Create New Journal in OJS

Creating a New Journal

Creating a New Journal in OJS is a fairly simple process, but only the Site Administrator has the proper privileges to do so. If you are interested in a creating a new journal on your OJS installation but are not the Site Administrator please contact them.

1. Log-in to your OJS installation as Site Administrator. Then click “User Home” in the navigation bar. After that click the “Site Administrator” link.
2. From the Site Administrator page, click “Hosted Journals” under the heading “Site Management.”
   
3. Clicking “Hosted Journals” will direct you to a list of all the Journals already created for your OJS installation. To create a new journal, just click the “Create Journal” link:
   
4. You will then be prompted to fill out a few main fields in order to create this journal. The majority of the Journal setup will be the responsibility of the Journal Manager, not the Site Administrator, but to create the Journal one must fill out the “Journal Title,” “Journal Description,” “Path,” and choose whether or not the new journal will be publicly viewable. Only the “Journal Title” and “Path” are required.
   
5. Once you have filled the necessary fields, click “Save,” and the new Journal will be created with you (the Site Administrator) automatically enrolled as its the Journal Manager. From the Journal Manager role for this new journal, you can then enroll users into the new journal, assign appropriate user roles, and begin the Setup process.