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'''Open Journal Systems''' ('''OJS''') is an [[open-source software]] for the management of [[peer-review]]er academic journals, created by the [[Public Knowledge Project]], released under the [[GNU General Public License]].
'''Open Journal Systems''', also known as '''OJS''', is an [[open source]] and [[free software]] for the management of [[peer-review]]ed [[academic journals]], created by the [[Public Knowledge Project]], and released under the [[GNU General Public License]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pkp.sfu.ca/gpl/|title=GNU General Public License {{!}} Public Knowledge Project|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-26}}</ref>


==Design==
==History==
OJS was designed to facilitate the development of [[Open access (publishing)|open access]], peer-reviewed publishing, providing the technical infrastructure not only for the online presentation of journal articles, but also an entire editorial management workflow, including article submission, multiple rounds of peer-review, and indexing. OJS relies upon individuals fulfilling different roles, such as the Journal manager, editor, reviewer, author, reader, etc.
Open Journal Systems (OJS) was conceived 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.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/help/view/journal/topic/000025 |title=Subscriptions |work=Open Journal Systems Help |access-date=25 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pkp.sfu.ca/software/ojs |title=Open Journal Systems |work=Public Knowledge Project |access-date=5 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.paideiastudio.net/what-is-ojs-open-journal-systems |title=What is OJS |work=Paideia Studio |access-date=5 December 2023}}</ref>


The software has a 'plugin' architecture, similar to other community-based projects such as [[WordPress]], allowing new features to be easily integrated without the need to change the entire core code base. Some of the plugins contributed to OJS include tools to facilitate indexing in [[Google Scholar]] and [[PubMed Central]], a feed plugin providing [[RSS (file format)|RSS]]/[[Atom (standard)|Atom]] web syndication feeds, a COUNTER plugin,<ref>[http://www.projectcounter.org/about.html COUNTER (Counting Online Usage of Networked Electronic Resources)] plugin</ref> allowing [[Project COUNTER|COUNTER]] statistics and reporting, and more. Open Journal Systems is also [[LOCKSS]]-compliant, helping to ensure permanent archiving for ongoing access to the content of the journal.
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 (file format)|RSS]]/[[Atom (standard)|Atom]] web syndication feeds, and providing [[Project COUNTER|COUNTER]] statistics about online usage,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.projectcounter.org/about.html |title=COUNTER (Counting Online Usage of Networked Electronic Resources |access-date=5 March 2013}}</ref> 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,<ref>[https://openjournalsystems.com/ojs-2-user-guide/reading-tools-3/ Reading Tools]</ref> which point readers to related studies, media stories, and policy documents in open access databases, the [https://github.com/ulsdevteam/pkp-betterPassword Better Password plugin], which forces the users to use strong passwords, and many others freely available in GitHub. OJS also provides [https://github.com/pkp/?q=theme custom themes], which might be added to the installation through its plugin gallery and a [https://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/ojs_demo/ demo installation] to experiment its features.

To improve reader's engagement, PKP has developed a series of Reading Tools,<ref>[http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/demo/present/index.php/demojournal/article/view/6/11 Reading Tools]</ref> which provide access to related studies, media stories, government policies, etc. in open access databases.


==Versions==
==Versions==
OJS is currently in its 3.4.0-7 version, released on August 23, 2024. Its first version was originally released in 2001. The software possesses an open well defined [https://pkp.sfu.ca/roadmap development roadmap] and a set of [https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/milestones?direction=asc&sort=due_date&state=open milestones].
Originally released in 2001, OJS is currently in version 2.3.3. OJS is written in [[PHP]], uses either a [[MySQL]] or [[PostgreSQL]] database, and can be hosted on a [[Unix-like]] or [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] web server.


