Sydney Open Journals

Open Journal Systems

Open Journal Systems (OJS) is open-source software for publishing online journals. It provides a complete process from author submissions and peer review, right through to publication, DOIs and indexing. 

 Open Journal Systems provides:

• cloud-based submission, review and article tracking 

• customisation options

• email notifications

• in-built blind peer-review

• automatic indexing in Google Scholar 

• tools for inclusion in other databases

• open-source documentation

• an active online community of users for support and questions.

Starting a journal

If you are a researcher from the University of Sydney or an affiliated organisation looking to start an open access scholarly journal, we can help. 

You can also transfer a journal from another Open Journal Systems platform to the Library.