About OJS

Open Journal Systems (OJS) is a journal management and publishing system which assists with every stage of the refereed publishing process, from submissions through to online publication and indexing. OJS seeks to improve both the scholarly and public quality of refereed research through its management systems, its finely grained indexing of research, and the context it provides for research. Open access can increase a journal’s readership as well as its contribution to the public good on a global scale (see PKP Publications).

OJS includes automated creation and submission of DOIs, management of reviews and publishing finished papers. Managing an OJS journal is of moderate complexity. A reasonable level of system administration skill is required to install and maintain the system, and work around possible problems. While OJS is mostly used for open access journals, the system has support for charging access fees and managing subscribers.

OJS @ SA Higher Education Institutions

Eastern Cape Universities (under the SEALS Consortium), Enquiries: Wynand Van Der Walt w.vanderwalt@ru.ac.za

North-West University, Enquiries: Zandre Duvenhage zandre@skryflabpotch.co.za / Tobie Van Dyk Tobie.VanDyk@nwu.ac.za

Stellenbosch University, Enquiries: Mimi Seyffert mseyf@sun.ac.za / Paulette Talliard plt@sun.ac.za

University of Cape Town, Enquiries: Jill Claassen jill.claassen@uct.ac.za

University of the Free State, Enquiries: Cornelle Scheltema-Van Wyk Cornelle@ufs.ac.za

University of KwaZulu-Natal, Enquiries: Faith Nomusa Magwaza   MagwazaN1@ukzn.ac.za  / Bongani Brain Jwara  Jwarab@ukzn.ac.za

University of Johannesburg, Enquiries: Tyson Mabunda ttmabunda@uj.ac.za / Wikus van Zyl wikusvz@uj.ac.za

University of South Africa, Enquiries: Pieter Rall rallpb@unisa.ac.za

University of Pretoria, Enquiries: Heather Thuynsma Heather.Thuynsma@up.ac.za

University of the Western Cape, Enquiries: Allison Fullard afullard@uwc.ac.za

Alternative OJS Hosting

The following service providers are in no way affiliated with ASSAf, and ASSAf disclaims all liability arising out of the use of or inability to use the service providers listed. ASSAf assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable for any arrangements between journals and the listed individuals/companies.

§   PKP OJS

§   African Journals Online (AJOL) - Email: info@ajol.info  

§   AOSIS  - https://aosis.co.za/contact-us/ 

§   KnowlegeArc - https://www.knowledgearc.com/contact/

§   OpenCollab - Email: Elsabe Botha (specializes in open source software)

§   Scriber - Email: support@scriber.co.za    

§   Sabinet’s Online Platform – https://sabinet.co.za/sabinet-online-publishing-solutions/ 

Useful Links

§   Official page: https://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/

§   OJS Installation and Configuration: http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/PKP/System_Admin

§   OJS support forum https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/ 

§   ASSAf OJS Solution http://journals.assaf.org.za