Launch Your Academic Journal in 24 Hours Without IT Staff | ScholarJMS
Start publishing immediately with ScholarJMS. Launch your academic journal within 24 hours without IT staff, plugins, or technical setup. Ready-to-use system with DOI, peer review, and indexing support included.
Launch Your Journal Today, Publish Tomorrow
Launching an academic journal is traditionally considered a long and technical process. For decades, universities and publishers believed that starting a journal required server configuration, hosting management, editorial module setup, manual DOI integration, theme installation, plugin adjustments and hiring technical support to keep everything running. Many journals spend weeks preparing their first issue and some never launch because technical complexity becomes too heavy to manage.
ScholarJMS changes that belief completely. It allows any new journal to go live within a single day, even when no IT team is available. This new generation publishing platform is designed so that editorial boards, research groups, universities and societies can start publishing without struggling through configuration and setup.
Why Fast Journal Launch Matters Today
The number of researchers, submitted papers and interdisciplinary fields is growing faster than journal platforms are being created. New specializations appear every year, conferences produce hundreds of publishable articles and institutions want research visibility on global indexing platforms within shorter cycles. A journal that takes months to launch loses time, submissions, citations and momentum.
ScholarJMS solves this by building an architecture that is launch ready. Instead of waiting for developers, institutions only need basic journal input and branding elements. The system automatically prepares the workflow, CMS, user roles, policies and visibility elements.
A 24-hour launch window means:
Faster entry into the academic publishing space
No dependency on external developers
No plugin search or configuration
No patching or security fixing
Journal available to authors instantly
Time to launch directly impacts reputation, indexing eligibility and submission flow. Speed is not a luxury anymore, it is an advantage and ScholarJMS delivers it with precision.
A Ready to Use Publishing System Without Plugin Dependency
Most legacy systems require plugins and modules for core tasks like submission, DOI, indexing, layout and peer review. If a plugin fails or becomes outdated, the entire journal stops functioning. Journals waste time troubleshooting instead of publishing.
ScholarJMS is different because the platform already includes everything. You do not need to install add ons, integrate modules or configure dependencies. From the moment a new journal account is created, the system is ready to publish.
Core functions already included:
Submission and editorial workflow
Reviewer assignment and decisions
Crossref DOI system
Journal homepage builder
Issue management and article layout
Metadata and indexing readiness
Secure hosting and backup engine
No installation. No maintenance. No risk of plugin failure.
Domain and Hosting Setup Managed by ScholarJMS Team
The biggest launch difficulty for journals is web hosting. Universities do not want to hire sysadmins. Publishers do not want to manage servers. Societies do not want cyber risks. ScholarJMS eliminates this step entirely by providing secure and optimized hosting that is configured directly by the ScholarJMS team.
A journal can run on its own custom domain or on a subdomain provided by the publisher. The ScholarJMS team performs DNS mapping, SSL installation, URL configuration and platform deployment without needing technical involvement from the journal owner.
This alone saves days of effort and makes 24-hour launch realistic.
Zero IT Requirement Through Complete System Automation
The core success of ScholarJMS lies in its automation. Unlike Open Journal Systems OJS which requires manual theme setup, plugin installation and workflow configuration, ScholarJMS is ready to run from the first minute. The Admin does not need server knowledge, command line access or coding capability.
When ScholarJMS on boarding begins, the technical work is already handled internally which includes:
Server deployment and environment setup
Domain or subdomain pointing
SSL activation for security
Default submission workflow configuration
Role creation for authors, reviewers and editors
Homepage layout activation
SEO system auto enablement
Everything is prepared in the backend so the journal is ready for content instead of waiting for structure. Even academic teams with no IT background can manage publication operations comfortably.
No Login Submission Helps Authors Start Instantly
Submission workflow is one of the biggest reasons journals delay launch. Most systems require user registration, password setup and email verification before submission begins. Editors spend hours guiding authors through this process, especially during the first issue.
ScholarJMS allows login free submission. An author can upload a manuscript directly and the editorial review starts without delay. This is extremely helpful for new journals who want quick volume during their launch period.
