Open-access publishers

Publishers whose journals are free to read, paid for by article charges, institutions or funders. It has no schema of its own: companies here are mapped on the Scholarly and academic publishers schema, and what it does not cover is recorded as gaps.

Baseline: Scholarly and academic publishers v1
Inherited from: Scholarly and academic publishers
Mapped on the schema: 29 of 332 placed here
Primitives: 57 in 8 parts
Last updated: 3 Nov 2026

What the registry holds here

Open-access publishers and below · public parts only

With public findings: 332
Public parts: 790
Distinct sources: 747
Last change: 3 Nov 2026

Organizations by public parts

Counts of what public research has found and sourced, each part with its source on the organization’s profile. They say what is known, not how much of the industry exists.

Deepen this industry

Focused research on the organizations with the fewest mapped parts in open-access publishers; what it finds is public for everyone.

University of California Press1 part
Museum Koenig1 part
Organization of Ibero-American States1 part
North American Academy of the Spanish Language1 part
Palgrave Macmillan1 part

How automatable each primitive is, estimated from the 0 organizations mapped in public on the Scholarly and academic publishers schema, which this industry inherits: the share of those with the primitive that run it on software. Estimate from public data: the share of mapped organizations that run this on software. Not a recommendation.

LevelAll57 High6 Medium30 Low21

Primitive	Layer	Automation	Peers on software	Software parts named most
Author and society acquisition Demand: winning customers	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Proposals and quoting Demand: winning customers	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Subscriptions and consortium deals Demand: winning customers	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Journal and book programme Supply: making or delivering the offer	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Planning and scheduling Supply: making or delivering the offer	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Procurement Supply: making or delivering the offer	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Publishing workflow Supply: making or delivering the offer	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Quality control Supply: making or delivering the offer	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Inventory and assets Supply: making or delivering the offer	Data	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Logistics and fulfilment Supply: making or delivering the offer	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Peer review Supply: making or delivering the offer	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Production and typesetting Supply: making or delivering the offer	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Customer onboarding Customers: keeping them	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Author, reviewer and institution records Customers: keeping them	Data	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Licence renewals Customers: keeping them	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Author services Customers: keeping them	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Billing and invoicing Money: getting paid and paying	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Collections and receivables Money: getting paid and paying	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Payments and payables Money: getting paid and paying	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Payroll Money: getting paid and paying	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Cash and treasury Money: getting paid and paying	Data	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Hiring People: who does the work	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Onboarding and training People: who does the work	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Scheduling and capacity People: who does the work	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Reporting and dashboards Systems: tools and data	Data	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Data management Systems: tools and data	Data	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Indexing, metadata and persistent identifiers Systems: tools and data	Data	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Legal and contracts administration Control: rules the company runs under	Data	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Management cadence Direction: deciding where it goes	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Learning and improvement Direction: deciding where it goes	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—

The rule, the same for every industry: with 5 or more organizations having the primitive, 50% or more of them on software is high, 20% or more medium, below that low. With fewer, the level rests on the primitive's layer alone and says "Layer only". Software parts are counted once per organization; a detected technology is named by its product. See the blueprint for which organizations run each.

LevelAll57 High6 Medium30 Low21

Primitive	Layer	Automation	Peers on software	Software parts named most
Author and society acquisition Demand: winning customers	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Proposals and quoting Demand: winning customers	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Subscriptions and consortium deals Demand: winning customers	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Journal and book programme Supply: making or delivering the offer	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Planning and scheduling Supply: making or delivering the offer	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Procurement Supply: making or delivering the offer	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Publishing workflow Supply: making or delivering the offer	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Quality control Supply: making or delivering the offer	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Inventory and assets Supply: making or delivering the offer	Data	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Logistics and fulfilment Supply: making or delivering the offer	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Peer review Supply: making or delivering the offer	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Production and typesetting Supply: making or delivering the offer	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Customer onboarding Customers: keeping them	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Author, reviewer and institution records Customers: keeping them	Data	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Licence renewals Customers: keeping them	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Author services Customers: keeping them	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Billing and invoicing Money: getting paid and paying	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Collections and receivables Money: getting paid and paying	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Payments and payables Money: getting paid and paying	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Payroll Money: getting paid and paying	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Cash and treasury Money: getting paid and paying	Data	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Hiring People: who does the work	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Onboarding and training People: who does the work	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Scheduling and capacity People: who does the work	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Reporting and dashboards Systems: tools and data	Data	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Data management Systems: tools and data	Data	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Indexing, metadata and persistent identifiers Systems: tools and data	Data	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Legal and contracts administration Control: rules the company runs under	Data	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Management cadence Direction: deciding where it goes	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—
Learning and improvement Direction: deciding where it goes	Process	MediumLayer only	0 of 0 mapped; too few to read	—