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Welcome to De Gruyter! An independent academic publisher disseminating excellent scholarship since 1749, we remain true to our founding spirit and have ambitious plans for the future.

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About De Gruyter

Headquartered in Berlin since 1749 -- and with offices in Boston, Beijing and across Europe -- family-owned academic publisher De Gruyter uses its global reach to promote, disseminate and advance knowledge.

Its portfolio makes De Gruyter one of the world’s largest and most reputable humanities publishers while extending to subject areas like natural and social sciences, economics, technology, mathematics, architecture, design and more.

Eight highly respected publishing brands –- De Gruyter Mouton, De Gruyter Oldenbourg, De Gruyter Akademie Forschung, De Gruyter Saur, Birkhäuser, Deutscher Kunstverlag (DKV), Jovis Verlag and Ubiquity –- are part of De Gruyter. De Gruyter publishes over 120 gold open access journals and is one of the largest independent open access book publishers.

A partner and provider of publishing services to top-tier universities, academic societies and publishers, De Gruyter also distributes the complete digital collections of some of the world’s most renowned scholarly presses through its University Press Library.

The award-winning website degruyter.com hosts the complete De Gruyter collection since 1749 and research published by De Gruyter's imprints and partners. Over 150.000 eBooks and 850.000 journal articles make degruyter.com one of the most comprehensive digital platforms for high-class scholarly content in the world.

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 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.

Wagnis Wissen – De Gruyter Podcast

In WAGNIS WISSEN, journalist Nadine Kreuzahler talks to experts from across the scholarly community about the pressing issues of our time.

Learn more about De Gruyter

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.

Events

Find all our past and upcoming digital events, talks, book fairs and conferences by subject in our subject area pages or on our dedicated events portal.