2nd CRAFT-OA Summer School for Journal Editors - What's new in PKP/OJS

The presentation "What’s New in PKP/OJS" by Dulip Withanage, delivered at the 2nd CRAFT-OA Summer School for Journal Editors, highlights the latest advancements in the Public Knowledge Project's Open Journal Systems (OJS), particularly version 3.5. Key updates include a modernized editorial dashboard, enhanced role-based access controls, GDPR-compliant user workflows, and streamlined integration with metadata tools like ORCiD and ROR. Notable improvements extend to multilingual support, XML-based publishing workflows, and extensibility via updated plugins. The session underscores OJS's commitment to usability, compliance, and global accessibility, while previewing future milestones such as enhanced metadata management, article-level analytics, and multilingual editing. This presentation provides a comprehensive overview for journal editors seeking to optimize scholarly publishing workflows using OJS.