Open Journal Systems

Key Features

Powerful, flexible software that is built to meet the needs of journals in every country, language and discipline.

• Run one or many journals

  Every installation of OJS can run one or many journals, so you can decide what suits your publishing setup.

• Flexible editorial workflow

  Host a small editorial collective or run a streamlined publishing pipeline with editors, copyeditors and production assistants.

• Your journals, your brand

  Create a custom theme for your journal or publishing house. Or customize one of our responsive, off-the-shelf themes.

• Rich publication metadata

  Share your work in machine-readable metadata formats like Dublin Core and OAI-PMH.

• Multiple languages

  Born in multilingual Canada, our software supports journals publishing in one or two or as many languages as you need.

• Indexing and dissemination

  Quickly deposit your work with discovery services like Google Scholar, DOAJ, Crossref, DataCite and PubMed.

• Long-term preservation

  Ensure your journals are preserved in permanent archiving services like PKP|PN and CLOCKSS/LOCKSS.

• Global scholarly infrastructure

  Integrate with open industry standards such as DOIs, ORCID authentication and ROR affiliations.

• Own your data

  No lock-ins or walled gardens. Use import/export tools to take your data anywhere, even to a different platform.

• Stay on schedule

  Track every submission and find out quickly when editors and reviewers are falling behind.

• Peer review

  Find the right reviewers for every submission, with reviewer interests and editorial ratings, as well as accept and decline rates.

• Track your success

  View detailed article-by-article statistics and monitor editorial metrics like response times and reviews per submission.

• Audio/video and datasets

  Publish audio and video files, bespoke digital humanities projects or research datasets alongside full-text PDF, Word and HTML.

• Preserve the scholarly record

  Track changes to publications with versioned metadata and use the activity log to audit controversial editorial decisions.