#OpenPreprintSystems

Public Knowledge ProjectPublicKnowledgeProject
2025-12-12

πŸ› οΈ Are you supporting or using OJS, OMP, or OPS for , and curious about developments? Come join us to learn what we're working on!

Monday December 15th, 8 AM PST, online, free and open: pkp.sfu.ca/2025/11/24/developm

Public Knowledge ProjectPublicKnowledgeProject
2025-12-02

βš™οΈ Is it time to update your OJS, OMP, or OPS installation? New updates for 3.3 (LTS), 3.4 and 3.5 are available!

βš™οΈ 3.3.0-22, 3.4.0-10, and 3.5.0-2 were released late November, 2025

These maintenance releases collect many bugfixes and tweaks including security improvements.

We work hard to keep our software secure; please make sure to stay up to date.

Thanks everyone who helps make these releases possible!

pkp.sfu.ca/2025/10/15/keep-you

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Public Knowledge ProjectPublicKnowledgeProject
2025-11-24

βš™οΈ Join us for a PKP Software Development Update Webinar on Monday December 15th at 8 AM PST!

* Roadmap update, open , changes to , and deposits, structured , flexible workflow, the future of theming and more!

Can't make it? Register anyway for the recording!

pkp.sfu.ca/2025/11/24/developm

@ORCID_Org @crossref @ResearchOrgs @DOAJ @tibhannover @TIBopenpub @investinopen

Registration is open.
Public Knowledge ProjectPublicKnowledgeProject
2025-10-31

▢️ Couldn't join PKP Development Associate Director Alec Smecher in the OJS 3.6 webinar? Here's the recording and slides on YouTube!

Preprints and continuous publication: Features for OJS 3.6 thanks to OSS ORE:

youtu.be/I3s-_IB4nQk

@EUCommission

Public Knowledge ProjectPublicKnowledgeProject
2025-09-12

βš™οΈ Reminder -- you're invited to the PKP Software Development News Update webinar Monday, September 15th, 8 AM Pacific!

Join us for the latest in exciting advancements for scholarly publishing:

eventbrite.ca/e/pkp-developmen

Public Knowledge ProjectPublicKnowledgeProject
2025-08-21

βš™οΈ PKP Software Development Update Webinar -- Monday September 15th, 2025, 8 AM PDT

Topics and speakers:

βš™οΈ Searching, OpenSearch, faceting (Frascati) (Alec Smecher)
βš™οΈ Continuous publication (Alec Smecher)
βš™οΈ Journal Article Versions and preprint workflow in OJS (Alec Smecher)
βš™οΈ Public commenting (Erik Hanson)
βš™οΈ CRediT (Bozana Bokan)

Register: eventbrite.ca/e/pkp-developmen

 PKP Software Development Update Webinar -- Monday September 15th, 2025, 8 AM PDT. Fall leaves amongst moss and small leaves on the forest floor to represent growth, change and development.
Public Knowledge ProjectPublicKnowledgeProject
2025-07-11

πŸš€ PKP announces the release of , , and version 3.5.0-1!

Thanks to our incredible community of coders, testers, documentation contributors, and financial contributors who make these releases possible.

Learn more: forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/ojs-omp-and

OJS, OMP, OPS logos
Public Knowledge ProjectPublicKnowledgeProject
2025-07-09

πŸš€ OJS, OMP, and OPS 3.3.0-21 and 3.4.0-9 released -- it's time to update!

Head over to the PKP Community Forum to learn more and join to get announcements like this one as soon as they are posted:

forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/ojs-omp-and

OJS, OMP, OPS logos
Public Knowledge ProjectPublicKnowledgeProject
2025-07-02

🚨 PKP Development Alert – Article Production 🚨

New PKP News Blog post:
β€œArticle production in PKP Software: Directions and plans”

πŸ” Inside

🌱 Updates for 3.5 & 3.6
🌱 Benefits for cost, accessibility, models
🌱 Key insights for devs, editors & managers

πŸ’‘ Why it matters

🌱 Easier contributions
🌱 Smoother publishing
🌱 Community-driven

πŸ”— Access: pkp.sfu.ca/2025/06/30/producti

Public Knowledge ProjectPublicKnowledgeProject
2025-06-18

πŸš€ PKP Releases OJS, OMP, and OPS 3.5 -- user and community informed!

πŸ” What’s new?

βœ”οΈ Redesigned editorial dashboard
βœ”οΈ New user invitation workflow
βœ”οΈ JATS XML preview
βœ”οΈ Interoperability advances
βœ”οΈ Multilingual publishing, and more!

Check the post:

🎯 Why upgrade now?
πŸ“₯ Download the releases
πŸ“š Learn what’s new
πŸ’¬ How to share your feedback
πŸ‘ A huge thank you!

Explore and get resources: pkp.sfu.ca/2025/06/16/350-rele

Public Knowledge ProjectPublicKnowledgeProject
2025-06-16

πŸ“£ PKP's Annual Report is here!

