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Open Journal Systems
Developer(s)Public Knowledge Project Edit this on Wikidata
Repository
PlatformPHP Edit this on Wikidata
Available inMultilingual
TypeOpen access publishing
LicenseGNU General Public License
Websitehttp://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs Edit this on Wikidata

Open Journal Systems (OJS) is a free software for the management of peer-reviewed academic journals, created by the Public Knowledge Project, it is released under the GNU General Public License.[1]

Design

Open Journal Systems (OJS) was designed to facilitate the development of open access, peer-reviewed publishing, providing the technical infrastructure for the presentation of journal articles along with an editorial-management workflow, including article submission, peer-review, and indexing. OJS relies upon individuals fulfilling different roles, such as journal manager, editor, reviewer, author, and reader. It has a module that supports subscription journals.[2][3]

Like other community-based projects such as WordPress, the software has a plugin architecture, which allows new features to be integrated without changing its core codebase. Available plugins facilitate indexing in Google Scholar and PubMed Central, publishing RSS/Atom web syndication feeds, and providing COUNTER statistics about online usage,[4] several plugins are curated and directly available for download through its plugin gallery interface. OJS is also LOCKSS-compliant, which helps ensure ongoing access to journal contents. Third-party plugins include Reading Tools,[5] which point readers to related studies, media stories, and policy documents in open access databases, Better Password plugin, which forces the users to use strong passwords, among others. OJS also provides custom themes, which might be added to the installation through its plugin gallery and a demo installation to experiment its features.

Versions

Originally released in 2001, OJS is currently in version 3.3.0-8, released in August 2021. PKP also maintains a version 2 branch, with OJS 2.4.8-5 released in May 2019.[6] When upgrading from the version 2.x to 3.x, some care must be taken given that several features have been added and removed.[7]

OJS is written in PHP, uses either a MariaDB (formerly MySQL) or PostgreSQL database, and can be hosted on a Unix-like or Windows web server. PKP also keeps a Docker container.

Translations

As of version 3.3.0, the software has been translated into 50 languages: Arabic, Armenian, Basque, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Gaelic, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Kurdish, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese, with many additional languages (including Uzbek, Urdu, Sinhala, Lithuanian, Korean, and Mongolian) in development. Translations are created and maintained by the user community.[8]

Documentation

PKP keeps an extensive documentation hub where users can find documentation about all of its systems. The documentation covers basic software usage, migration instructions, development practices, accessibility, video tutorials and the content has been translated partially into other languages.

Usage

A user community has developed around the software, with active participants, and enhancements being contributed to the project from the Brazilian Institute for Information in Science and Technology (IBICT),[9][failed verification] the Journal of Medical Internet Research,[10] and others. A growing body of publications and documentation[11] is available on the project's website.

As of mid-2021, OJS was being used by at least 25,000 journals worldwide.[12] A daily updated map showing the location of these journals is also available on PKP's website.[13] A survey in 2010 found that about half were in the developing world.[14]

OJS hosting service is offered for a fee by PKP|Publishing Services (PKP-operated Publishing Services),[15][16] as well as a variety of third-party commercial and non-commercial service providers not affiliated with PKP.[17][18]

The Public Knowledge Project is also collaborating with the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) to develop scholarly research portals in Africa,[19] Bangladesh,[20] Nepal,[21] and Vietnam.[22] In Venezuela, at least 32 independent organizations, public and private universities publish 230 journals using this platform.[23]

OJS, as well as the Érudit publishing system,[24] is being used in the Synergies project,[25] creating a scholarly portal for Canadian social sciences and humanities research. OJS is also being used for research portals in Brazil,[26] Spain, Italy,[27] and Greece.[28]

See also

References

  1. ^ "GNU General Public License | Public Knowledge Project". Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Subscriptions". Open Journal Systems Help. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Open Journal Systems". Public Knowledge Project. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  4. ^ "COUNTER (Counting Online Usage of Networked Electronic Resources". Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  5. ^ Reading Tools
  6. ^ "Public Knowledge Project > Open Journal Systems > Download". Public Knowledge Project. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Getting Ready for OJS 3.0: When Should I Upgrade? | Public Knowledge Project".
  8. ^ "OJS Languages". Public Knowledge Project. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  9. ^ Brazilian Institute for Information in Science and Technology (IBICT)
  10. ^ "JMIR - Journal of Medical Internet Research". www.jmir.org. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  11. ^ publications and documentation
  12. ^ "OJS Stats". Public Knowledge Project. Retrieved 20 October 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ "OJS Map". Public Knowledge Project. Retrieved 20 October 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ Edgar, Brian D.; Willinsky, John (2010). "A Survey of Scholarly Journals Using Open Journal Systems". Scholarly and Research Communication. 1 (2). doi:10.22230/src.2010v1n2a24. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  15. ^ PKP|PS: The Only PKP-operated Publishing Service
  16. ^ PKP|PS Journal Hosting
  17. ^ Open Access Directory (OAD): OA journal launch services
  18. ^ Kumar, Shanu (29 September 2020). "OJS Hosting — What are the best options?". Medium. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  19. ^ "About AJOL". African Journals Online. Archived from the original on 19 February 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  20. ^ "About the site". Bangladesh Journals Online. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  21. ^ "About the Site". Nepal Journals Online. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  22. ^ "Vietnam Journals Online". Vietnam Journals Online. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  23. ^ "Publicaciones OJS". Centro virtual de Meteorologia. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  24. ^ "Érudit". Érudit.org. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  25. ^ "About Synergies". Synergies. Archived from the original on 15 June 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  26. ^ "Brazil". Archived from the original on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  27. ^ "LEO". Cilea.it. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  28. ^ "EKT ePublishing". epublishing.ekt.gr/en. National Documentation Centre. Retrieved 31 March 2014.

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