# De Gruyter

> German academic publisher headquartered in Berlin

**Wikidata**: [Q98818](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98818)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Gruyter_Brill)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/de-gruyter

## Summary
De Gruyter is a German academic book publisher headquartered in Berlin. It operates as a business in the scholarly publishing industry and is known in the dataset under aliases such as Verlag Walter de Gruyter and Walter de Gruyter GmbH.

## Key Facts
- Established (inception): 1918-12-31.
- Headquarters / Located in: Berlin (federated state, capital and largest city of Germany; Berlin inception +1244-00-00T00:00:00Z; sitelink_count: 330).
- Country of origin: Germany (country in Central Europe; multiple inception entries in the source including 1949-05-23 among others).
- Industry / activity: publishing; categorized as a book publisher and as a business undertaking commercial, industrial, or professional activity.
- Number of employees: 350.
- Aliases: Verlag Walter de Gruyter; Walter de Gruyter (Germany); degruyter.com; Walter de Gruyter Verlag; Walter de Gruyter GmbH; De Gruyter publishing group.
- Official websites: https://degruyter.com; https://www.degruyter.com/?language=de; https://www.degruyterbrill.com/.
- Wikidata / internal identifiers: sitelink_count: 24; wikipedia_title: De Gruyter Brill; wikidata_description: "German academic publisher headquartered in Berlin."
- Related publication titles and journals (dataset relationships): Theologische Realenzyklopädie; Open Mathematics (inception +2003-01-01); Byzantinische Zeitschrift (inception +1892-00-00); Zeitschrift fuer Aegyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde (inception +1863-00-00); Kant-Studien (inception +1896-00-00); Indogermanische Forschungen (inception +1892-00-00); Kürschners Deutscher Gelehrten-Kalender (inception +1925-00-00); Archiv für Papyrusforschung; Encyclopedia of Fairy Tales (inception +1955-00-00); German Economic Review (inception +2000-01-01); Syntactic Structures; Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C (inception +1973-01-01); Zeitschrift fuer Physikalische Chemie (inception +1887-01-01).
- Related industry associations in the dataset: Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (inception +2008-00-00; country: Q55; headquarters: ; industry: ; sitelink_count: 12); Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (inception +1972-00-00; located in Peterborough, United Kingdom; industry: ; sitelink_count: 5).

## FAQs
Q: What kind of publisher is De Gruyter?
A: De Gruyter is an academic book publisher operating in the scholarly publishing sector. It is classified in the dataset both as a "book publisher" and as a commercial business.

Q: Where is De Gruyter based?
A: De Gruyter is headquartered in Berlin, the federated state that is the capital and largest city of Germany. The Berlin entry in the dataset lists inception +1244-00-00T00:00:00Z.

Q: When was De Gruyter founded?
A: The dataset records De Gruyter’s inception date as 1918-12-31.

Q: How many people work for De Gruyter?
A: The source lists 350 employees.

Q: What are De Gruyter’s web presences?
A: The recorded official web addresses are https://degruyter.com, https://www.degruyter.com/?language=de, and https://www.degruyterbrill.com/.

Q: Which publications and journals are associated with De Gruyter in the dataset?
A: Related titles include Theologische Realenzyklopädie; Open Mathematics; Byzantinische Zeitschrift; Zeitschrift fuer Aegyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde; Kant-Studien; Indogermanische Forschungen; Kürschners Deutscher Gelehrten-Kalender; Archiv für Papyrusforschung; Encyclopedia of Fairy Tales; German Economic Review; Syntactic Structures; Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C; and Zeitschrift fuer Physikalische Chemie.

Q: What industry organizations appear in the dataset alongside De Gruyter?
A: The Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (inception +2008-00-00; country: Q55; headquarters: ) and the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (inception +1972-00-00; Peterborough, United Kingdom) are listed as related industry associations.

## Why It Matters
De Gruyter matters because it functions as an institutional node in scholarly communication. As a German academic book publisher headquartered in Berlin, it participates in the production and dissemination of academic books, journals, and reference works—core outputs in the scholarly publishing process. The dataset connects De Gruyter to a broad range of long-running academic journals and reference works across disciplines, indicating its role in maintaining and distributing scholarly literature. Its presence on multiple official websites and a recorded workforce of 350 employees reflect an organizational scale that supports editorial, production, and distribution activities. Related associations in the dataset, such as the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association and the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers, situate De Gruyter within the wider professional ecosystem of scholarly publishing.

## Notable For
- Being recorded as a German academic book publisher headquartered in Berlin, with an inception date of 1918-12-31.
- Having multiple well-known aliases in the dataset, including Verlag Walter de Gruyter and Walter de Gruyter GmbH.
- A catalog of related scholarly journals and reference works spanning humanities and sciences (examples include Byzantinische Zeitschrift, Kant-Studien, and Zeitschrift fuer Physikalische Chemie).
- Maintaining three listed web presences: degruyter.com, a language-specific site URL, and degruyterbrill.com.
- Being connected in the dataset to industry associations relevant to scholarly publishing, signaling institutional engagement with publishing standards and communities.

