Academic Publishing Knowledge Base

A journal management system (JMS) is software that manages the full editorial and publishing workflow of an academic journal.

Peer review is the evaluation of a submitted academic manuscript by other experts in the same field before publication.

A DOI (Digital Object Identifier) is a permanent, unique identifier assigned to an academic article or dataset that always resolves to the published content, even if the URL changes.

An ISSN (International Standard Serial Number) is a unique 8-digit identifier assigned to a serial publication such as an academic journal.

OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) is a standard protocol that allows metadata harvesters to automatically collect article metadata from journal repositories.

JATS (Journal Article Tag Suite) is the XML standard for encoding the full content and metadata of academic journal articles for archiving, indexing, and interoperability.

CrossRef is a non-profit organization that operates the primary DOI registration system for academic publications and provides citation linking, metadata, and plagiarism detection services.

An open access journal makes all published articles freely available online to any reader, without subscription fees or access barriers.

Starting an academic journal requires a defined scope, editorial board, ISSN registration, peer review system, journal management software, and a publication ethics policy — in that order.

Migrating from Open Journal Systems (OJS) to ScholarJMS involves exporting your existing article archive, transferring editorial board data, redirecting your domain, and importing your ISSN and CrossRef configuration.

Google Scholar indexes academic journals automatically through web crawling and OAI-PMH metadata harvesting — there is no application form. The key requirements are a consistent journal URL structure, machine-readable article metadata, and stable HTML article pages.

DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) requires journals to be fully open access, have a valid ISSN, charge no fees for reading, have a peer review policy, and follow COPE publication ethics guidelines.

Scopus requires journals to have a publication history of at least one year, consistent peer review, English abstracts, an ISSN, and a professional editorial board before applying through the CSAB review process.