Rooted in our values β€” Community Engagement, Educational Initiatives, Open Infrastructure, Research and Advocacy, as well as Sustainability β€” this year’s report highlights how these principles guide our work.

πŸ“„ Explore: pkp.sfu.ca/2025/06/16/annual-r

With deep gratitude to our entire team and community β€” thank you for building the future of with us.

Public Knowledge ProjectPublicKnowledgeProject
2025-06-06

PKP software updates are here! Are you on 3.3 or 3.4? Check it out:

* 3.3.0-21 (Long-Term Support / LTS) and 3.4.0-9
* 3.3.0-21 (LTS) and 3.4.0-9
* 3.3.0-21 (LTS) and 3.4.0-9

Access (and better yet join) the PKP Community Forum to stay informed and get details:

forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/ojs-omp-and

Public Knowledge ProjectPublicKnowledgeProject
2025-05-27

Have you checked out the latest PKP tech sessions?

Catch demos of and business intelligence tools, as well as how to use the plugin with OJS, and !

Access the playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg3

Public Knowledge ProjectPublicKnowledgeProject
2025-04-04

πŸ“’ Hello translators! PKP is currently seeking volunteers to help translate (), (OMP), and (OPS) version 3.5.0 - you're invited!

Want some documentation to guide you? Check out PKP Docs Hub:

docs.pkp.sfu.ca/translating-gu

Ready to get started? Check Weblate, and register for an account if you don't already have one:

translate.pkp.sfu.ca/

We appreciate all the work you've done to make OJS, OMP, and OPS multilingual - thank you!

Weblate translation progress. OJS is 80% translated with 308,724 unfinished words. OMP is 86% translated with 73,954 unfinished words. OPS is 58% translated with 44,131 unfinished words.
Public Knowledge ProjectPublicKnowledgeProject
2025-03-25

βš™οΈ PKP is pleased to announce the release of Open Journal Systems (OJS), Open Monograph Press (OMP), and Open Preprint Systems (OPS) version 3.5.0rc2 (Release Candidate 2) -- for testing purposes (not for production).

PKP values community testing! We invite you to join in the testing process and help ensure that the final release of 3.5.0 is as reliable as possible.

Important notes about testing and feedback: forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/ojs-omp-and

Public Knowledge ProjectPublicKnowledgeProject
2025-03-17

βš™οΈ The recording of the PKP Development News Webinar held on February 18th, 2025, is available!

Roadmap Update: 3.3 LTS, 3.4.0, 3.5.0

OJS, OMP, OPS 3.5.0

Clarification on Long-Term Support (LTS)

OJS, OMP, OPS 3.6.0

@ResearchOrgs and Multiple Affiliations

Versions and Editor Integration

UI Plugin extensibility: Dashboard and Workflow

@ORCID_Org

Metabase and Business Intelligence

Recording: youtu.be/Y_TgX7Ste-k?si=fHf-aI

Public Knowledge ProjectPublicKnowledgeProject
2025-02-22

:underheart: Happy day, or week in our case 😊

We're still checking the hashtag & contributors out there!

PKP thanks hundreds of people & organizations helping to bring & to global with us over 25 years.

Thank you! , & are freely available for non-commercial journal, book & preprint publishing!

... We're still doing this every day, and always will!

pkp.sfu.ca/2024/03/14/pkp-not-

Public Knowledge ProjectPublicKnowledgeProject
2025-01-29

πŸ—“οΈ Save the date for the next PKP Sprint!

Organized in collaboration with the University of Oslo, the next sprint will take place June 2 - 3 2025, in Oslo, Norway.

The PKP sprint is open to developers, system admins, journal managers, librarians, user interface experts, and others involved in publishing.

If you use (), (OMP), or (OPS) and have ideas to improve these systems, we invite you to join!

pkp.sfu.ca/oslo-sprint-2025/

Public Knowledge ProjectPublicKnowledgeProject
2024-12-17

▢️ PKP Development News Update webinar recording now available!

Learn about PKP software versions 3.3 LTS (supported until January, 2026), 3.4, 3.5 (coming soon) and 3.6 (Open Research Europe, coming in 2026) -- and get updated releases, public roadmap, and find out how to contribute!

Check PKP's News Blog to get it all: pkp.sfu.ca/2024/12/17/pkp-deve

Public Knowledge ProjectPublicKnowledgeProject
2024-12-16

Reminder: PKP invites communities to register for its Software Development Update webinar on December 16th, 2024, at 8 AM PST.

Topics

> () / (OMP) / (OPS) version 3.5.0 preview and release timeline

> Typesetting workflow
> Tasks and Discussions
> Receiving emails in OJS
> Breaking the upload / download pattern with
> Pre-filling metadata automatically with

Registration: pkp.sfu.ca/2024/11/28/pkp-soft

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