OJS Software Guide  

Open Journal Systems (OJS) is an online, open source, journal publishing system developed by the Public Knowledge Project (PKP).  This guide has been developed by librarians at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia to help editors and authors of OJS journals hosted by Acadia.  Further information and help may be found on the PKP's OJS site.  

There are various video clips designed to illustrate the tasks that will need to be completed by the various roles associated with an OJS Journal:

• Editor (including a video on journal set-up)

• Author or Book Reviewer

• Peer-Reviewer

• Section Editor

• Copyeditor

• Layout Editor

All Acadia OJS journals operate under a Attribution, Non-Commercial, No-Deriviatives Creative Commons License.  For more information please see the Creative Commons tab or www.creativecommons.ca

The following flowchart outlines and explains the various processes and roles in an OJS journal: