Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association
The following organizations are founding members:[3] The OASPA faced some criticism for a perceived conflict between its self-declared role as the "stamp of quality for open access publishing" and the application of its own criteria for membership.One member organization, Frontiers Media, was included on Jeffrey Beall's list of predatory open access publishing companies.[5][6] There was also concern around the fact that OASPA had been founded by BioMed Central and other open access publishers, which would cause a conflict of interest in their "seal of approval".These organisations may be for-profit or nonprofit, and they may own journals or books or manage the publication on a contract basis for societies or other groups of scientists or scholars.In order to join OASPA as a member organization, a publisher must undergo an assessment process and meet set criteria.