Journal plug-ins
- Kristi Park
Default Plug-ins
A TDL-hosted journal is installed with a number of plug-ins that add various kinds of functionality to the site. All installed plug-ins in a journal site can be viewed by going to Settings > Website Settings > Plugins in the administrative dashboard.
More information can be found in the PKP documentation: https://docs.pkp.sfu.ca/learning-ojs/en/settings-website#plugins
Below is a list of plug-ins included by default in a fresh installation of OJS hosted by TDL.
Name of plug-in | Description | Enabled/Disabled by default |
Browse Block | This plug-in provides sidebar browse tools | Disabled |
"Developed by" Block | This plugin provides sidebar "Developed By" link. | Disabled |
Information Block | This plugin provides sidebar information link. | Enabled |
Language Toggle Block | This plugin provides the sidebar language toggler. | Enabled |
"Make a Submission" Block | This plugin provides a sidebar block with a "Make a Submission" link. | Disabled |
Subscription Block | This plugin provides sidebar subscription information. | Enabled |
Resolver Plugin | This plugin resolves issues and articles based on citation information. | Enabled |
Acron Plugin | This plugin attempts to reduce the dependence of the application on periodic scheduling tools such as 'cron.' | Enabled |
Announcement Feed Plugin | This plugin produces RSS/Atom web syndication feeds for journal announcements. | Disabled |
Citation Style Language | Allow readers to get a published article's citation in one of several formats supported by the Citation Style Language. | Disabled |
Custom Block Manager | This Plugin lets you manage (add, edit and delete) custom sidebar blocks. | Disabled |
DRIVER | The DRIVER plugin extends the OAI-PMH interface according to the DRIVER Guidelines 2.0, helping OJS journals to become DRIVER compliant. | Disabled |
Dublin Core Indexing Plugin | This plugin embeds Dublin Core meta tags in article views for indexing purposes. | Enabled |
Google Analytics Plugin | Integrate OJS with Google Analytics, Google's web site traffic analysis application. Requires that you have already setup a Google Analytics account. Please see the Google Analytics site for more information. | Disabled |
Google Scholar Indexing Plugin | This plugin enables indexing of published content in Google Scholar. | Enabled |
HTML Article Galley | This plugin provides rendering support for HTML Article Galleys. | Enabled |
eLife Lens Article Viewer | This plugin provides rendering support for JATS XML galleys using eLife Lens. | Enabled |
ORCID Profile Plugin | Allows for the import of user profile information from ORCID. | Disabled |
PDF.JS PDF Viewer | This plugin uses the to embed PDFs on the article and issue galley view pages. | Enabled |
Recommend Articles by Author | This plugin inserts a list of articles by the same author on the article abstract page. | Disabled |
Recommend Similar Articles | This plugin adds a list of similar articles to the article abstract page. | Disabled |
Static Pages Plugin | This plugin allows Static Content Management. | Disabled |
Tiny MCE Plugin | This plugin enables WYSIWYG editing of textareas using the content editor. | Enabled |
Usage Event | Creates a hook that provides usage event in a defined format. | Enabled |
Usage Statistics | Present data objects usage statistics. Can use server access log files to extract statistics. | Enabled |
Web Feed Plugin | This plugin produces RSS/Atom web syndication feeds for the current issue. | Enabled |
CrossRef XML Export Plugin | Export article metadata in CrossRef XML format. | Enabled |
DOAJ Export Plugin | Export Journal for DOAJ. | Enabled |
Native XML Plugin | Import and export articles and issues in OJS's native XML format. | Enabled |
PubMed XML Export Plugin | Export article metadata in PubMed XML format for indexing in MEDLINE. | Enabled |
QuickSubmit Plugin | One-step submission plugin | Enabled |
Users XML Plugin | Import and export users | Enabled |
Dublin Core 1.1 meta-data | Contributes Dublin Core version 1.1 schemas and application adapters. | Enabled |
DC Metadata Format | Structures metadata in a way that is consistent with the Dublin Core format. | Enabled |
MARC Metadata Format | Structures metadata in a way that is consistent with the MARC format. | Enabled |
MARC21 Metadata Format | Structures metadata in a way that is consistent with the MARC21 format. | Enabled |
RFC1807 Metadata Format | Structures metadata in a way that is consistent with the RFC1807 format. | Enabled |
Manual Fee Payment | The manager will manually record receipt of a user's payment (outside of this software). | Disabled |
Paypal Fee Payment | Payments will be processed using the PayPal service. | Disabled |
DOI | This plugin enables the assignment of the Digital Object Identifiers to issues, articles and galleys in OJS. | Disabled |
URN | This plugin enables the assignment of the Uniform Resource Names to the issues, articles and galleys in OJS. | Disabled |
Articles Report | This plugin implements a CSV report containing a list of articles and their info. | Enabled |
COUNTER Report | The COUNTER plugin allows reporting on journal activity, using the . These reports alone do not make a journal COUNTER compliant. To offer COUNTER compliance, review the requirements at the Project COUNTER website. | Enabled |
Review Report | This plugin implements a CSV report containing a list of review assignments for a journal. | Enabled |
Subscriptions Report | This plugin implements a CSV report containing a list of subscriptions and their info. | Enabled |
View Report | This plugin implements a CSV report describing readership for each article. | Enabled |
PKP Usage Statistics Report | PKP Default usage statistics report (COUNTER ready) | Enabled |
Classic Theme | An OJS theme that plays on colour and font contrasts based on literary classics’ book design and featuring a starkly contrasting black header and brand coloured-footer. | Disabled |
Default Theme | This theme implements the default theme. | Enabled |
Manuscript (Default child theme) | A clean, simple theme with a boxed layout that mimics a paper document. | Disabled |
Health Sciences Theme | This theme implements the health sciences theme | Disabled |
Immersion Theme | This theme implements the immersion theme | Disabled |
Pragma Theme | This theme implements the pragma theme | Disabled |
PKP Preservation Network Plug-in
The PKP Preservation Network Plug-in is not installed by default in TDL-hosted OJS sites, but can be added upon request.
If not configured for use, the plug-in causes error messages (in the form of “Null” notifications in the administrative dashboard).
Additional plug-ins
Journal Managers cannot upload additional plug-ins through the administrative dashboard, even those available in the Plug-in Gallery section of a TDL-hosted OJS site.
However, Journal Managers may request additional plug-ins via the TDL Helpdesk (support@tdl.org).
Requested plug-ins are assessed for security and sustainability prior to approval and addition to a journal site.