The software is written in [[PHP]], currently supports two databases, [[MySQL]]/[[MariaDB]] and [[PostgreSQL]], and can be hosted on a [[Unix-like]] or [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] web server.
==User communities==
{| class="wikitable"
A strong user community has developed around the software, with many active participants, and significant enhancements being contributed to the project from the Brazilian Institute for Information in Science and Technology (IBICT),<ref>[http://www.ibict.br/ Brazilian Institute for Information in Science and Technology (IBICT)]</ref> the [[Journal of Medical Internet Research]], and others. A growing body of publications and documentation<ref>[http://pkp.sfu.ca/pkp_publications publications and documentation]</ref> is available on the project web site.
!Version
!Supported
!End of Life
|-
|3.4.x
|Active development
|
|-
|3.3.x
|Active maintenance
|
|-
|3.2.x
|Security only
|
|-
|3.1.x
|Security only; upgrade recommended
|
|-
|3.0.x
|Security only; upgrade recommended
|
|-
|2.x
|Not supported
|2021
|-
|1.x
|Not supported
|2005 (approx.)
|}
'''Note:''' OJS 2 reached its end of life in 2021, its latest release was the version 2.4.8-5, released in May 2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=Public Knowledge Project > Open Journal Systems > Download|url=https://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/ojs_download/|access-date=27 March 2020|website=Public Knowledge Project}}</ref> When upgrading from the version 2.x to 3.x, some care must be taken given that several features have been added and removed, especially if the installation has hand-made customizations.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Getting Ready for OJS 3.0: When Should I Upgrade? &#124; Public Knowledge Project|url=https://pkp.sfu.ca/2016/08/29/getting-ready-for-ojs-3-0-when-should-i-upgrade/}}</ref>


==Translations==
==Translations==
OJS has been translated into eight languages (English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish), with an additional ten languages (Arabic, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Persian, Hindi, Japanese, Norwegian, Thai, Vietnamese) in development. All translations are created and maintained by the OJS user community.<ref>[http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs-languages user community]</ref>
As of version 3.3.0, the software has been translated into [https://translate.pkp.sfu.ca/projects/ojs/#languages 50 languages]: Arabic, Armenian, Basque, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=OJS Languages|url=http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs-languages|work=Public Knowledge Project|access-date=21 August 2013}}</ref>


==Public use==
==Documentation==
PKP maintains an extensive [http://docs.pkp.sfu.ca/ 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.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Willinsky |first=John |date=2005-01-01 |editor-last=P. Muir |editor-first=Scott |editor2-last=Leggott |editor2-first=Mark |title=Open Journal Systems: An example of open source software for journal management and publishing |url=https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/07378830510636300/full/html |journal=Library Hi Tech |volume=23 |issue=4 |pages=504–519 |doi=10.1108/07378830510636300 |issn=0737-8831}}</ref> PKP also provides extensive documentation on governance and policies.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Solution: Open Journal Systems (OJS) {{!}} Infra Finder |url=https://infrafinder.investinopen.org/solutions/open-journal-systems-ojs |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=infrafinder.investinopen.org |language=en}}</ref>
The [[Public Knowledge Project]] is also collaborating closely with the [[International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications]] (INASP) to develop scholarly research portals in Africa,<ref>[http://ajol.info Africa]</ref> Bangladesh,<ref>[http://journals.sfu.ca/bd Bangladesh]</ref> Nepal,<ref>[http://journals.sfu.ca/nepal Nepal]</ref> and Vietnam.<ref>[http://journals.sfu.ca/vn Vietnam]</ref>


==Usage==
OJS, as well as the [[Erudit]] publishing system,<ref>http://erudit.org</ref> is being used in the [[Synergies]] project,<ref>http://www.synergies.umontreal.ca</ref> creating a scholarly portal for Canadian social sciences and humanities research. OJS is also being used for research portals in Brazil<ref>[http://www.ibict.br/secao.php?cat=SEER/Revistas%20Brasileiras Brazil]</ref> and Catalonia,<ref>[http://www.raco.cat/ Catalonia]</ref> Spain.


