openscholcomms/openjournal-template
A Template for Github-hosted Open Journals
Open Journal Template: Frictionless Journal Setup
Budget or technical expertise should not limit the spread of knowledge
If you identify with this problem statement, this project is for you:
As someone who wants to create an open journal with minimal
technical overhead, I would like to have a publishing platform that
is free, easy to setup, and easy to use, so I can help researchers
publish their work as smoothly and quickly as possible.
This project provides template for you to create such a journal in no
time. It uses GitHub to give you the key features you need, but hides
technical details and irrelevant features that add
friction to the publishing process. To create a new journal:
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Create an account on Github and login.
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Click on the
Use this templategreen button above and select the
Github organization or user where the journal will live. -
Remove these instructions from the
README.mdfile and replace
them for the description of your journal. We show an example below
where we use<OJ>as the name of your domain of study.
The Open Journal of <OJ>
Welcome to the Open Journal of <OJ>. The list of accepted papers is
available here. For more about how to submit or
review articles, please visit the documentation page.
For any inquiries, please ask by creating a new issue (click on the
Issues tab above).