Features that support fast submission:
No mandatory author accounts
Minimal steps during upload
AI assisted metadata suggestion
Instant editorial notifications
Automatic manuscript routing
Within the first day of launch, a journal can already be receiving submissions.
One Click Crossref DOI Assignment Instead of Manual XML Work
New journals often struggle with DOI because Crossref setup is complex. In older systems, editors must create XML metadata, upload files manually and correct deposit errors one by one. It takes time and requires strong technical skill.
ScholarJMS automates DOI so that a journal can assign DOI to any article or full issue using a single click. Editors only need to configure their Crossref account once. After that, DOI registration becomes effortless.
This is how ScholarJMS enables launch with full DOI support on day one.
Editors can:
Assign DOI instantly
Track DOI usage history
Export DOI logs anytime
Avoid XML generation completely
This removes months of technical operations and compresses the launch timeline to a few hours.
Homepage Design and Branding Ready Without a Web Developer
A journal homepage is the first impression of editorial trust. Traditional systems require theme setup, template editing and developer support to achieve a professional look. ScholarJMS eliminates this delay because branding tools are built in.
Everything is editable using simple controls. You can publish your homepage visually without HTML knowledge.
You can configure:
Colors and theme style
Hero banner and featured blocks
Scope and editorial board sections
Journal policies and indexing areas
Issue listing and article layout
This helps a new journal appear professional on day one rather than looking like a basic launch page.
Transparent Peer Review Setup from Scholar9.com On the First Day
Peer review is the heart of academic publishing. However traditional journal systems use email based manual review that becomes slow, difficult to track and impossible to audit. For a new journal this becomes a bottleneck because the review process must look trustworthy from the very beginning.
ScholarJMS integrates with Scholar9 Transparent Peer Review System so that a new journal can start peer review immediately with review credibility. This helps editorial boards track reviewers, maintain decision history and even enable transparent view of evaluation when needed.
New journals can:
Assign reviewers from day one
Track review turnaround time
Maintain ethical review visibility
Build trust before indexing evaluation
This is a major reason new journals launch confidently using ScholarJMS.
Full Editorial Workflow Without Training or IT Setup
Publishing a journal requires coordination between authors, reviewers and editors. If the system is difficult to learn, first issue publication slows down. ScholarJMS solves this by providing a dashboard that is short, simple and intuitive.
The entire workflow functions smoothly without dependency on a technician or web developer. This one factor alone reduces launch time more than anything else.
Editors can:
Accept or reject submissions
Request revisions
Upload updated files
Publish articles to live page
Create a new issue instantly
Why 24 Hour Journal Launch Matters for Institutions
Speed is a new competitive advantage.
Universities want to showcase research output quickly. Newly formed editorial boards want to publish immediately. Societies need a platform to handle conference papers without delay. Publishers want faster production flow without overhead.
A journal that launches early builds recognition early. A journal that delays launch loses authors to faster platforms.
ScholarJMS ensures that research publishing never waits on technology. The system supports speed without compromising quality.
SEO and Indexing Architecture Built In
Launching a journal is not enough. It must gain visibility so that citations grow and indexing becomes possible. ScholarJMS is built to support indexing from the first published issue. The system generates metadata fields, OAI PMH feeds, structured DOI URLs, Google Scholar friendly page structures and sitemap distribution.
This means journals are not only launch ready, they are index ready.
Indexing support includes:
Metadata embedding in article pages
OAI endpoints for metadata harvesting
Sitemap auto generation for crawlers
Article citation structure clean and traceable
When journals begin with ScholarJMS, they already align with indexing rules instead of updating them later.
Conclusion ScholarJMS Makes Same Day Journal Launch Possible
Launching a journal used to require weeks. Now it takes 24 hours.
ScholarJMS allows new publishers, universities, research groups and societies to start publishing immediately because everything is ready the moment the system is activated. No coding. No plugins. No IT involvement. No manual DOI. No technical barrier.
A journal can have all inside one day:
Its own domain
Working submission pipeline
Peer review connectivity
DOI integration
Homepage branding
Issue publication capability
ScholarJMS does not speed up work by reducing features. It speeds up work by being designed intelligently.
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