OJS Plugins

Generic Plugins

Generic plugins are used to extend Open Journal Systems in a variety of ways that are not supported by the other plugin categories.

  • Feed Plugin
    This plugin produces RSS/Atom web syndication feeds for the current issue.
  • TinyMCE Plugin
    This plugin enables WSYWIG editing of OJS textareas using the TinyMCE content editor.
  • COUNTER Statistics
    The COUNTER plugin allows recording and COUNTER reporting on site activity.
  • Thesis Abstracts
    Solicit and publish thesis abstracts.

Authorization Plugins

Authorization Plugins allow Open Journal Systems to delegate user authentication tasks to other systems, such as LDAP servers.

  • LDAP
    This plugin allows for authentication and synchronization of user accounts against an external LDAP data source.

Import/Export Plugins

Import/Export Plugins can be used to transfer content to and from other systems.

  • Users XML Plugin
    Import and export users
  • Erudit Article Export Plugin
    Export articles using the English Erudit DTD
  • Articles & Issues XML Plugin
    Import and export articles and issues
  • PubMed XML Export Plugin
    Export article metadata in PubMed XML format for indexing in PubMed/MEulINE.
  • CrossRef XML Export Plugin
    Export article metadata in CrossRef XML format.

Gateway Plugins

Gateway Plugins provide live data to external systems.

  • Google Scholar Gateway Plugin
    This plugin provides live data about a particular journal to Google Scholar for indexing and searching.
  • Resolver Plugin
    This plugin generates a list of journal titles from an OJS installation for link resolving software. It includes titles, ISSNs, full text start dates, etc.