Alternatives to COS
This thread is a place to collect the alternatives to COS. Several organizations and individuals are contacting members of the EarthArXiv community with options. This thread serves as a place to aggregate and discuss these ideas.
Evan Goldstein Mon 24 Feb 2020 9:03PM
The release of the PKP preprint system was announced: https://pkp.sfu.ca/2020/02/24/the-road-to-preprints-part-1-introducing-open-preprint-systems/
Jamie Farquharson Wed 11 Mar 2020 2:31AM
Hi everyone. Just to highlight my thoughts regarding PKP's Open Preprint System <https://github.com/ajnyga/ojs/tree/preprints>. I haven't had much time to scour through the code, but I have used their OJS (Open Journal System) extensively. Although it's currently in beta stage, the features look pretty promising:
Responsive reader front-end with multiple options for content organization
Author-led rapid publication workflow
Online submission and management of all content
Customizable to suit your screening policies, with several options included
Integrated with scholarly publishing services such as Crossref and ORCiD
Locally installed and controlled
Community-led and supported
Built-in support for a wide array of features from the OJS and OMP ecosystem
Available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, with more languages to come
Given the positive experience I've had with OJS, I'd definitely suggest that this is worth looking into.
Evan Goldstein · Fri 21 Feb 2020 3:08PM
Hi everyone,
I ran into Brooks Hanson (AGU) at a meeting this week and we had a super friendly discussion about EarthArXiv. Brooks mentioned many interesting ideas during the brief conversation. I think it could be very productive/intersting to discuss the future of EarthArXiv further with AGU...