OJS includes the following features:
- Actively being developed through collaboration
- Provides world class standardization
- Plugin architecture and framework
- Cost effective publishing solution
- Editors configure requirements, sections, review process, etc.
- Online submission, single/double-blind review, and management of all content
- Subscription module with delayed open access and non-open access options
- Payments module for accepting journal fees, donations, etc.
- Optimized for search engine discovery (Google, etc.) and Comprehensive indexing of content
- Email notification and commenting ability for readers
- Complete context-sensitive online Help support
- Export tools for exporting content to other systems (CrossRef, DOAJ, etc.)
- Google Analytics plugin for monitoring site traffic
- Multilingual support
- Responsive, themable reader interface