Publishing Systems

1. Public Knowledge Project (PKP) offer the freely available, open-source software, Online Journal System (OJS) and provide links to guides on setting up a publishing system. PKP is dedicated to improving the scholarly and public quality of research. It operates through a partnership among the Simon Fraser University Library, the School of Education at Stanford University, the Canadian Centre for Studies in Publishing at Simon Fraser University, the University of Pittsburgh, and the California Digital Library. PKP is responsible for the development OJS launched in 2001. There are more than 10,000 installations of OJS worldwide.
2. Cornell University Library, DPubS: Digital Publishing System, is described as: an open-source software system designed to enable the organization, presentation, and delivery of scholarly journals, monographs, conference proceedings, and other common and evolving means of academic discourse.
3. E-Journal Drupal This module is a production publishing system. It allows creation and control of electronic (and possibly printed) journals in Drupal. The module provides issue management, basic user and access control, vocabularies and archives. It was inspired by Open Journal System which is an open-source online submission and manuscript tracking system.
4. Berkeley Electronic Press' Digital Commons and eJournalPress.
5. OR contact a publisher to explore having them publish your journal, such as Allen Press, Wiley Blackwell, Springer, BioMedCentral, Elsevier

Reference

Page, G. (2000). Putting journals out to tender: guidelines for societies and other sponsors. Learned Publishing, 13(4), 209-220

Article abstract: Even though this is not a recent article, it contains very helpful details on the stages, processes and timetable involved in obtaining and comparing publishing tenders. Sponsors are advised that detailed analysis and open communication are more likely to result in satisfactory long-term publishing arrangements.

Other resources

The Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) web site has excellent resources to help with campus based publishing partnerships, available from: Campus-based publishing partnerships: A guide to critical issues. The site also includes resources on strategic planning; product development; non-profit market participation; demonstrating value; collaboration issues; campus-based publishing reports; and business planning.

Starting an Open Access Journal: a step-by-step guide by Dr Martin Paul Eve

Examples of Scholarly Journals and e-Platforms

Dialogue School of Political Science and International Studies, University of Queensland

Endeavors University of North Carolina

Philament University of Sydney

Quadrant University of Minnesota

The University of Queensland Law Journal

Other Australian open access journals and Post Graduate Journals