A user community has developed around the software, with active participants, and enhancements being contributed to the project from the {{ill|Brazilian Institute for Information in Science and Technology|pt|Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia}} (IBICT),<ref>[http://www.ibict.br/ Brazilian Institute for Information in Science and Technology (IBICT)]</ref>{{Failed verification|date=November 2015}} the ''[[Journal of Medical Internet Research]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|title=JMIR – Journal of Medical Internet Research|url=https://www.jmir.org/|access-date=2020-09-02|website=jmir.org|language=en}}</ref> and others. A growing body of publications and documentation<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071018053003/http://pkp.sfu.ca/pkp_publications publications and documentation]</ref> is available on the project's website.
===Usage statistics===

As of December 2010, OJS was being used by at least 7,500 journals worldwide.<ref>http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs-journals</ref> A selected list of OJS journals is available on the [http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs-journals PKP web site].
As of mid-2021, OJS was being used by at least 25,000 journals worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|title=OJS Stats|url=https://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/stats/|access-date=20 October 2015|website=Public Knowledge Project}}</ref> A daily updated map showing the location of these journals is also available on PKP's website.<ref>{{cite web|title=OJS Map|url=https://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/stats/|access-date=20 October 2015|website=Public Knowledge Project}}</ref> A survey in 2010 found that about half were in the developing world.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://src-online.ca/index.php/src/article/view/24/41|title=A Survey of Scholarly Journals Using Open Journal Systems|journal=Scholarly and Research Communication|year=2010|doi=10.22230/src.2010v1n2a24|language=en|access-date=2016-03-24|last1=Edgar|first1=Brian D.|last2=Willinsky|first2=John|volume=1|issue=2|doi-access=free}}</ref>

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,<ref>{{cite web|title=About AJOL|url=http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajol/pages/view/AboutAJOL|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219230651/http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajol/pages/view/AboutAJOL|archive-date=19 February 2017|access-date=20 October 2015|website=African Journals Online}}</ref> Bangladesh,<ref>{{cite web|title=About the site|url=http://banglajol.info/index.php/index/about|access-date=20 October 2015|website=Bangladesh Journals Online}}</ref> Nepal,<ref>{{cite web|title=About the Site|url=http://nepjol.info/index.php/index/about|access-date=20 October 2015|website=Nepal Journals Online}}</ref> and Vietnam.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vietnam Journals Online|url=http://www.vjol.info/|access-date=20 October 2015|website=Vietnam Journals Online}}</ref>
In [[Venezuela]], at least 32 independent organizations, public and private universities publish 230 journals using this platform.<ref>{{cite web|title=Publicaciones OJS|url=http://meteoven.org/ojs/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414124419/http://www.meteoven.org/ojs/|archive-date=14 April 2016|access-date=17 May 2017|website=Centro virtual de Meteorologia}}</ref>

OJS, as well as the [[Érudit]] publishing system,<ref>{{cite web|title=Érudit|url=http://erudit.org|access-date=2013-08-10|publisher=Érudit.org}}</ref> is being used in the Synergies project,<ref>{{cite web|title=About Synergies|url=http://www.synergies.umontreal.ca/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160615070335/http://www.synergies.umontreal.ca/|archive-date=15 June 2016|access-date=20 October 2015|website=Synergies}}</ref> creating a scholarly portal for Canadian social sciences and humanities research. OJS is also being used for research portals in Brazil,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Brazil|url=http://www.ibict.br/secao.php?cat=SEER%2FRevistas%20Brasileiras|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407002939/http://www.ibict.br/secao.php?cat=SEER%2FRevistas%20Brasileiras|archive-date=7 April 2012|access-date=7 April 2012}}</ref> Spain, Italy,<ref>{{cite web|title=LEO|url=http://leo.cilea.it|access-date=2013-08-10|publisher=[[Cilea.it]]}}</ref> and Greece.<ref>{{cite web|title=EKT ePublishing|url=http://epublishing.ekt.gr/en|access-date=2014-03-31|work=epublishing.ekt.gr/en|publisher=[[National Documentation Centre (Greece)|National Documentation Centre]]}}</ref>

