Hey there! I’ve definitely been there. It can be challenging to find good reliable software for publishing OA. Personally, I’ve found these PKP guidelines to be helpful in figuring OJS out:
https://docs.pkp.sfu.ca/learning-ojs/en/
It’s got a step-by-step guide to OJS, and a ToCs you can find on the left-hand side to help you navigate to issues you may need help with.
Overall, I found OJS to be really reliable and functions as a great system, though there are some limitations: one perennial issue is the reliance on crowdsourcing developers to fix bugs for free, which we’ve found can cause delays in new product launches. But overall we definitely recommend it.
Hey there! I’ve definitely been there. It can be challenging to find good reliable software for publishing OA. Personally, I’ve found these PKP guidelines to be helpful in figuring OJS out:
https://docs.pkp.sfu.ca/learning-ojs/en/
It’s got a step-by-step guide to OJS, and a ToCs you can find on the left-hand side to help you navigate to issues you may need help with.
Overall, I found OJS to be really reliable and functions as a great system, though there are some limitations: one perennial issue is the reliance on crowdsourcing developers to fix bugs for free, which we’ve found can cause delays in new product launches. But overall we definitely recommend it.
