Open Access Journal Publishing in India: A study with OJS software Nagaraj N. Vaidya Librarian, Tech Mahindra Ltd., Bangalore, India [email protected].

Open Access Journal Publishing in India:

A study with OJS software

Nagaraj N . Vaidya Librarian,

Tech Mahindra Ltd.,Bangalore, India

[email protected]

Obaiah BOpen Knowledge

SocietyBangalore, India

[email protected]

Thomas AbrahamOpen Knowledge

SocietyBangalore, India

[email protected]

Introduction

● Scholarly Communication crucial part of research

● Scholarly Journals carriers of scholarly knowledge

● Scholarly information, research results available to general public

● aid researchers with latest information● facilitate further research

Introduction

● Traditional process of publishing Print only

● Most popular journals published in developed countries

● Commercial interest● Solution is Open Access

Open Access

● Digital, online● Free of charge● free of most copyright and licensing

restrictions● What makes it possible is the Internet and

the consent of the author or copyright-holder

http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/brief.htm

Open Access

● Two primary vehicles➢ OA journals

– perform peer review and then make the approved contents freely available to the world

➢ OA archives or repositories– do not perform peer review, but simply make their

contents freely available to the world

– Archives may belong to institutions, such as universities and laboratories, or disciplines

Open Access

Open Access Publishing (OAP)

● Free & unrestricted access to research literature

● Author's copyright retained & acknowledged● promotes research progress● OAP maximizes research impact● Open source e-publishing systems

Digital Publishing Systems (Dpubs) epublishing Toolkit (ePubTk) Open Journal Systems (OJS)

Open Journal Systems (OJS)

● Open Journal Systems (OJS) is a journal management and publishing system developed by the Public Knowledge Project

● Helps to expand and improve access to research● OJS is open source software made freely

available● making open access publishing a viable option

for more journals● Designed to facilitate OA, peer reviewed

publishing with entire editorial management work flow

OJS Features

● OJS is installed locally and locally controlled

● Editors configure requirements, sections, review process, etc.

● Online submission and management of all content

● Subscription module with delayed open access options

● Comprehensive indexing of content part of global system

● Reading Tools for content, based on field and editors' choice

● Email notification and commenting ability for readers

● Complete context-sensitive online Help support

OJS Workflow

● OJS is structured around traditional journal workflow

● Uses roles to organize activities● Roles

Journal Manager

Editor

Section Editor

Subscription Manager

Advantages● Provides and manages website for editorial and

publishing processes, while reducing need for editorial office.

● Authors do not need to print, photocopy, and mail

papers.

● Improves administration and record-keeping

● Enables editors, reviewers, and authors from

anywhere to work together

● OJS is being used by at least 2000 journals

worldwide

● OAI-PMH, LOCKSS, Unicode compliant

OA in India● DOAJ

107 Indian journals● ROAR

39 repositories ● Indian Academy of Sciences (11 journals)● Indian Medlars Center

MedIND programme 40 bio-medical journals● MedKnow (More than 70 journals)● Indian National Science Academy (4 journals)● Calicut Medical College (3 journals)

Issues facing OAP in India

● Fear that revenue loss from print subscriptions if journal becomes OA

even as it increases readership and circulation of knowledge

● Lack of IT infrastructure or the funds to develop it for using far more efficient online means of managing and publishing journals.

● Other obstacles include uncertainty around copyright issues and a lack of management support and clerical support.

OJS Initiatives

● SJPI Project @ NCSI Partnership with PKP (Oct 2004 – Mar 2007) Demonstrated e-publishing with 13 prototype

journals Harvester OJS in Hindi Workshops

● Open Knowledge Society www.oksociety.in

Open Knowledge Society (OKS)

● non profit organization● PKP partner in India● OKS supports

publication of Open Access Journals conversion of print journals into online versions creation of Institutional Repositories automation of libraries other activities that promote open access to

knowledge

OKS Support

● Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Association of India Scientific society at National Research

Centre for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (NRCMAP)

● Open Access Journal on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (OJAMP)

http://oksociety.in/ojs/index.php/oajmap

OKS Support

● Demo system @ OKS http://ojsdemo.oksociety.in

● Some of the test journals

— Mysore Journal of Agricultural Sciences.— Journal of Spices and Plantation crop— Journal of soil Science and management’— Journal of Pest Management. Etc…

Journals using OJS in India

Conclusion

● Need to create OA awareness● With well defined work flow and easy to use

functionality OA journals can easily be set up using OJS

● OJS is a multilingual system● Draw many non-English speaking people to

computer and Internet● More and more OA journals will increase the

visibility of Indian research

References

● Open Journal Systems, Public Knowledge Project http://pkp.sfu.ca/?q=ojs

● OJS in an Hour http://pkp.sfu.ca/files/OJSinanHour.pdf

● OJS Documentation http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs_documentation

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