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 325 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: 325
Public parts: 775
Distinct sources: 732
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
Universia1 part
Museum Koenig1 part
Palgrave Macmillan1 part
Society for Disability Studies1 part

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6 constraints

Constraint	Kind	Jurisdiction	Applies to	Status	Met	Not met	Source
California Consumer Privacy Act Tell consumers what personal information is collected and let them access, delete and opt out of its sale. California Attorney General	Regulation	California, United States	Author, reviewer and institution records, Data management	In force	—	—	Official
Employment eligibility verification (Form I-9) Verify the identity and work authorisation of every new hire and keep the form on file. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services	Regulation	United States	Hiring	In force	—	—	Official
Fair Labor Standards Act Minimum wage, overtime pay for non-exempt employees, and records of hours and pay. U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division	Regulation	United States	Payroll, Scheduling and capacity, Policies and culture	In force	—	—	Official
General Data Protection Regulation A lawful basis for processing personal data, records of processing, data subject rights and breach notification. EU data protection authorities	Regulation	European Union	Author, reviewer and institution records, Data management, Security and access	In force	—	—	Official
Occupational Safety and Health Act A workplace free of recognised hazards, injury records where required, and training on the hazards of the job. Occupational Safety and Health Administration	Regulation	United States	Onboarding and training, Health, safety and environment	In force	—	—	Official
Federal payroll tax withholding and quarterly return (Form 941) Withhold income, Social Security and Medicare taxes from wages and report them every quarter. Internal Revenue Service	Tax rule	United States	Payroll, Accounting and close	In force	—	—	Official

Constraints scoped to Open-access publishers, a node above it or a type of company below it, plus those every company runs under. Met and not met count companies that published their state. Not legal advice: every rule links to its official source.

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6 constraints

Constraint	Kind	Jurisdiction	Applies to	Status	Met	Not met	Source
California Consumer Privacy Act Tell consumers what personal information is collected and let them access, delete and opt out of its sale. California Attorney General	Regulation	California, United States	Author, reviewer and institution records, Data management	In force	—	—	Official
Employment eligibility verification (Form I-9) Verify the identity and work authorisation of every new hire and keep the form on file. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services	Regulation	United States	Hiring	In force	—	—	Official
Fair Labor Standards Act Minimum wage, overtime pay for non-exempt employees, and records of hours and pay. U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division	Regulation	United States	Payroll, Scheduling and capacity, Policies and culture	In force	—	—	Official
General Data Protection Regulation A lawful basis for processing personal data, records of processing, data subject rights and breach notification. EU data protection authorities	Regulation	European Union	Author, reviewer and institution records, Data management, Security and access	In force	—	—	Official
Occupational Safety and Health Act A workplace free of recognised hazards, injury records where required, and training on the hazards of the job. Occupational Safety and Health Administration	Regulation	United States	Onboarding and training, Health, safety and environment	In force	—	—	Official
Federal payroll tax withholding and quarterly return (Form 941) Withhold income, Social Security and Medicare taxes from wages and report them every quarter. Internal Revenue Service	Tax rule	United States	Payroll, Accounting and close	In force	—	—	Official