A modern platform for scholarly publishing

Run a scholarly journal,
the modern way.

JMSNexus is a complete hosting and publishing platform for academic journals — editorial workflow, peer review, DOI registration, indexing-ready metadata, branded hosting and analytics, all in one login. Built for editors who'd rather read papers than fight software.

Launch your journal How it works

No installation

Free OJS migration

Indexing-ready

About the platform

What JMSNexus is, and why it exists

Most journal software was built in 2025 and feels like it. Editors spend more time wrestling with broken plugins, manual XML, and outdated themes than they spend reading manuscripts. Migration between platforms takes months. Indexing applications get rejected because metadata fields are missing or formatted wrong.

JMSNexus is a multi-tenant SaaS that fixes all of that. Each journal gets its own subdomain or custom domain, a fully branded public website, and a private admin panel where editors run their entire workflow — from author submissions and peer review to DOI registration, indexing exports, and reader analytics. Everything is built into one login. Nothing to install. Nothing to upgrade.

We provide the infrastructure, the metadata standards, the editorial tools, and the publishing pipeline. You provide the editorial direction.

40+

Built-in modules

Editorial, hosting, indexing, analytics

100%

Tenant isolation

Database-level data separation

Email providers

Resend, Postmark, SES, SMTP and more

Setup fees

Start free, upgrade only when you need to

What we provide

Everything a publisher needs, in one login

No bolt-on plugins. No third-party SaaS. No second monthly bill. Each of these ships with every journal at no extra cost.

Editorial workflow

Submission portal, peer review, decisions, revisions and copy-editing — every state logged with a full audit trail.

Submissions Peer review Decisions

Branded hosting

Free subdomain or your own domain. Per-journal theme, auto SSL, daily backups, unlimited bandwidth — we run the servers.

Custom domain Auto SSL Themes

Indexing-ready metadata

Every field Scopus, WoS, DOAJ and PubMed look at — captured and validated on save. ORCID, ROR, JATS, COUNTER built in.

ORCID ROR JATS COUNTER

DOI registration

One-click Crossref XML deposit at the article, issue or volume level. Schema 5.3.1 validated. Citations and licenses included.

Crossref XML export One-click

Newsletter & email

Built-in subscriber list, scheduled sends, queued delivery. Per-journal mail provider — Resend, Postmark, Mailgun, SES, SMTP.

Resend Postmark SES

Real analytics

Per-article views and downloads, country geo, referrer tracking, bot filtering. No Google Analytics — your readers stay yours.

Per-article Geo data Bot-filtered

Editorial team

Invite editors, reviewers and copy-editors. Granular roles: owner, editor, reviewer or fully custom. Sub-admins manage their own teams.

Roles Invites Permissions

Security & audit

reCAPTCHA login, lockouts on failed attempts, strong-password rules, full activity audit log, daily backups, tenant isolation.

reCAPTCHA Audit log Isolation

Announcements & CFPs

Post calls for papers, news and editorial updates. Pin items to the home page. Special-issue association and automatic RSS feeds.

CFPs Pinned RSS

How journals benefit

Real outcomes, not just features

Here's what changes for your journal when you stop fighting the software and start shipping issues.

01 30–50% Faster reviews

Faster time to publication

Submission to acceptance shrinks because the workflow guides editors and reviewers automatically — no more chasing PDFs over email.

02 Zero Metadata gaps

Higher indexing acceptance

Indexing rejections from Scopus, DOAJ and WoS usually trace back to missing metadata. We enforce every required field at save time.

03 5 → 1 Vendors consolidated

Lower operating cost

Stop paying separately for hosting, an OJS sysadmin, a designer, a Crossref helper, and a newsletter tool. One platform replaces them all.

04 6+ Discovery channels

Better discoverability

SEO meta, JSON-LD, OAI-PMH, sitemap, RSS, Open Graph and Crossref deposits — all out of the box. Google Scholar, BASE, CORE, OpenAIRE.

05 Zero Plugins to manage

Editor-friendly experience

Drag-and-drop sidebar, point-and-click navbar, color-picker theme settings. If your team can use Gmail, they can run a journal here.

06 100% Data portable

Long-term independence

Your data is exportable forever — Crossref XML, JATS, JSON, CSV. Migrate away if you ever want to. We never hold your data hostage.

How it works

Four steps from signup to publishing

The whole onboarding takes less than an hour. We do the heavy lifting on the rest.