==Hosting==

OJS hosting service is offered for a fee by the [https://pkpservices.sfu.ca/ PKP|Publishing Services] (PKP-operated Publishing Services),<ref>[https://pkp.sfu.ca/2015/02/20/pkpps-the-only-pkp-operated-publishing-service/ PKP|PS: The Only PKP-operated Publishing Service]</ref><ref>[https://pkpservices.sfu.ca/content/journal-hosting PKP|PS Journal Hosting]</ref> as well as a variety of third-party commercial and non-commercial service providers not affiliated with PKP.<ref>[http://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/OA_journal_launch_services Open Access Directory (OAD): OA journal launch services]</ref>

PKP has also released a [https://github.com/pkp/docker-ojs Docker container] in [[GitHub]], which may be helpful to spin-up an OJS instance without having to deal with the web server, database and PHP installation. The container is still in beta, so it should be used only for testing purposes.


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Open access journal]]
* [[Open access journal]]

Other open source journal management systems include:
* [[DPubS]]
* [[DPubS]]
* [https://dev.livingreviews.org/projects/epubtk ePublishing Toolkit]
* [http://gapworks.berlios.de/ GAPworks]
* [http://www.hjournal.org/ Hyperjournal]
* [[OpenACS]]
* [[OpenACS]]
* [http://www.scix.net/sops.htm SOPS]
* [http://www.topazproject.org/ TOPAZ]
* [http://www.scopemed.org/ Scopemed]


== References ==
==Further reading==
*da Fonseca, R.M.S. (2004, June). [https://web.archive.org/web/20070318095727/http://pkp.sfu.ca/node/473 Open Journal Systems]. Paper presented at the ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20061209215839/http://portal.cid.unb.br/elpub/index.php ICCC 8th International Conference on Electronic Publishing]'', Brasilia.
{{Reflist|2}}
*Muthayan, S. (2003). ''[http://pkp.sfu.ca/files/Muthayan.pdf Open access research and the public domain in South African universities: The Public Knowledge Project's Open Journal Systems]''. Paper presented at the [http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=8228&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html International Symposium on Open Access and the Public Domain in Digital Data and Information for Science], UNESCO, Paris.
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* da Fonseca, R.M.S. (2004, June). [http://pkp.sfu.ca/node/473 Open Journal Systems]. Paper presented at the ''[http://portal.cid.unb.br/elpub/index.php ICCC 8th International Conference on Electronic Publishing]'', Brasilia.
*Willinsky, J. (2005). [https://web.archive.org/web/20130207022934/http://pkp.sfu.ca/node/433 Open Journal Systems: An example of open source software for journal management and publishing]. ''Library Hi-Tech'' 23 (4), 504–519.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100621160140/https://wiki.library.jhu.edu/display/epubs/Home?showChildren=false A Survey and Evaluation of Open-Source Electronic Publishing Systems], Mark Cyzyk and Sayeed Choudhury, Johns Hopkins University
* Muthayan, S. (2003). ''[http://pkp.sfu.ca/files/Muthayan.pdf Open access research and the public domain in South African universities: The Public Knowledge Project's Open Journal Systems'']. Paper presented at the [http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=8228&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html International Symposium on Open Access and the Public Domain in Digital Data and Information for Science], UNESCO, Paris.
*{{Cite journal |last=Owen |first=Brian |date=1 April 2012 |title=The Public Knowledge Project and Open Journal Systems: open source options for small publishers |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1087/20120208 |journal=Learned Publishing |volume=25 |issue=2 |pages=138-144 |doi=10.1087/20120208}}
* {{cite web | author=Suber, P.|date=2006, July 04 | title=Timeline of the open access movement|accessdate=2006-11-28|url=http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/timeline.htm}}
*{{Cite journal |date=2022 |title=Open Journal Systems: The Digitization of Academic Journals |url=https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/78119 |journal=[[Social Science Open Access Repository]] |via=}}
* Willinsky, J. (2005). [http://pkp.sfu.ca/node/433 Open Journal Systems: An example of open source software for journal management and publishing]. ''Library Hi-Tech'' 23 (4), 504-519.

