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Latest OASPA data shows dramatic growth in OA articles from past decades is plateauing

Each year, OASPA surveys its members about their publication output to report on volumes of published open access content and

12/01/2026
Equity in OA, OASPA News

Embracing the complexity of ‘100% OA’: from percentage to participation

The journey so far Over the course of 2025, OASPA announced our ‘Next 50%’ project, then released and conducted a

04/11/2025
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Results of OASPA Board of Directors Election 2025

The OASPA Board of Directors comprises 11 members who serve for a term of 3 years. There is a rotation

07/08/2025
Equity in OA, OASPA News

Open access in 3D: Update from OASPA’s ‘Next 50%’ project

In June 2025, three cross-sector, multi-stakeholder workshops took place as part of OASPA’s ‘Next 50%’ effort.  Simultaneously, we have been

30/06/2025
Equity in OA, OASPA News

The Open Access Journals Toolkit: new languages, new editorial board members, new horizons

This first appeared on the DOAJ Blog The Toolkit was launched in June 2023 in English and French by DOAJ,

05/06/2025
Equity in OA, OASPA News

OASPA’s ‘Next 50%’ project: Your Voice Matters at a Critical Moment for Open Access

We have now launched our Next 50% project, with a primer document that frames a fresh conversation about the future

22/05/2025
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OASPA and the year ahead

In 2023 OASPA carried out a strategic review and developed the first formal strategic plan that we have worked to.

19/02/2025
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Fully OA journals output shrank in 2023, but hybrid OA made up the lost ground

Guest post by Dan Pollock, Delta Think Each year, OASPA surveys its members about their publication output. This year, we

05/02/2025
Equity in OA, OASPA News

Revising OASPA’s recommended practices – what we changed, and why

Early in 2024, OASPA set out to release recommended practices to increase (financial) equity in open access (OA) publishing. We

03/12/2024
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