OJSPlus: Professional Hosting and Support Services for OJS Journals

How managed OJS hosting reduces technical burden and accelerates journal growth

Abstract

Running a successful academic journal requires more than editorial excellence — it demands reliable infrastructure, fast page loads, ironclad security, and a team ready to handle upgrades. For most editorial teams, managing a server is not their core competency. This is precisely the gap OJSPlus fills.

OJSPlus provides fully managed OJS hosting built on Docker-orchestrated infrastructure with dedicated MariaDB, automated SSL via Let's Encrypt, and Nginx Proxy Manager for clean domain routing. Journals hosted on OJSPlus benefit from one-click OJS upgrades, daily encrypted backups, uptime monitoring, and direct access to expert support with a response time under four hours for critical issues.

Beyond infrastructure, OJSPlus offers a suite of premium services: custom theme design and installation (including the Aurelia theme family), submission workflow consulting, DOAJ application support, CrossRef DOI registration setup, and Google Scholar and SCOPUS indexing optimisation. This article reviews the full OJSPlus service catalogue and presents case studies from journals that reduced time-to-publication by an average of 34% after migrating to the platform.