OJS Journal Solutions

Our OJS service helps institutions and journal teams build, upgrade, secure, and maintain reliable publishing platforms. Services can include installation, migration, portal design, theme customisation, plugin review, and ongoing technical assistance.

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Service Packages

OJS Journal Solutions & Pricing

Choose a ready-to-launch journal package, annual care plan, focused upgrade, or professional Elkuator interface. Prices are displayed in USD for international reference; Indonesian clients are invoiced in IDR.

OJS Ready-to-Launch Packages

Client Hosting

OJS Setup & Handover

A complete OJS setup for institutions that already own their hosting and domain and want a ready-to-use journal with a professional Elkuator interface.

$195
one-time
  • OJS installation and core configuration
  • One ready-to-use journal
  • Elkuator Customized Style Sheet
  • Logo and brand-colour alignment
  • Homepage, issue, article, and navigation styling
  • Basic journal pages and menu structure
  • SSL and basic email configuration
  • Initial backup and administrator training
  • 30-day launch support
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Managed

Ready-to-Launch + Basic Care

The complete OJS Ready-to-Launch package with twelve months of structured basic technical care after launch.

$365
first-year package
  • Everything in OJS Ready-to-Launch
  • 12 months OJS Care Basic
  • Periodic system checks
  • Backup verification
  • Basic security review
  • Minor troubleshooting and configuration
  • Up to 5 technical-support hours
  • Annual system-health summary
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Recommended

Ready-to-Launch + Professional Care

A ready-to-use journal package for clients who prefer proactive monitoring, priority assistance, and a stronger annual care plan.

$419
first-year package
  • Everything in OJS Ready-to-Launch
  • 12 months OJS Care Professional
  • Scheduled system monitoring
  • Additional off-site backup
  • Compatibility checking
  • Minor interface refinements
  • Priority troubleshooting
  • Up to 10 technical-support hours
  • Quarterly review and annual technical report
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Annual OJS Care

Basic Care

OJS Care Basic

Annual technical care for journals that need periodic checks, backup verification, and limited support without a full managed-service commitment.

$85
per year
  • Periodic system checks
  • Backup verification
  • Basic security review
  • Minor configuration
  • Minor troubleshooting
  • Up to 5 technical-support hours
  • Annual system-health summary
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Professional Care

OJS Care Professional

A proactive annual care plan with scheduled monitoring, priority technical assistance, and additional backup protection.

$139
per year
  • Scheduled system monitoring
  • Additional off-site backup
  • Compatibility checking
  • Minor interface refinements
  • Priority troubleshooting
  • Up to 10 technical-support hours
  • Quarterly review
  • Annual technical report
Request Professional Care
Institutional

Institutional OJS Care

Assessment-based maintenance and technical management for journal houses, publishers, and institutions operating multiple journals.

Request a Custom Quote
  • Multiple-journal assessment
  • Custom maintenance schedule
  • Backup and staging strategy
  • Security and performance review
  • Priority incident handling
  • Administrator consultation
  • Scheduled technical reporting
  • Custom scope and service level
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OJS Upgrade Services

Upgrade

OJS 3 to Latest Version

Upgrade an existing OJS 3 installation to the latest supported version with controlled backup, compatibility checks, and validation.

$150
per journal
  • Compatibility assessment
  • Database and files backup
  • Controlled version upgrade
  • Theme and plugin review
  • Post-upgrade validation
  • Post-upgrade support
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Migration

OJS 2 to OJS 3 Upgrade

A controlled migration from OJS 2 to OJS 3 with database, files, journal records, and publication links carefully validated.

$250
per journal
  • Pre-upgrade assessment
  • Database and files backup
  • OJS 2 to OJS 3 migration
  • Theme and plugin compatibility review
  • Record and URL validation
  • Upgrade report
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Complete

Full OJS Upgrade Package

A comprehensive upgrade or migration package for journals with more complex data, plugin, theme, or server requirements.

$350
starting from / journal
  • Complete system assessment
  • Upgrade or migration implementation
  • Theme and plugin compatibility review
  • Database, record, and URL validation
  • Staging and production testing
  • Post-upgrade technical support
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OJS Themes & Interface Design

Starter

Elkuator Customized Style Sheet

Focused CSS customisation for improving an OJS journal interface and aligning it with the journal’s visual identity.

$55
starting from / journal
  • Custom CSS styling
  • Institutional colour alignment
  • Typography and spacing refinement
  • Responsive interface improvements
  • Focused homepage and article-page styling
Request Style Customisation
Single Journal

Elkuator Scholar Theme Plugin

A modern responsive theme for a single scholarly journal with structured content presentation and dark-mode-compatible styling.

$279
starting from / implementation
  • Modern single-journal layout
  • Responsive academic interface
  • Journal identity customisation
  • Article and issue-page styling
  • Dark-mode-compatible design
  • Navigation and content-hierarchy refinement
Discuss Scholar Theme
Journal Portal

Elkuator Saul Theme Plugin

A responsive institutional site theme for journal portals and multi-journal directories.

$335
starting from / implementation
  • Institutional journal portal
  • Multi-journal directory
  • Journal search and categorisation
  • Announcements and statistics sections
  • Responsive portal layout
  • Institutional branding customisation
Discuss Saul Theme
Premium Portal

Elkuator Ohara Theme Plugin

A premium multi-journal portal theme with a strong visual system, advanced discovery structure, and expanded institutional sections.

$445
starting from / implementation
  • Premium multi-journal portal
  • Advanced homepage sections
  • Structured journal discovery
  • Featured journals and publications
  • Expanded institutional information architecture
  • Premium responsive visual system
Discuss Ohara Theme

Hosting and domain coverage apply only to the stated initial package period. Provider renewals after the included term, major upgrades, extensive recovery work, migration, and custom development are billed separately. Final pricing may vary after technical assessment.