Authors of the article "DIAMAS deliverable: D3.1 IPSP Best Practices Quality assessment criteria, best practices, and assessment systems for Institutional Publishing Service Providers (IPSPs)" tried to summarize the existing quality assessment criteria, best practices, and evaluation systems developed by international associations, governments, and international databases. The assessment includes the following:
1. Financing (financing model, OA business model, transparency of the list of all sources of financing, etc.).
2. Ownership and management rights.
3. Open science practices (OA policy, copyright and licensing, open access reviews, primary data availability, new research evaluation approaches, etc.).
4. Editorial quality, editorial leadership, and research integrity.
5. Technical service efficiency (technical capacity, metadata compatibility, ISSN, available journal website).
6. Visibility, including indexing and communication
7. Justice, diversity, and inclusion (multilingualism and gender equality).