<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The development and availability of personal computers and software as well as printing techniques in the last twenty years have made a profound change in the publication of scientific journals. Additionally, the Internet in the last decade has revolutionized the publication process to the point of changing the basic paradigm of printed journals. The Macedonian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering in its 40-year history has adopted and adapted to all these transformations. In order to keep up with the inevitable changes, as editor-in-chief I felt my responsibility was to introduce an electronic editorial managing of the journal. The choice was between commercial and open source platforms, and because of the limited funding of the journal we chose the latter. We decided on Open Journal Systems, which provided online submission and management of all content, had flexible configuration - requirements, sections, review process, etc., had options for comprehensive indexing, offered various reading tools, had email notification and commenting ability for readers, had an option for thesis abstracts and was installed locally. However, since there is limited support it requires a moderate computer knowledge/skills and effort in order to set up. Overall, it is an excellent editorial platform and a convenient solution for journals with a low budget or journals that do not want to spend their resources on commercial platforms or simply support the idea of open source software.</p></abstract>

The development and availability of personal computers and software as well as printing techniques in the last twenty years have made a profound change in the publication of scientific journals. Additionally, the Internet in the last decade has revolutionized the publication process to the point of changing the basic paradigm of printed journals. The Macedonian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering in its 40-year history has adopted and adapted to all these transformations. In order to keep up with the inevitable changes, as editor-in-chief I felt my responsibility was to introduce an electronic editorial managing of the journal. The choice was between commercial and open source platforms, and because of the limited funding of the journal we chose the latter. We decided on Open Journal Systems, which provided online submission and management of all content, had flexible configuration - requirements, sections, review process, etc., had options for comprehensive indexing, offered various reading tools, had email notification and commenting ability for readers, had an option for thesis abstracts and was installed locally. However, since there is limited support it requires a moderate computer knowledge/skills and effort in order to set up. Overall, it is an excellent editorial platform and a convenient solution for journals with a low budget or journals that do not want to spend their resources on commercial platforms or simply support the idea of open source software.

Macedonian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering: Open Journal Systems - Editor's Perspective

Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

PRILOZI

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The development and availability of personal computers and software as well as printing techniques in the last twenty years have made a profound change in the...

Macedonian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering: Open Journal Systems - Editor's Perspective

Published Online: Mar 01, 2015

Page range: 51 - 55

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/prilozi-2015-0008

Keywords
open source software, Open Journal Systems, electronic editorial managing

© 2015 Zoran Zdravkovski

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Macedonian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering: Open Journal Systems - Editor's Perspective

Published Online: Mar 01, 2015

Page range: 51 - 55

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/prilozi-2015-0008

Keywordsopen source software, Open Journal Systems, electronic editorial managing

© 2015 Zoran Zdravkovski

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
open source software, Open Journal Systems, electronic editorial managing