The challenge

The editorial board of a university journal wanted an internationally recognized publishing platform to run the full peer-review cycle — instead of receiving papers by email and managing them by hand. The academic standard worldwide is OJS (Open Journal Systems), but its usual home is Linux servers, while the available infrastructure was Windows Server and IIS — and the institution had no in-house experience installing or operating it.

The solution

We delivered the project turnkey:

  • OJS running on IIS via PHP/FastCGI in a stable, documented configuration
  • Domain, DNS records, and SSL certificate set up for the official site
  • The journal’s identity and interface customized in Arabic and English
  • Peer-review roles configured: editor, reviewers, and authors
  • Editorial board trained on managing issues and submissions
  • Operational documentation so staff can run the platform themselves

The outcome

The journal launched officially and now receives, manages, and publishes submissions electronically to academic publishing standards — with the full peer-review cycle documented inside the system.