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A new national consortium, coordinated by TIB, enables German universities and research institutions to support the Public Knowledge Project (PKP) and its open-source publishing software OJS through a...

The Public Knowledge Project, a Core Research Facility of SFU, invites applications for the position of Managing Director

PKP introduces its plan for advancing the European Commission’s open access platform, Open Research Europe (ORE).

This study examines OpenAlex’s indexing of journals using Open Journal Systems (JUOJS), reflecting two open source software initiatives supporting inclusive scholarly participation. By analyzing a dataset of 47,625 active JUOJS, we reveal that 71% of these journals have at least one article indexed in OpenAlex. Our findings underscore the central role of Crossref DOIs in achieving indexing, with 97% of the journals using Crossref DOIs included in OpenAlex. However, this technical dependency reflects broader structural inequities, as resource-limited journals, particularly those from low-income countries (47% of JUOJS) and non-English language journals (55%-64% of JUOJS), remain underrepresented. Our work highlights the theoretical implications of scholarly infrastructure dependencies and their role in perpetuating systemic disparities in global knowledge visibility. We argue that even inclusive bibliographic databases like OpenAlex must actively address financial, infrastructural, and linguistic barriers to foster equitable indexing on a global scale. By conceptualizing the relationship between indexing mechanisms, persistent identifiers, and structural inequities, this study provides a critical lens for rethinking the dynamics of universal indexing and its realization in a global, multilingual scholarly ecosystem.

Journals will require Site Administrator assistance to upload plugin files and to install plugin from the Plugin Gallery. For this trial, the Publication Facts Label will only work with English mono...

Journals will require Site Administrator assistance to upload plugin files and to install plugin from the Plugin Gallery. For this trial, the Publication Facts Label will only work with English mono...

Journals will require Site Administrator assistance to upload plugin files and to install plugin from the Plugin Gallery.

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PKP is pleased to announce that it was named an awardee of ORCID’s Global Participation Fund (GPF), an initiative of ORCID’s Global Participation Program.

Open Journal Systems (OJS) managed hosting and installations, customization, software upgrades, training, premium support, and software development.