2. DE GRUYTER OPEN PUBLISHING PROPOSAL 2January 2016Publishing Proposal

3. 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 www.degruyteropen.com 3January 2016Publishing Proposal

4. 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 www.degruyter.com 4January 2016Publishing Proposal

5. DE GRUYTER OPEN PARTNERS Member of:  Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers  International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers  Directory of Open Access Journals Directory of Open Access Journals  Aries Systems Aries Systems  Cross Ref Cross Ref 5January 2016Publishing Proposal

6. JOURNAL WEBSITE 6January 2016Publishing Proposal

7. 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) 7January 2016Publishing Proposal

8. 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 8January 2016Publishing Proposal

9. 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 9January 2016Publishing Proposal

10. 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 10January 2016Publishing Proposal

11. 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 11January 2016Publishing Proposal

12. 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 12January 2016Publishing Proposal

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