As was explained in statement on the OASPA blog in October 2013 (http://oaspa.org/oaspas-second-statement-following-the-article-in-science-entitled-whos-afraid-of-peer-review/), OASPA’s Membership Committee made the decision to place SAGE Publication’s membership under review as a result of concerns that were raised regarding the peer review policies of one of its journals. These concerns were raised as part of an investigation that was… Read full article >
Conclusions from OASPA Membership Committee Investigation into MDPI
It came to our attention last month that the status of MDPI as a genuine open access publisher has recently been questioned. OASPA takes such concerns very seriously and adherence to the membership criteria (http://oaspa.org/membership/membership-criteria/) is essential for all of our members and new applicants. The OASPA Membership Committee has carried out a detailed investigation into the… Read full article >
Statement regarding Springer’s membership of OASPA being placed Under Review
In February, it was reported by Nature (http://www.nature.com/news/publishers-withdraw-more-than-120-gibberish-papers-1.14763) that around 120 fake articles had been published in apparently peer-reviewed conference proceedings. Springer, one of the affected publishers, which published 16 of these articles, is a member of OASPA. Given that the publication of these articles is evidence of a systematic problem with editorial processes, we… Read full article >
OASPA welcomes new members and demonstrates strong membership growth year-on-year
The OASPA Board is pleased to welcome Brill as a member for 2014. Founded in 1683 in Leiden, the Netherlands, Brill is a leading international academic publisher spanning 20 subject disciplines. With offices in Leiden and Boston, Brill today publishes 200 journals and around 700 new books and reference works each year. Brill open access… Read full article >
OASPA welcomes Palgrave Macmillan as voting members and announces 15 other new member organizations
The OASPA Board is pleased to welcome Palgrave Macmillan as a full member of OASPA with voting privileges. Based in the UK, Palgrave Macmillan is a global academic and business publisher for the Humanities and Social Sciences and is part of the wider Macmillan Group, representing an unbroken tradition of over 160 years of academic… Read full article >