Journal plug-ins

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

pdf.js PDF viewer

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

TinyMCE

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

COUNTER standard

. 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.