Sign up

Create your account, verify email, name your journal. Your tenant database is provisioned in seconds.

Brand it

Upload your logo, pick a theme color, set ISSN and aims & scope. Connect a domain or use the free subdomain.

Invite team

Add editors, reviewers and copy-editors with the right permissions. They get one-click invite emails.

Publish

Upload your first article, mint a DOI with one click, send a newsletter. You're live and indexed.

Indexing readiness

Built for the world's strictest indexes

Indexing is the make-or-break moment for an academic journal. We've engineered every metadata field, every export format, and every public page to meet the technical requirements of Scopus, Web of Science, DOAJ, PubMed, and Crossref — out of the box.

Get an indexing audit

Scopus

Web of Science

Google Scholar

Crossref

DOAJ

PubMed

Dimensions

OpenAIRE

ROAD

Who it's for

Built for every kind of publisher

Whether you're starting your first issue or migrating decades of back catalog, the platform adapts to you.

For new journals

Launch from scratch

Have an idea, an editorial board, and a few articles in hand? Set up your journal today and start accepting submissions immediately. Free starter plan, no credit card.

Free starter plan
Built-in templates
Submission portal
Indexing checklist

For established journals

Migrate effortlessly

Already on OJS, Scholastica, or a custom CMS? We import articles, issues, authors, references, and DOI history at no cost — usually in a single weekend with old URLs preserved.

Free OJS migration
DOI history kept
Old URL redirects
Zero downtime

For publishers & societies

Run a portfolio

Manage 5, 50 or 500 journals from a single super-admin panel. Each journal gets full data isolation, its own theme and domain — but you control them all from one place.

Multi-tenant
Centralized admin
White-label option
Society pricing

Hosting options

Two ways to run your journal

Pick what fits your brand. Switch any time without losing data, URLs or DOIs.

Free · Included

Run on a subdomain

Get a clean subdomain instantly. Zero DNS work, free SSL, created the moment you sign up. Perfect for new journals launching today.

https://yourjournal.jmsnexus.com

Created in seconds
Free auto-renewing SSL
No DNS configuration
Switch to custom domain later

Bring your own

Use your own domain

Already own a journal domain? Point it at us with one CNAME record. Your branding, your URL, our hosting. SSL is automatic.

https://www.yourjournal.com

One CNAME record, that's it
Free auto-renewing SSL
Indexed independently
Unlimited journals supported

FAQ

Questions, answered.

Don't see what you're looking for? Our team replies to every contact form within one business day — every message is read by a real human.

Ask us directly

Will my journal be accepted into Scopus, DOAJ, Web of Science or PubMed?

Acceptance is the index's decision based on editorial quality. But every technical and metadata requirement they check — DOIs, ORCIDs, licensing, archival URLs, citation references, COUNTER metrics, JATS-ready fields — is built in by default. You will have one less reason to be rejected.

Can I migrate from OJS or another platform?

Yes — migration is free on every paid plan. We import articles, issues, authors, references and DOIs from OJS, Scholastica, Janeway, ScholarOne, or any custom system. Most migrations finish in a single weekend, with old URLs redirecting to the new ones so your readers see no broken links.

How much does it cost?

Start free on a subdomain with up to 50 articles and no credit card. Paid plans are quoted per journal, not per submission, per article, or per user. Multi-journal publishers and non-profits get tailored pricing.

Is each journal's data really isolated?

Yes. Every model is scoped to a journal_id with database-level enforcement, file storage is partitioned per tenant, and the tenant ID is verified on every request — even on direct file URLs. Journal A cannot read or even discover the existence of Journal B's data.

Can I export my data if I leave?

Yes. Articles, authors, references, DOIs, subscribers — everything is exportable in standard formats (Crossref XML, JATS, JSON, CSV) any time. We earn the renewal by being good, not by holding data hostage.

Do you support multi-language journals?

Yes. Articles can carry metadata in multiple languages; the public theme supports multilingual navigation. ORCID, ROR and Crossref deposits all preserve language tags correctly.

What happens if I outgrow the free tier?

Upgrade in one click. Your URLs, DOIs, articles and theme settings stay exactly the same — only the limits change. Downgrades work the same way.

Ready to run your journal the modern way?

Get in touch and we'll set up your first journal — complete with branding, hosting, indexing-ready metadata and Crossref export. Migration from existing platforms is free.

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Run a scholarly journal, the modern way.