De Gruyter Brill and the Max Planck Society have concluded a two-year open access agreement.

Under the partnership, all 85 institutes of the Max Planck Society will gain unlimited access to De Gruyter Brill’s entire journal portfolio, comprising approximately 800 journals and including journals published by imprints such as De Gruyter Oldenbourg, De Gruyter Mouton, Brill Fink, and brill mentis.

Furthermore, the agreement enables researchers at the Max Planck Society to publish open access without restriction and at no direct cost to authors in all of De Gruyter Brill’s Subscribe-to-Open, hybrid, and Gold Open Access journals.

The agreement with the Max Planck Society is based on De Gruyter Brill’s “All Inclusive” model. Under this single agreement, institutions gain unlimited access to the entire journal portfolio as well as unlimited open access publishing rights across all subject areas and open access models. In doing so, these agreements actively support the global transition to open access.

The agreement reflects the growing commitment of both institutions to open science by enabling researchers from the Max Planck Society to publish their research open access without any direct costs for authors.

“This new contract with De Gruyter Brill allows us to further expand the services provided by the Max Planck Digital Library regarding both reading access and open access publishing. We are pleased to extend our offerings for MPG researchers through a partnership that is particularly significant for the humanities and social sciences – fully in line with the Max Planck Society’s open access strategy,” said Ádám Dér, Head of Scientific Information Provision at the Max Planck Digital Library.

“The transition to Open Access is a central part of our mission to make science accessible. Our partnership with the Max Planck Society marks a significant milestone on this journey. We are delighted that it will be even easier for Max Planck Society researchers now to read our content and publish Open Access with De Gruyter Brill,” said Ben Ashcroft, Chief Commercial Officer at De Gruyter Brill. 

De Gruyter Brill is a global publishing leader in the humanities and beyond. Headquartered in Berlin, Germany, with its second-largest office in Leiden, The Netherlands, De Gruyter Brill publishes over 3,500 books and 800 journals annually, with a strong focus on the humanities and social sciences while covering science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Established in 2024 through the merger of De Gruyter (founded in 1749) and Brill (founded in 1683), De Gruyter Brill is a family-owned, independent publisher committed to curating indispensable research that breaks boundaries, builds new bonds, and shapes a better future. For more information, please visit www.degruyterbrill.com.

With more than 80 Max Planck Institutes, the Max Planck Society is one of Germany’s largest research organizations. Its institutes conduct basic research in the natural sciences, life sciences, and humanities for the benefit of the general public. Counting more than 30 Nobel laureates among its ranks, the MPG stands on a par with the world’s best and most renowned research institutions. For more information, please visit www.mpg.de.

The Max Planck Digital Library (a division of Max Planck Information & Technology) supports all MPG researchers with digital services, offering easy access to scientific literature, data, software licenses, tools and services for scholarly communication, and research-related software applications.

For more information, please visit: https://maxit.mpg.de.