Resources

Editorial resources

General Resources


Publishing Resources

The Canadian Centre for Studies in Publishing (CCSP) Press addresses the needs of a wide range of journal publishers, delivering support on all levels of the journal publishing process. Using the operational and technical foundation of Open Journal Systems (OJS), CCSP Press can provide all the publishing tools and personnel needed to have a journal published online and/or in print.

The Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association represents the interests of Open Access (OA) journal publishers globally in all scientific, technical and scholarly disciplines, through exchanging information, setting standards, advancing models, advocacy, education, and the promotion of innovation.

The Research Cooperative promotes effective contact and working relationships among researchers, research students, science writers, editors, translators, illustrators, publishers, and all others involved in original research-based communication. They provide an online forum to find help with writing and publishing in all languages, for all media, topics and countries, for academic and applied research, and for volunteer to fully-paid services.

Transitioning Society Publishers to Open Access is a group of individuals from libraries, academic institutions, publishers, and consortia who connect society journal editors and publishers (and any libraries or consortia that support them) with support and useful resources related to transitioning society publications to open access (OA). Their website has a number of resources and information about their services.


Indexing Resources

Getting your journal indexed is critical for its success. It draws researchers to your content, inviting them to access your articles and become part of your community of readers, authors, reviewers, and editors.

The following resources, drawn from the appendices of the PKP document Getting Found, Staying Found, Increasing Impact, can guide you finding the best indexes for your journal, and learning how to get your content included in these important resources.

Guides

Commercial Indexes

Open Indexes

Open Directories

Search Engines


Learning Resources

PKP training and presentation materials are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Canada License, except where mentioned otherwise (as is the case for any software bundled with the course material).

Editage Insights, created and maintained by Editage editorial services, is a comprehensive learning and discussion platform for authors and journals. Available in English, Simplified ChineseJapanese, and Korean, Editage Insights provides high-quality content on a range of topics related to academic publishing, from manuscript preparation and the publication process, to hot topics in the global scholarly publishing industry, such as publication ethics, peer review, and open access. It allows users to learn through articles, video tutorials, and interviews with industry leaders; participate in discussions; and ask questions on any aspect of scholarly publishing.

The International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) hosts publishing workshops that brings together the staff from journals. According to the website: “These workshops are extremely participatory, and involve group work and discussion with the objective of providing delegates with the knowledge to help make informed decisions about their own publications”.

The Canadian Association of Learned Journals primarily provides professional development through workshops and seminars at their annual conference. CALJ has also published a guidebook entitled, Best Practices Guide To Scholarly Journal Publishing, which is a practical guide that may be useful to graduate students starting up a new journal.

The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) hosts an annual three-day conference in the United Kingdom and a series of one-day workshops throughout the year. Each workshop has a clear learning objective, a program, and two tutors. The topics of these workshops seem more conducive to those new to publishing (e.g., Introduction to Journal Marketing, Fundamentals of Journal Finance, etc.). ALPSP has also published booklets on topics such as, What Authors Want, The Costs of Learned Journal and Book Publishing, and E-Book Platforms and Aggregators. While some booklets are available for free on-line, many cost money.

The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) hosts an annual three-day conference and seminars in the Washington DC area. SSP publishes a Professional Profile, a short interview with one of its members. SSP also posts notices about internship positions that are available through its member organizations. The SSP, in collaboration with ALPSP, also has a serial, Learned Publishing, as well as other publications.