## Body

### Overview and Classification
- De Gruyter is defined in the dataset as a German academic publisher headquartered in Berlin.
- It is classified under two high-level types: "book publisher" (a publishing house whose sole or main output is books / texts) and "business" (an organization undertaking commercial, industrial, or professional activity).
- The publisher’s industrial context is "publishing," the process of production and dissemination of literature, music, or information.

### Founding and Organizational Facts
- Inception date recorded: 1918-12-31.
- The dataset lists the organization’s employee count as 350.
- The entity has a sitelink_count of 24 in the dataset and a wikipedia_title: De Gruyter Brill.
- The concise wikidata_description provided: "German academic publisher headquartered in Berlin."

### Location and National Context
- Headquartered in Berlin. The Berlin entry is described as a federated state, capital and largest city of Germany, with an inception recorded as +1244-00-00T00:00:00Z and a sitelink_count of 330.
- Country of origin is Germany. The Germany entry is described as a country in Central Europe and includes inception-related entries such as 1949-05-23 among others in the dataset.

### Names, Aliases, and Web Presence
- Recorded aliases: Verlag Walter de Gruyter; Walter de Gruyter (Germany); degruyter.com; Walter de Gruyter Verlag; Walter de Gruyter GmbH; De Gruyter publishing group.
- Official websites listed in the dataset: https://degruyter.com; https://www.degruyter.com/?language=de; https://www.degruyterbrill.com/.

### Publications and Scholarly Output (Dataset Relationships)
- The dataset lists numerous related publications and journals connected to De Gruyter. These include:
  - Theologische Realenzyklopädie (German encyclopedia on religion and theology).
  - Open Mathematics (scientific journal; inception +2003-01-01; country: Q36).
  - Byzantinische Zeitschrift (academic journal; inception +1892-00-00; country: ).
  - Zeitschrift fuer Aegyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde (academic journal; inception +1863-00-00; country: ).
  - Kant-Studien (journal; inception +1896-00-00; country: ).
  - Indogermanische Forschungen (academic journal; inception +1892-00-00).
  - Kürschners Deutscher Gelehrten-Kalender (German encyclopaedia of European scholars; inception +1925-00-00; country: ).
  - Archiv für Papyrusforschung (scientific journal in papyrology; countries: , ).
  - Encyclopedia of Fairy Tales (German encyclopedia of folklore; inception +1955-00-00).
  - German Economic Review (journal; inception +2000-01-01).
  - Syntactic Structures (non-fiction work by Noam Chomsky).
  - Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C (journal; inception +1973-01-01).
  - Zeitschrift fuer Physikalische Chemie (peer-reviewed scientific journal; inception +1887-01-01).

### Industry Associations and Related Organizations
- The dataset lists the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association as a related industry association. The data for this association includes: inception +2008-00-00T00:00:00Z; country: Q55; headquarters: ; industry: ; sitelink_count: 12.
- The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers appears in the dataset as a related organization. The recorded facts include inception +1972-00-00T00:00:00Z, location Peterborough, United Kingdom, and industry  with sitelink_count: 5.

### Role in Scholarly Publishing (Dataset Context)
- The dataset frames De Gruyter within the process of publishing, which is defined as the production and dissemination of literature, music, or information.
- Connections in the dataset to established journals and reference works indicate a role in curating and distributing academic content across multiple disciplines, from theology and philology to natural sciences and economics.

### Identifiers and Metadata
- sitelink_count (entity-level): 24.
- wikipedia_title recorded as: De Gruyter Brill.
- The dataset’s short descriptive label: "German academic publisher headquartered in Berlin."

### Related Geographic and Historical Context Entries
- Berlin entry: inception +1244-00-00T00:00:00Z; described as federated state, capital and largest city of Germany; sitelink_count: 330.
- Germany entry: described as a country in Central Europe. The dataset contains multiple inception values and historical qualifiers, including 1949-05-23 (with qualifiers referencing West Germany), 1933 (Nazi Germany), 1918 (Weimar Republic), 1871-01-01 (German Empire), 1867-07-01 (North German Confederation), and an older terminus ante quem 0641 for "Germania".

### Cross-references and Dataset Scope
- The entity is cross-referenced with a range of scholarly journals and encyclopedias in the dataset, and is connected to industry associations used by scholarly publishers.
- The dataset records multiple forms of the organization’s name and multiple web addresses, supporting discoverability across language- or brand-specific sites.

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## References

1. GRID Release 2017-05-22
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