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Thursday, May 19, 2005

Open Journal Systems v. 2.0

The Public Knowledge Project has released version 2.0 of Open Journal Systems, the open-source journal manangement software specially for OA journals. From the press release: 'The Public Knowledge Project is delighted to announce the release of Open Journal Systems, Version 2.0. This open source journal management and publishing software represents a complete rewrite of OJS v1.X, based on two years of working with the editors of more than 250 journals using OJS.' The new version can handle multiple journals from a single installation, individual and institutional subscriptions, delayed OA, increased security, multiple rounds of peer review, editorial ratings of reviewers, automated reminders to reviewers, OAI-compliant indexing, new reading tools, and more extensive online help.