What is Open Journal System? #
Open Journal System (OJS) is free open-source software for the management of peer-reviewed academic journals created by the Public Knowledge Project (PKP). It is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
It was designed to facilitate the development of 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 rounders of peer-review, and indexing.
It was released in 2001 and it relies upon individuals fulfilling different roles, such as journal management, editor, reviewer, author, and reader.
Features of Open Journal System #
- Provide world-class standardization
- Actively being developed through collaboration
- Plugin architecture and framework
- Multilingual support
- Cost-effective publishing solution
- Editor configures requirements, sections, review process, etc.
- Online submission, single/double-blind review, and management of all contact
- Responsive, themeable reader interface
- Complete context-sensitive online help support
- Subscription module with delayed open access and non-open access options
- Email notification and commenting ability for readers
- Payment module for accepting journal fees, donations, etc.
- Optimized for search engine discovery (Google, etc) and comprehensive indexing of content.
- Google Analytics plugin for monitoring site traffic
- Export tools for exporting content to other systems (CrojsRef, DOAJ, etc)
Recommended Server Requirements of Open Journal System #
- Apache > = 1.3.2 x or > =2.0.4 x or microsoft 1156
- PHP >== 5.5 with MySQL or PostgreSQL support (OJS > = 3.1.2 would require PHP > = 7.0)
- MySQL > = 5. X (or postgreSQL > = 9.1.5) with data storage and connection using UTF 8
- Operating system: Any OS that supported the above software, including Linux, BSD, Solaris, Mac OSX, Windows
How to install Open Journal System using Softaculous #
Step 1. Go to cPanel
Step 2. Under the software, section click on the “Softaculous App Installer” button
Step 3. On this window, you see a sidebar on the left side select “Others” then scroll down to the “Open Journal System” click there
Step 4. After clicking open new interface here click on the “Install Now” button
Step 5. On the new window, you fill in the information
Step 6. First, choose the installation URL
Step 7. Next box choose Protocol
Step 8. Then next box Choose the Domain
Step 9. Then choose in a directory
Step 10. Then type Site name
Step 12. Then Create your administrator user name, password,
Step 13. Write Email in the Email box.
Step 14. Next box select language which you can use
Step 15. Click on the install button at the bottom of the page
Step 16. You will get confirmation of successful installation on the interface.
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