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==References==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{Official website}}
* [http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs Open Journal Systems - Public Knowledge Project - Website]

* [https://wiki.library.jhu.edu/display/epubs/Home?showChildren=false A Survey and Evaluation of Open-Source Electronic Publishing Systems], Mark Cyzyk and Sayeed Choudhury, [[Johns Hopkins University]]
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Open Journal Systems
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Open Journal Systems, also known as OJS, is an open source and free software for the management of peer-reviewed academic journals, created by the Public Knowledge Project, and released under the GNU General Public License.[1]

History

[edit]

Open Journal Systems (OJS) was conceived 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][4]

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,[5] 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,[6] which point readers to related studies, media stories, and policy documents in open access databases, the Better Password plugin, which forces the users to use strong passwords, and many others freely available in GitHub. 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

[edit]

OJS is currently in its 3.4.0-7 version, released on August 23, 2024. Its first version was originally released in 2001. The software possesses an open well defined development roadmap and a set of milestones.

The software is written in PHP, currently supports two databases, MySQL/MariaDB and PostgreSQL, and can be hosted on a Unix-like or Windows web server.

Version Supported End of Life
3.4.x Active development
3.3.x Active maintenance
3.2.x Security only
3.1.x Security only; upgrade recommended
3.0.x Security only; upgrade recommended
2.x Not supported 2021
1.x Not supported 2005 (approx.)

Note: OJS 2 reached its end of life in 2021, its latest release was the version 2.4.8-5, released in May 2019.[7] When upgrading from the version 2.x to 3.x, some care must be taken given that several features have been added and removed, especially if the installation has hand-made customizations.[8]

Translations

[edit]

As of version 3.3.0, the software has been translated into 50 languages: Arabic, Armenian, Basque, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, 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.[9]

Documentation

[edit]

PKP maintains 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.[10] PKP also provides extensive documentation on governance and policies.[11]

Usage

[edit]

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 [pt] (IBICT),[12][failed verification] the Journal of Medical Internet Research,[13] and others. A growing body of publications and documentation[14] is available on the project's website.

As of mid-2021, OJS was being used by at least 25,000 journals worldwide.[15] A daily updated map showing the location of these journals is also available on PKP's website.[16] A survey in 2010 found that about half were in the developing world.[17]

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,[18] Bangladesh,[19] Nepal,[20] and Vietnam.[21] In Venezuela, at least 32 independent organizations, public and private universities publish 230 journals using this platform.[22]

OJS, as well as the Érudit publishing system,[23] is being used in the Synergies project,[24] creating a scholarly portal for Canadian social sciences and humanities research. OJS is also being used for research portals in Brazil,[25] Spain, Italy,[26] and Greece.[27]

Hosting

[edit]

OJS hosting service is offered for a fee by the PKP|Publishing Services (PKP-operated Publishing Services),[28][29] as well as a variety of third-party commercial and non-commercial service providers not affiliated with PKP.[30]

PKP has also released a Docker container in GitHub, which may be helpful to spin-up an OJS instance without having to deal with the web server, database and PHP installation. The container is still in beta, so it should be used only for testing purposes.

See also

[edit]

Further reading

[edit]

References

[edit]
  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 5 December 2023.
  4. ^ "What is OJS". Paideia Studio. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  5. ^ "COUNTER (Counting Online Usage of Networked Electronic Resources". Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  6. ^ Reading Tools
  7. ^ "Public Knowledge Project > Open Journal Systems > Download". Public Knowledge Project. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Getting Ready for OJS 3.0: When Should I Upgrade? | Public Knowledge Project".
  9. ^ "OJS Languages". Public Knowledge Project. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  10. ^ Willinsky, John (1 January 2005). P. Muir, Scott; Leggott, Mark (eds.). "Open Journal Systems: An example of open source software for journal management and publishing". Library Hi Tech. 23 (4): 504–519. doi:10.1108/07378830510636300. ISSN 0737-8831.
  11. ^ "Solution: Open Journal Systems (OJS) | Infra Finder". infrafinder.investinopen.org. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
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