Publishing Software - Public Knowledge Project

For Scholars, By Scholars

Reliable publishing solutions that put control of scholarly publishing back into the hands of researchers and academics.
All of our software is open source, non-commercial, and driven by our community of researchers and publishers. It cannot be acquired and commercialized because our licensing prevents it.
Run any size project, from a single journal to the largest publishing platform, with software that can be deployed on shared hosting, cloud providers, and everything in-between. We can even host it for you.
Publish for a global community of scholars committed to bibliodiversity, with translations in 30+ languages, multilingual publications, and support for industry standards like DOI, ORCID, OAI-PMH, ONIX, and more.

For Scholars, By Scholars

Reliable publishing solutions that put control of scholarly publishing back into the hands of researchers and academics.
All of our software is open source, non-commercial, and driven by our community of researchers and publishers. It cannot be acquired and commercialized because our licensing prevents it.
Run any size project, from a single journal to the largest publishing platform, with software that can be deployed on shared hosting, cloud providers, and everything in-between. We can even host it for you.
Publish for a global community of scholars committed to bibliodiversity, with translations in 30+ languages, multilingual publications, and support for industry standards like DOI, ORCID, OAI-PMH, ONIX, and more.
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Manage your entire submission, peer review, and production workflow from one place with the world’s most widely used end-to-end scholarly publishing platform.

Publish articles and issues online and have them fully indexed in global discovery services like Google Scholar, Crossref, and many others.
Logo for Open Preprint Systems (OPS)
Run an open preprint server where researchers can share their results quickly, upload datasets, revise papers before publication, and link preprints to the final published work.
Logo for Open Monograph Press (OMP)
An end-to-end solution for publishing books online with full publication format metadata. Accept submissions, conduct internal and external reviews, and publish monographs and edited volumes in a responsive, online catalog.

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Trusted by institutions around the world

PKP’s open source software is being used around the globe – improving the quality and access to academic research.

Hosting & Other services

Want to focus on publishing and have the technical work of installation, hosting, troubleshooting, and upgrades taken care of? PKP offers complete hosting and support plans for OJS, OMP, and OPS, plus training, consulting, and custom development.

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Training

Get your whole team up and running quickly with these training resources, including how to set up a journal, best practices in publishing, and a full video course for editors.

Documentation

Comprehensive documentation on how to install and use our software, along with helpful guides on how to get indexed, keeping your software up-to-date and secure, and a whole lot more.

Community Forum

Join hundreds of editors and publishers on our Forum, where our community asks and answers questions, and shares tips on how to achieve their publishing goals.

Get Help & Support

Training

Get your whole team up and running quickly with these training resources, including how to set up a journal, best practices in publishing, and a full video course for editors.

Documentation

Comprehensive documentation on how to install and use our software, along with helpful guides on how to get indexed, keeping your software up-to-date and secure, and a whole lot more.

Community Forum

Join hundreds of editors and publishers on our Forum, where our community asks and answers questions, and shares tips on how to achieve their publishing goals.

News for Developers

Learn about upcoming features, security updates, and other news about our software, our development team, and our open source community.

News for Developers

Learn about upcoming features, security updates, and other news about our software, our development team, and our open source community.