors

www.degruyter.com

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DE GRUYTER OPEN PARTNERS

Member of:

Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers

International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers

Directory of Open Access Journals

Aries Systems

Cross Ref

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JOURNAL WEBSITE

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JOURNAL PRODUCTION Publication of the electronic version of the journal on the online hosting and distribution platform

Processing of accepted manuscripts files: copyediting, typesetting, preparing proofs

Online services for content users, such as alerting, searching online, social media integration

Indexing the journal by Google and other search engines

Allocation of DOIs (automatic metadata distribution to CrossRef) and anti-plagiarism system (CrossCheck)

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DISTRIBUTION Distribution to hundreds of libraries worldwide

Arranging for coverage by full-text repositories (full-text distribution) e.g. ProQuest, CEEOL

Arranging for coverage by open access directories like DOAJ (metadata distribution)

Arranging for coverage by document delivery companies such as Infotrieve

Arranging for coverage by long term preservation services such as Portico

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MARKETING Arranging for journal indexing by the longest list of A&I services

Internal pre-evaluation and application to Thomson Reuters

Advice how to grow citations and impact factors

Promotion of best articles published in the journal

Email marketing to authors

Search Engine Optimization, AdWords campaigns

Content usage statistics

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ONLINE SUBMISSION SYSTEM Online submission system to support editors in

peer-review process

Online production and tracking system to support editors in preparation of final version of articles

Online system to support editors in plagiarism detection

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BENEFITS FOR THE SOCIETY JOURNAL Worldwide visibility due to Open Access

Support from De Gruyter Open experienced Editors

Professional publishing platform – De Gruyter Online

Leading online submission system - Editorial Manger

Plagiarism detection with CrossCheck/iThenticate

Long term preservation of the journal content with Portico (www.portico.org)

Professional layout, typesetting and copyediting

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BENEFITS FOR THE SOCIETY Publication costs covered by De Gruyter Open

Worldwide visibility of the Society official publication due to Open Access

Promotion of the Society to scientific community globally

Discounts on publication fees for members of the Society

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