The following organisations and individuals are recognised as the permanent Founding Members of OASPA, which launched in October 2008.
OA Professional Publishing Organisations
- BioMed Central
- Co-Action Publishing
- Copernicus Publications
- Hindawi Limited
- Public Library of Science
- SAGE Publications
- Utrecht University Library (Igitur)
OA Scientist/Scholar Publishers
- JMIR Publications Inc. (formerly JMIR – Journal of Medical Internet Research) (Gunther Eysenbach)
- Medical Education Online (David Solomon)