[BOAI] Enhanced Publications now possible with Open Journal Systems

[Iryna Kuchma]

[Forwarded message from* *Kuil, van der Annemiek <vanderKuil at surf.nl>]

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*Enhanced Publications now possible with Open Journal Systems*

Research results published within tried-and-tested system using plug-ins****

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The Internet makes it possible to present publications in combination with
related research data, as Enhanced
Publications<http://www.surffoundation.nl/en/themas/openonderzoek/verrijktepublicaties/Pages/default.aspx>.
The Enhanced Journals…Made
Easy<http://www.surffoundation.nl/en/projecten/Pages/EJME.aspx>project
(EJME), which is funded by
SURF<http://www.surffoundation.nl/en/themas/openonderzoek/pages/default.aspx>,
has designed a practical work process for publishers of Open Access
journals so as to enhance academic journals with the associated data files.
The project involved the development of two plug-ins for Open Journal
Systems <http://pkp.sfu.ca/?q=ojs>, a system for managing and publishing
journals. Open Journal Systems (OJS) is the most frequently used open
source package worldwide for academic journals. ****

*Open Journal Systems**
*OJS is used internationally to promote and increase access to research
results. It is used for more than 10,000 journals. The plug-ins developed
during the EJME project add capabilities to OJS. The University of
Amsterdam<http://www.uva.nl/>,
Utrecht University <http://www.uu.nl/>, DANS
<http://www.dans.knaw.nl/>(Data Archiving and Network Services), and
Amsterdam
University Press <http://www.aup.nl/> have made use of a tried-and-tested
system for creating enhanced publications so as to stick as close as
possible to the publication process used by researchers. ****

*Publication process**
*Authors and editors who use OJS can now easily add data files to articles,
including the associated metadata. The data files are then available –
without any extra action being necessary – for everyone involved in the
editorial process, including peer reviewers. When the article is published,
there are references to the datasets, both on the webpage and in a
machine-readable file. It is also important that the editorial team can
make it possible for the data to be automatically submitted to a reliable
data repository when the article is published. ****

According to Jeroen
Sondervan<http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jeroen-sondervan/3/aa2/36a>(Amsterdam
University Press), “This integration of research data and
results on the one hand and publications on the other creates a completely
new way of assessing, verifying, and publishing. The combination of OJS and
the EJME plug-ins brings this a step closer.”****

*Practical testing**
*The EJME plug-ins link up with the work process followed by the editors of
Open Journals: from the researcher’s intention to publish to the Open
Access publication of the article. The plug-ins that have been developed
have been tested in practice by two journals published by two different
publishers:
• Journal of Archaeology in the Low
Countries<http://dpc.uba.uva.nl/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=jalc>(JALC),
published by Amsterdam University Press (AUP)
• International Journal of the Commons
<http://www.thecommonsjournal.org/>(IJC), published by UBU/Igitur
Publishing.
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*Public Knowledge Project**
*Staff of the international OJS are enthusiastic about the EJME plug-ins
and have included them in their plug-in library. “We are very happy with
what EJME has done. The plug-ins are extremely useful and robust, and the
documentation is clear and well written," says Kevin
Stranack<http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kevin-stranack/13/521/128>of
Public Knowledge Project (PKP), the organisation that manages and
develops the OJS. PKP is negotiating with Utrecht University regarding
collaboration to improve the functionality for depositing research data via
OJS. ****

*More information**
*For editors of Open Journals: more about how to present enhanced
publications via the available
plug-ins<http://wiki.surffoundation.nl/display/vp/Enhanced+Journals+Made+Easy+%28EJME%29>.
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*The above message is online available on the website of
SURFfoundation<http://www.surffoundation.nl/en/actueel/Pages/EnhancedPublicationsnowpossiblewithOpenJournalSystems.aspx>
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Kind regards,****

Annemiek van der Kuil****

Annemiek van der Kuil | community manager SURFshare | ICT & Research |
SURFfoundation | Graadt van Roggenweg 340 | P.O.Box 2290 | 3500 GG Utrecht
| T + 31 30 234 66 42 | E vanderkuil at surf.nl W
www.surffoundation.nl/SURFshare****

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