A revised version of the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing has been released by four key scholarly publishing organizations today. These guiding principles are intended as a foundation for best practice in scholarly publishing to help existing and new journals reach the best possible standards. The fourth edition of the Principles… Read full article >
Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing
The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA), and the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) are scholarly organisations that have collaborated to identify principles of transparency and best practice for scholarly publications. This is the fourth version of a work in… Read full article >
Welcoming Elsevier as an OASPA member
We recently welcomed Elsevier as an OASPA member in the Publisher category. Elsevier joins almost 200 OASPA members. We asked Laura Hassink, Managing Director for STM Journals, a few questions so we could learn more about Elsevier and its connection to open scholarship and the decision to become an OASPA member. Tell us a… Read full article >
Welcoming LIBER Quarterly as an OASPA member
We recently welcomed LIBER Quarterly as an OASPA member in the Scholar Publisher category. LIBER Quarterly joins almost 200 total OASPA members and over 60 others in this category. We asked Trudy Turner, Managing Editor, a few questions so we could learn more about LIBER Quarterly and its connection to open scholarship and decision to… Read full article >
Fully OA Publishers Live on OA Switchboard
OASPA founded OA Switchboard in 2020 and remains a proud strategic partner. It has been wonderful to see the OA Switchboard develop as a truly collaborative initiative and we are happy to share news that a number of fully open access (OA) publishers have now implemented their connection to OA Switchboard. OA Switchboard is set… Read full article >