Paper Process

Introduction to OJS

This journal uses the Open Journals Systems software for management and publishing support. OJS is an open source solution to managing and publishing scholarly journals online. OJS is a highly flexible editor-operated journal management and publishing system that can be downloaded for free and installed on a local Web server. It has been designed to reduce the time and energy devoted to the clerical and managerial tasks associated with editing a journal, while improving the record-keeping and efficiency of editorial processes. It seeks to improve the scholarly and public quality of journal publishing through a number of innovations, from making journal policies more transparent to improving indexing.

Management Structure

1. Editorial Process

    OJS moves submissions to the journal through five steps in the editorial process, which will be managed by one or more of the editors.

  • Unassigned Queue: Items begin here and are assigned to one or more editors.
  • Submission Review: Items undergo peer review and editorial decision.
  • Submission Editing: Items undergo copyediting, layout, and proofreading. The submission is assigned to an issue for publication.
  • Table of Contents: Items are ordered for publication and are published.

2. Editorial Roles (Assigned in Journal Management)

  • Journal Manager: Sets up the journal and staffs editorial roles (can also serve as an Editor and other roles).
  • Editor: Oversees editorial process; can assign submissions to Section Editors to see through Submission Review and Submission Editing; undertakes scheduling of content and publishing of journal.
  • Section Editor: Oversees Submission Review and possibly Submission Editing for assigned submissions.
  • Copyeditor: Works with submissions to improve grammar and clarity, poses questions to author on possible errors, and ensures strict adherence to journal's bibliographic and textual style.
  • Layout Editor: Transforms copyedited submissions into galleys in HTML, PDF, and/or PS files in the proper format for electronic publishing.
  • Proofreader: Reads galleys for typographic and formatting errors.

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