Our Services
Academic Website Design Company for Journal Publishers & Institutions
What This Includes
Everything Covered in Our OJS Platform Setup Services & Academic Website Design
Here is exactly what is included in our academic website design company services.
- Full OJS platform setup - installation, server configuration, and complete platform setup on your hosting environment
- Custom OJS theme design - building a bespoke OJS theme matching your journal's branding, colours, and visual identity
- OJS theme customisation - modifying and refining existing OJS themes to align with your specific design and layout preferences
- Journal submission portal development - fully functional, author-friendly submission system with complete editorial workflow integration
- Academic journal hosting services - guidance and support on hosting setup ensuring your platform is fast, secure, and always accessible
- Plugin configuration - installing and configuring OJS plugins for CrossRef DOI registration help, statistics, metadata export, and more
- Mobile-responsive scholarly publishing platform - functioning correctly across all devices for authors, editors, and readers
- ISSN and indexing compliance layout - displaying all information required by ISSN application services and journal indexing services
- Editorial role setup - configuring author, reviewer, editor, and admin accounts within the OJS platform
- Post-launch technical support - assistance after your academic journal website development goes live to ensure smooth operation from day one
Available for new journals starting from scratch, existing journals migrating to OJS, and publishers needing a redesign or custom OJS theme upgrade.
Who This Is For
Built for Publishers Who Need a Professional, Compliant Journal Website
Our OJS platform setup services and academic website design solutions are designed for journal publishers at every stage - from first launch to platform upgrade.
Researchers & Academics
Researchers and academics starting a new journal as part of their online journal setup services need a platform structured to meet ISSN application services compliance from day one. As an academic website design company, we build journal websites with all ISSN display requirements and scholarly publishing platform standards built in - so you are not returning to fix issues after your platform is live.
Institutions & Universities
Institutions and universities establishing departmental journals benefit from our complete OJS platform setup, which includes custom OJS theme design reflecting the institution's identity, a fully configured journal submission portal development, and academic journal hosting services guidance - all set up correctly before your editorial board recruitment services are finalised and your first call for papers goes out.
Independent Publishers
Independent publishers currently using a basic or non-compliant journal website and wanting to migrate to a proper scholarly publishing platform will find our OJS platform setup and theme customisation service provides everything needed - a professional, indexed-journal-ready academic journal website development built to the standards that DOI registration for research papers, journal indexing services, and research paper formatting services workflows all depend on.
Existing OJS Users
Publishers with an existing OJS platform setup installation needing their theme redesigned or customised to better reflect their journal's brand and improve the author submission experience can commission our custom OJS theme development independently - without needing a full platform rebuild.
Makes This Different
Why Choose Acadnexis Lab as Your Academic Website Design Company
As a dedicated academic publishing services company, Acadnexis Lab designs journal websites with one specific purpose - to support the full academic publishing lifecycle, not just to look good.
- Worked with National & International journal publishers across multiple disciplines
- Custom OJS theme design and full platform setup - tailored academic website solutions, not generic templates
- Compliance-first design - every website built to meet ISSN, Crossref, and indexing body requirements from day one
Process
How Our Academic Website Design Company Delivers Your Journal Platform
Our OJS platform setup and academic website design process delivers a fully functional, professionally designed, compliance-ready journal website.
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Contact Us
Share your journal details, branding preferences, and platform requirements via WhatsApp or email — we review your needs and advise on the best approach.
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Requirement Analysis & Design Planning
We understand your journal's identity, compliance needs, and workflow requirements - then plan your OJS platform setup, custom OJS theme, and journal submission portal development accordingly.
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Platform Setup & Theme Development
We install and configure your OJS platform setup, develop or customise your journal theme, set up all plugins including DOI registration for research papers integrations, and build your complete scholarly publishing platform - testing everything before handover.
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Launch & Post-Launch Support
Your academic journal website development goes live with documentation, editorial role configuration, and post-launch technical support - ready for ISSN application services, CrossRef DOI registration help, and your first author submissions.
DIGITAL PLATFORM — IN DETAIL
Why Your Journal's Digital Platform Is the Foundation of Everything
Every journal depends on - ISSN application, CrossRef DOI registration, journal indexing, editorial board recruitment, research paper formatting, manuscript formatting for publication - ultimately requires a well-structured, compliant journal website to function correctly. Open Journal Systems (OJS), developed by the Public Knowledge Project, is the world's most widely used open-source journal management and publishing platform - trusted by thousands of academic journals globally for its flexibility, compliance readiness, and open access support. At Acadnexis Lab, our OJS platform setup services go beyond a standard installation. We configure the platform for your journal's specific workflow, design a custom OJS theme giving your publication a distinctive identity, and set up a fully functional journal submission portal development that supports the complete editorial process. Every element of your academic journal website development is structured to meet ISSN display requirements, the metadata standards required for DOI registration for research papers and DOI agency services India publishers rely on, and the presentation expectations of major journal indexing services. Our academic journal hosting services guidance ensures your scholarly publishing platform runs reliably - with the uptime and performance that authors and readers expect. For academics also wanting to build their individual scholarly presence, we offer academic portfolio website design, researcher personal branding services, academic CV website builder, and research profile development services - extending your academic digital presence beyond the journal itself.
Contact us
Ready to Build Your Journal's Digital Platform?
Contact us today for complete OJS platform setup services - from custom OJS theme design and journal submission portal development to academic journal hosting services and full compliance-ready academic website design delivery.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Find answers to common questions about journal development, academic publishing, research support, editorial services, and digital solutions offered by Acadnexis Lab.
What is included in academic website design services for journal publishers?
Author submission portal, reviewer login, editorial dashboard, article display pages, search functionality, metadata integration for DOI registration, and mobile-responsive design optimized for accessibility.
What is OJS and why is it used for academic journal websites?
OJS is free, open-source software designed specifically for academic journals. It includes peer review workflows, author portals, metadata standards, and indexing service recognition that journals need.
What academic journal hosting services does Acadnexis Lab provide?
Secure servers, SSL encryption, 99.9% uptime guarantee, automatic backups, email configuration, and technical support. Your journal stays accessible, secure, and discoverable 24/7.