Data for the above chart can be downloaded here: OASPA Members CC-BY Growth_Data to 2017_CC0 A total of 1,128,721 articles were published with the CC BY license in open access-only (fully-OA) journals by members of OASPA during the period 2000-2017, with 219,627 of those being published in 2017 alone. OASPA members were invited to share… Read full article >
New Year, New Form: Steering applicants through OASPA’s criteria
One of the goals of OASPA is to promote good ethics and best practices for Open Access publishers of all shapes and sizes when disseminating scholarly communications. Applicants are judged against a set of OASPA Membership Criteria and all new applications undergo review by a Membership Committee to determine whether the applicant is following recognised… Read full article >
OASPA welcomes new members in 2017
OASPA is pleased to have welcomed a number of new members this year. Our five new small professional publisher members include the Beilstein-Institut, a Frankfurt-based non-profit foundation established in 1951 by the Max Planck Society that supports information and communication through projects in chemistry and related disciplines. Also new to OASPA is Protocols.io, an open… Read full article >