Membership Classes

OA Professional Publishing Organizations* – Organizations that include at least one full-time professional who manages the publication of OA scholarly journals. These may be for profit or nonprofit and the organizations may own journals or manage the publication of journals on a contract basis for societies or other groups of scientists or scholars. Members of this class may also include organizations such as academic/research libraries, university presses or other organizations where the primary focus is other than publishing scholarly journals but still employ full time professionals who manage the publication of OA scholarly journals.

OA Scientist/Scholar Publishers – Individuals or small groups of scientists/scholars that publish usually a single scholarly journal in their field of study. The publication process is often largely subsidized by volunteer effort.

Other Organizations* – Other organizations who provide significant services and/or support for OA publishing. The Board will make a determination if a particular organization qualifies to be a voting member in this class.

Associate (non-voting) member - Individuals who have a legitimate interest in OA publishing may join the association as non-voting members, participate in the organization and enjoy member benefits.

* Both "OA professonal publishing organizations" and "other Organizations" are divided into "small" and "large" organizations based on whether they have above gross annual revenues above or below $1,000,000 (USD).