Presentations

  • ASPR PKP Workshop Slides (ppt): Presented by MJ Suhonos in Sydney, Australia, on Dec. 5 2008. PowerPoint presentation providing an overview and history of PKP, sustainability model, dissemination, and ways for others to collaborate with PKP.
  • Division of Labour (ppt): Developed by John Willinsky and Smith Esseh for presentations in Africa in 2007. PowerPoint presentation on the different roles that might be played by Server Administrator, Librarian, and Journal Editor/Conference Director on a campus that hosts OJS and OCS.
  • Ensuring a Journal’s Economic Sustainability While Increasing Access to Knowledge (ppt): Developed by John Willinsky and Smith Esseh for presentations in Africa in 2007. PowerPoint presentation that presents the case for online management, online publishing, and a variety of models of open access publishing as a way to sustain a journal while increasing its contribution to the circulation of knowledge.
  • OJS User Roles (ppt): Developed by John Willinsky and Smith Esseh for presentations in Africa in 2007. PowerPoint presentation illustrating with tables and screen shots how OJS uses different roles to manage and publish journals online.

Course Material

  • DHSI 2008 coursepack (6.4MB tar file)
    This course pack includes sample submission papers and galley files; sample header images; a sample stylesheet; and reference documentation as well as a syllabus.

Publishing Guides

Scholarly Publishing Guides

Establishing and Publishing an Online Peer-Reviewed Journal: Action Plan, Resourcing, and Costs, Dr. Lorna Shapiro (2005).
The findings of an independent analyst, whose work not only highlights the strengths of OJS, but also answers many questions others will have in the early stages of starting a journal, including the critical issues of time, costs, and planning.

Getting Found, Staying Found, Increasing Impact: Enhancing Readership and Preserving Content for OJS Journals, Kevin Stranack (2006).
This document shows OJS publishers how to raise their journal’s profile, and suggests strategies for the preservation of their content.

Online Guide to Open Access Journals Publishing (2010).
The online guide is directed to small independent teams and provides practical information on planning, setting up, launching, publishing and managing an open access scholarly journal.

Starting a new Scholarly Journal in Africa, Kevin Stranack (2006).
Considers the promise, possibilities, issues and technologies involved in starting a new scholarly journal in a developing country setting.

Starting an Open Access Journal: a step-by-step guide, Martin Eve (2012).
A five-part introduction to starting an OA journal in the humanities — although it is useful for all disciplines.

How to start an Open Access journal (poster)
Created by the Hybrid Publishing Lab at the Centre for Digital Cultures at Leuphana University, allowing you to get an idea of the various aspects of Open Access journal publishing at a glance.


Recursos OJS 2 en Español

  • Información General
    • Open Journal Systems (OJS) es un Sistema de Administración y publicación de revistas y documentos periódicos (Seriadas) en Internet. El sistema está diseñado para reducir el tiempo y energías dedicadas al manejo exhaustivo de las tareas que involucra la edición de una publicación seriada. Este sistema permite un manejo eficiente y unificado del proceso editorial, con esto se busca acelerar el acceso en la difusión de contenidos e investigación producido por las Universidades y centros de investigación productores del conocimiento. Así mismo, busca consolidarse como una herramienta con innovaciones que permite el acceso en texto completo de los documentos publicados.OJS es una solución de software libre que es desarrollado por el Public Knowledge Project (PKP), Canadá, que está dedicado al aprovechamiento y desarrollo de las nuevas tecnologías para el uso en investigación académica. PKP trabaja a través de sus esfuerzos, financiados con fondos federales, con el fin de expandir y mejorar el acceso a la investigación.
    • Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas
      Ejemplos de más de 30 revistas españolas usando OJS en una instalación
    • Congresos de la Universidad de Murcia
      Ejemplo de alrededor de 10 congresos españoles usando OCS en una instalación
  • Publicaciones de OJS
  • Manuales OJS
    • Guía de Usuarios de OJS (versión 2.3.3) traducido como parte del Proyecto Revistas Científicas y Arbitradas de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
      Este documento esta basado en la OJS User Guide
    • Manual OJS (versión 2.4.3) preparado por la Universidad Nacional de ColombiaEste documento está basado en OJS in an hour, pero personalizado para SINAB. Sin embargo es una documentación muy completa de OJS que puede ser usada por cualquier grupo.
    • OJS em uma hora (portugués)
      Una version del manual OJS preparado por IBICT
  • Materiales de cursos